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 >> >> >> >> >> >>>-- >>>Windows: Where do you want to go today? >>>MacOS: Where do you want to be tomorrow? >>>Linux: Are you coming or what? >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > ======================================================================= > This email, including any attachments, is only for the intended > addressee. It is subject to copyright, is confidential and may be > the subject of legal or other privilege, none of which is waived or > lost by reason of this transmission. > If the receiver is not the intended addressee, please accept our > apologies, notify us by return, delete all copies and perform no > other act on the email. > Unfortunately, we cannot warrant that the email has not been > altered or corrupted during transmission. > ======================================================================= > > -- Windows: Where do you want to go today? MacOS: Where do you want to be tomorrow? Linux: Are you coming or what?
