Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info

2015-03-02 Thread CBB - Jay Fuller
act first, ask questions later... - Original Message - From: Glen Waldrop To: af@afmug.com Sent: Monday, March 02, 2015 12:10 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info Indeed I am. I take it your experiences slightly further north haven’t been much better? lol

Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info

2015-03-02 Thread CBB - Jay Fuller
sounds like you're in Alabama. :) - Original Message - From: Glen Waldrop To: af@afmug.com Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 1:23 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info It is backwards. When we moved around 15 years ago we couldn’t get phone service because no one

Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info

2015-03-02 Thread CBB - Jay Fuller
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info Note Josh, The information provided below on the Fixed Broadband Deployment is NOT ACCURATE. This is exactly why we get a bad rep sometimes. The Fixed Broadband Deployment data is based on census blocks that you OFFER service in, not provide

Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info

2015-03-02 Thread Glen Waldrop
Indeed I am. I take it your experiences slightly further north haven’t been much better? lol From: CBB - Jay Fuller Sent: Monday, March 02, 2015 2:37 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info sounds like you're in Alabama. :) - Original Message - From

Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info

2015-02-27 Thread Dennis Burgess
-735-0270 – www.linktechs.nethttp://www.linktechs.net From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 6:52 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info Your billing system doesn't know where all of your towers are, what they are, etc

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2015-02-27 Thread Dennis Burgess
12:31 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info Powercode integrates towercoverage into it... -- Josh Reynolds CIO, SPITwSPOTS www.spitwspots.comhttp://www.spitwspots.com On 02/26/2015 09:27 PM, Sean Heskett wrote: Why would you use your billing system to report your

Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info

2015-02-27 Thread Philip Rankin
: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info Long and lat should be decimal for one Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Feb 26, 2015 11:12 AM, Glen Waldrop gwl...@cngwireless.net wrote: What am I doing wrong? http://data.fcc.gov/api/block

Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info

2015-02-27 Thread Dennis Burgess
...@linktechs.netmailto:den...@linktechs.net – 314-735-0270 – www.linktechs.nethttp://www.linktechs.net From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Philip Rankin Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 8:29 AM To: af Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info Pardon me if I have misunderstood your question and your

Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info

2015-02-27 Thread Mike Hammett
@afmug.com Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 12:27:50 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info Why would you use your billing system to report your coverage area to the FCC? Surely you don't have customers at every possible location that you can provide service to?!?! We use

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2015-02-27 Thread Cameron Crum
frustrating. - Original Message - *From:* Josh Luthman *To:* af@afmug.com *Sent:* Thursday, February 26, 2015 11:21 AM *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info Long and lat should be decimal for one Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite

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2015-02-27 Thread Duncan Scott
: Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info I found the following: http://transition.fcc.gov/form477/Geo/visualizing_census_tracts_in_google_earth.pdf Which links to http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/KML/2010_Proto/ download the one that correspondes to your state number (first 2 digits of tract number

Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info

2015-02-27 Thread Glen Waldrop
maps and then look at the link on Terrain Nav Pro. From: Mike Hammett Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 6:51 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info Your billing system doesn't know where all of your towers are, what they are, etc.? It doesn't have customer qualification

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2015-02-27 Thread Mike Hammett
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info I know this wasn’t directed at me, but the USGS data given to Google, Yahoo, etc, is wrong for a huge portion of my coverage area if not all of it. I’m not sure if that is the case elsewhere, but in west central Alabama using GPS or Google maps

Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info

2015-02-27 Thread Glen Waldrop
we’re dealing with here. From: Mike Hammett Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 10:16 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info You're referring to geolocating someone? You can likely thank your local counties for having backwards addressing systems if they have an addressing

Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info

2015-02-27 Thread Josh Reynolds
:* Friday, February 27, 2015 2:23 PM *To:* af@afmug.com *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info We didn't use powercode for our 477 this year, we used a third party. Right now though, I'm staring at it, if you go to Reports - Data Export - FCC Form 477 There is a data export tool. Reports

Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info

2015-02-27 Thread Dennis Burgess
: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Josh Reynolds Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 2:23 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info We didn't use powercode for our 477 this year, we used a third party. Right now though, I'm staring at it, if you go to Reports - Data

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2015-02-27 Thread Dennis Burgess
:48 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info We submitted several months back. We worked with connectAK.org and another company. Thanks for the head's up though. -- Josh Reynolds CIO, SPITwSPOTS www.spitwspots.comhttp://www.spitwspots.com On 02/27/2015 11:36 AM, Dennis

Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info

2015-02-27 Thread Josh Reynolds
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info Pardon me if I have misunderstood your question and your point, but; as I understand the filing requirements that the FCC representative told me the Commission wants to know #1 the census tracts that you can serve, which comes from xml maps or simple

Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info

2015-02-27 Thread Jason McKemie
*To:* af@afmug.com *Sent:* Thursday, February 26, 2015 11:21 AM *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info Long and lat should be decimal for one Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Feb 26, 2015 11:12 AM, Glen Waldrop gwl

Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info

2015-02-26 Thread Sean Heskett
, February 26, 2015 11:21 AM *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info Long and lat should be decimal for one Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Feb 26, 2015 11:12 AM, Glen Waldrop gwl...@cngwireless.net javascript:_e(%7B%7D

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2015-02-26 Thread Glen Waldrop
: Thursday, February 26, 2015 7:24 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info I found the following: http://transition.fcc.gov/form477/Geo/visualizing_census_tracts_in_google_earth.pdf Which links to http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/KML/2010_Proto/ download the one that correspondes to your

Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info

2015-02-26 Thread Josh Reynolds
'); *Sent:* Thursday, February 26, 2015 11:21 AM *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info Long and lat should be decimal for one Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St

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2015-02-26 Thread Mike Hammett
) Subject: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info I've been spinning my wheels for days now, 477 help line is typical government/Microsoft answer, technically correct, practically useless. How do I get the block/tract info? I've got maps, I've got programs, been through the 477 paperwork of the past, none

Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info

2015-02-26 Thread Glen Waldrop
What am I doing wrong? http://data.fcc.gov/api/block/2010/find?latitude=32%C2%B030%2757.55%22Nlongitude=87%C2%B050%275.30%22Wshowall=true - Original Message - From: Josh Luthman To: af@afmug.com Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 11:05 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block

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2015-02-26 Thread That One Guy
on this for too long. I need to get it finished today. - Original Message - *From:* Josh Luthman j...@imaginenetworksllc.com *To:* af@afmug.com *Sent:* Thursday, February 26, 2015 11:05 AM *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info Use the FCC API. You send coordinates and get tracts

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2015-02-26 Thread Josh Luthman
Use the FCC API. You send coordinates and get tracts. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Feb 26, 2015 11:03 AM, Glen Waldrop gwl...@cngwireless.net wrote: I've been spinning my wheels for days now, 477 help line is typical

Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info

2015-02-26 Thread Glen Waldrop
Link? Not to sound helpless, but I've been spinning my wheels on this for too long. I need to get it finished today. - Original Message - From: Josh Luthman To: af@afmug.com Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 11:05 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info Use

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2015-02-26 Thread That One Guy
this crap out? Epically frustrating. - Original Message - *From:* Josh Luthman j...@imaginenetworksllc.com *To:* af@afmug.com *Sent:* Thursday, February 26, 2015 11:21 AM *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info Long and lat should be decimal for one Josh Luthman Office: 937-552

[AFMUG] 477 tract/block info

2015-02-26 Thread Glen Waldrop
I've been spinning my wheels for days now, 477 help line is typical government/Microsoft answer, technically correct, practically useless. How do I get the block/tract info? I've got maps, I've got programs, been through the 477 paperwork of the past, none of the numbers I get add up to 15

Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info

2015-02-26 Thread Glen Waldrop
, February 26, 2015 11:21 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info Long and lat should be decimal for one Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Feb 26, 2015 11:12 AM, Glen Waldrop gwl...@cngwireless.net wrote: What

Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info

2015-02-26 Thread Glen Waldrop
Odd. I copied it straight off of FCC's website, only replaced the items in brackets. - Original Message - From: Josh Luthman To: af@afmug.com Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 11:49 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info http://data.fcc.gov/api/block/find?format

Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info

2015-02-26 Thread Josh Luthman
? Not to sound helpless, but I've been spinning my wheels on this for too long. I need to get it finished today. - Original Message - *From:* Josh Luthman j...@imaginenetworksllc.com *To:* af@afmug.com *Sent:* Thursday, February 26, 2015 11:05 AM *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract

Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info

2015-02-26 Thread Josh Luthman
? Epically frustrating. - Original Message - *From:* Josh Luthman j...@imaginenetworksllc.com *To:* af@afmug.com *Sent:* Thursday, February 26, 2015 11:21 AM *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info Long and lat should be decimal for one Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct

Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info

2015-02-26 Thread Adam Moffett
I got it all from the census bureau website in the past. They had shape files that I imported into Manifold GIS, the tabulated data with the block and tract numbers was in the file. I've been spinning my wheels for days now, 477 help line is typical government/Microsoft answer, technically

Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info

2015-02-26 Thread Josh Luthman
%2757.55%22Nlongitude=87%C2%B050%275.30%22Wshowall=true - Original Message - *From:* Josh Luthman j...@imaginenetworksllc.com *To:* af@afmug.com *Sent:* Thursday, February 26, 2015 11:05 AM *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info Use the FCC API. You send coordinates and get tracts

Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info

2015-02-26 Thread Philip Rankin
- *From:* Josh Luthman j...@imaginenetworksllc.com *To:* af@afmug.com *Sent:* Thursday, February 26, 2015 11:21 AM *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info Long and lat should be decimal for one Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH

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2015-02-26 Thread Mike Hammett
Sent: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 17:29:05 -0600 (CST) Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info We're a small business, 175ish customers. We do our own billing. That may change in the near future, but for now it is what it is. We're running on a small budget as efficiently as we can. This stuff doesn't

Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info

2015-02-26 Thread Glen Waldrop
Our billing is automated, more or less. Until 477 my time was spent on other things. - Original Message - From: Mike Hammett af...@ics-il.net To: af@afmug.com Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 5:35 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info Automate every possible thing you

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2015-02-26 Thread Glen Waldrop
@afmug.com Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 5:24 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info Ken already knows my answer. Your billing system should be doing this for you. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com - Original Message - From: Glen

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2015-02-26 Thread Mike Hammett
) Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info Our billing is automated, more or less. Until 477 my time was spent on other things. - Original Message - From: Mike Hammett af...@ics-il.net To: af@afmug.com Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 5:35 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info

Re: [AFMUG] 477 tract/block info

2015-02-26 Thread Duncan Scott
I found the following: http://transition.fcc.gov/form477/Geo/visualizing_census_tracts_in_google_earth.pdf Which links to http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/KML/2010_Proto/ download the one that correspondes to your state number (first 2 digits of tract number) This contains a bunch of KML files