Re: crowdsourced cellular coverage maps
On 02/23/2011 10:21 PM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: >> From: discuss-boun...@blu.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@blu.org] On Behalf >> Of Tom Metro >> >> Jerry Feldman wrote: >>> One reason I stayed with AT&T (formerly Cingular) is because at my >>> house, while I don't get a good signal...I think that some doctors >>> blocked a cell tower in Newton a few years ago so there is not very >>> good service. >> I recently ran across a service that uses a phone app to collect signal >> strength data and send it back to their database so they can produce >> crowd-sourced coverage maps: >> >> http://opensignalmaps.com/ > If you like that one, you should try sensorly. IMHO, sensorly is much > better. Sensorly does show AT&T GSM coverage. -- Jerry Feldman Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: crowdsourced cellular coverage maps
On 02/23/2011 06:07 PM, Tom Metro wrote: > Jerry Feldman wrote: >> One reason I stayed with AT&T (formerly Cingular) is because at my >> house, while I don't get a good signal...I think that some doctors >> blocked a cell tower in Newton a few years ago so there is not very >> good service. > I recently ran across a service that uses a phone app to collect signal > strength data and send it back to their database so they can produce > crowd-sourced coverage maps: > > http://opensignalmaps.com/ > > Not a lot of data in the system, but it does let you see where the > towers are for multiple carriers aggregated onto one map. That alone > might be helpful in deciding which carrier might fare best in an area. > > -Tom > This map shows only Sprint Verizon and T-Mobile. I didn't see any AT&T wireless on there. -- Jerry Feldman Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
RE: crowdsourced cellular coverage maps
> From: discuss-boun...@blu.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@blu.org] On Behalf > Of Tom Metro > > Jerry Feldman wrote: > > One reason I stayed with AT&T (formerly Cingular) is because at my > > house, while I don't get a good signal...I think that some doctors > > blocked a cell tower in Newton a few years ago so there is not very > > good service. > > I recently ran across a service that uses a phone app to collect signal > strength data and send it back to their database so they can produce > crowd-sourced coverage maps: > > http://opensignalmaps.com/ If you like that one, you should try sensorly. IMHO, sensorly is much better. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: crowdsourced cellular coverage maps
On Feb 23, 2011, at 6:07 PM, Tom Metro wrote: > > Not a lot of data in the system, but it does let you see where the > towers are for multiple carriers aggregated onto one map. That alone > might be helpful in deciding which carrier might fare best in an area. Maybe. The big carriers have mobile cellular towers amusingly dubbed COWs -- cell on wheels -- which they can move in and out of areas needing extra (sometimes any) coverage. There is no practical way to distinguish between a COW and a fixed tower so such maps are not entirely reliable. --Rich P. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: crowdsourced cellular coverage maps
Jerry Feldman wrote: > One reason I stayed with AT&T (formerly Cingular) is because at my > house, while I don't get a good signal...I think that some doctors > blocked a cell tower in Newton a few years ago so there is not very > good service. I recently ran across a service that uses a phone app to collect signal strength data and send it back to their database so they can produce crowd-sourced coverage maps: http://opensignalmaps.com/ Not a lot of data in the system, but it does let you see where the towers are for multiple carriers aggregated onto one map. That alone might be helpful in deciding which carrier might fare best in an area. -Tom -- Tom Metro Venture Logic, Newton, MA, USA "Enterprise solutions through open source." Professional Profile: http://tmetro.venturelogic.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
