Thanks for that. It looks like we're about 4km apart then, Nick. Sould be
pretty easy as long as we don't need to tunnel (:

Steve

On Thu, August 18, 2005 1:35 pm, Stephen Irons said:
> What sort of maps do you want?
>
> Ecan has aerial photographs of much (all?) of Canterbury available
> online; you can save them as PNG images. I can make out my house in the
> appropriate one.
> http://www.ecan.govt.nz/EcanGIS/ecanpro/viewer.htm
>
> LINZ has topographic maps at 1:50000 online, but you can only save these
> as PDF.
> http://www.nztopoonline.linz.govt.nz/website/nztmtopo/terms_cond.htm
>
> Stephen
>
>
> Nick Rout wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 09:57:38 +1200 (NZST)
>>Steve Holdoway wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Hey Craig,
>>>
>>>Now I'm up and running wireless ( 200mW + 15dbi external aerial! ) I'd
>>>like to extend your wireless map over the water, but can't find any
>>> decent
>>>pictures to overlay. It made me laugh when testing - there's plenty of
>>>open access points!
>>>
>>>Have you got any of Diamond Harbour?
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>
>>>Steve
>>>PS. I've got another card that *might* get to Lyttelton with judicious
>>> use
>>>of a pringle tin if anyone's interested!
>>>
>>>
>>
>>As you probably know i live in Lyttelton, and have a number of wireless
>>(802.11b) cards, including two pci cards whach will take external
>>aerials, as well as numerous small router-suitable junk^h^h^h^h boxes.
>>
>>My house is partially wired for networking, and if i lose some weight i
>>can probably put a box in the highest part of the roof connected to an
>>external aerial (it pays to keep the aerial wire as short as possible,
>>which means siting the box close to the aerial. Alternatively the usb
>>devices can allow a longer cable between computer and aerial (because
>>the wireless device is at the aerial end of the cable)
>>
>>I've always wanted to set up a small wireless net. I'm not sure if it
>>would make it over the harbour. worth a try i would have thought. I have
>>no idea of the "crow flies" distance.
>>
>>Now where in DH are you? I am in Brenchley Rd at the top right of this
>>map:
>>
>>http://www.rout.co.nz/lytt
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>>Windows: Where do you want to go today?
>>>MacOS: Where do you want to be tomorrow?
>>>Linux: Are you coming or what?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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