I think most people are looking for this for free. Unfortunately, it is not available for free from cost quest. If you are a provider in the area you can get a license for your reporting but you are not allowed to use it for other purposes. You can buy it and get a license for that purpose.
On Thu, Nov 13, 2025, 12:11 PM Josh Luthman <[email protected]> wrote: > If only there was a way to obtain it at CostQuest.com > > On Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 11:09 AM Mike Hammett <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Sure, but that assumes one has the location data. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Mike Hammett >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Josh Luthman" <[email protected]> >> To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2025 9:33:57 AM >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] converting BEAD awards map >> >> >> >> Intersect it, they're unique location id with the >> coordinates/address/etc. >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 9:23 AM Mike Hammett < [email protected] > wrote: >> >> >> Ugh, the CSV is meaningless without the location data. I'll see what IOB >> will produce. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Mike Hammett >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Josh Luthman" < [email protected] > >> To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" < [email protected] > >> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2025 7:27:32 AM >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] converting BEAD awards map >> >> >> >> Here are the BEAD locations: >> >> https://dceo.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/dceo/broadband/documents/fp_locations.csv >> >> >> Intersect those location unique ID with coordinates. Then you can just >> KML or QGIS to see them on your own map. What are you using for your >> current fiber deployments/planning? >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM Ken Hohhof < [email protected] > wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> This? >> >> https://www.illinoisbead.org/#/ >> >> >> >> >> From: AF < [email protected] > On Behalf Of Steve Jones >> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2025 5:42 PM >> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group < [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] converting BEAD awards map >> >> >> >> >> Got a link to this? >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 12, 2025, 5:03 PM Ken Hohhof < [email protected] > wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> I’ve got what should be a simple project but my graphics skills and AI >> skills are minimal and I can’t figure out how to do it. Or maybe it isn’t a >> simple project and I should forget about it. >> >> >> >> The Illinois BEAD provisional awards map has dots that you can make >> different colors by technology, green for fiber, red for satellite, etc. >> You can filter to just show one provider (awardee) if you want. >> Unfortunately, the background is almost black, so even just printing a >> paper copy on a color laser printer doesn’t work very well. And using the >> color picker and then the eraser to replace the background with or white or >> transparent doesn’t work because topographic details make the color a >> slightly different shade of black so it doesn’t get replaced. >> >> >> >> Ideally what I’d like is to overlay the fiber awards onto a regular map >> of my service area, basically to know where I’m screwed in 4 years, vs. >> maybe not screwed. The map would need major towns and roads for reference. >> An outline or fill would be fine, I don’t actually need all the locations >> as dots. It would be used for planning purposes, invest only where I’m not >> getting overbuilt with fiber. I’m significantly less afraid of competing >> with Amazon Kuiper. >> >> >> >> With all the hype about AI, this seems like something ChatGTP could do >> for me with a couple prompts. Am I dreaming? Or too old to use AI? >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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