We're (NYCw board) working on ways to make free nodes more visible as well as to generate positive reinforcement for node owners -- maybe something as simple as a thank you note interface. We welcome any suggestions.
We hope to have a plan completed before years end to launch in the new year. And of course, it'll be presented first at the general meeting for feedback.
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At 2:14 PM -0500 11/20/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
indeed, not knowing who (if anyone?) is using any given node is a rather interesting problem for a group like this.
i, for example, have no idea if anyone is actually using my node. my location (not near park/cafe/public space) limits the useful coverage i can provide, but i do get numerous inquiries through the nodedb asking me questions about access.
a few days ago a link to control ap (http://controlap.com/ ) was posted on this list. would a solution along these lines be viable for non-nocat installations? ie. an app that runs on on numerous platforms that allows a non-highly skilled user to make the h/w ap they already own toss up an aup page and log some basic info. perhaps even give the user the option of entering their name/nickname if they wish.
noah.
On Nov 19, 2003, at 5:00 PM, Anthony Townsend wrote:
an alternative -
it would be nice to start gathering statistics on usage an NYCwireless nodes. for NoCatAuth-based nodes, we could set up a central syslog facility - then the stats could be accessed through MYSQL/PHP etc and support any number of alternative mapping/visualization experiments.
Emenity has built a system like this and could help setting one up for NYCwireless. our current solution is rather awkward though - if someone wants to try and wrestle with msyslog (which has native MySQL support but almost no documentation) that would offer a much better long-term solution.
reporters always ask me how many people are using NYCwireless nodes, and i tell them i have no idea.
you could address privacy concerns by applying a one-way hash to MAC address as you parse the Nocat log files
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