That's a lot of green...where is this? On 9/24/09, Mike Hammett <wispawirel...@ics-il.net> wrote: > Large green patches wouldn't work here. From May - September, everything in > 300 miles is green. ;-) > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Robert West" <robert.w...@just-micro.com> > Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 5:03 PM > To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Link Planning Software > >> I was holding this chunk of Organite and praying for such a thing and now >> here it is. >> >> Spooky. >> >> Get ready for the list, Shaddi. >> >> For one, this browser based software should not depend on the internet, >> yes? >> The term browser speaks internet to me. If I'm out in the field trying to >> figure out a link I obviously don't have internet there. Not that I see >> myself out in the middle of a corn field with my laptop trying to figure >> it >> out but hey, who knows. >> >> The basics of course is terrain and elevation but I'd like to see how a >> link >> over water is taken into account rolled into the thing. >> >> I also have to guess at trees. If I'm only able to get 70 feet or so up >> and >> the trees around here are also around 70 feet, it might say yes but the >> trees would say no. Could it possibly have a variable where you could set >> an average height for stands of trees? Where I am at, Southern Ohio, all >> the patches of trees are pretty much a single average height. If the >> software could distinguish a large green patch as trees and you tell the >> software that the average height is whatever, it could possibly add that >> height to the land elevation. Would be good to have a database of various >> antennas and radios to pull from as well. >> >> Hey! IDEA! A new game, Wireless Internet Tycoon!!! What do ya think? >> I've kinda ran off the rails here, sorry..... >> >> >> You want a wish list? Grab some paper, pal. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >> Behalf Of Shaddi Hasan >> Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 5:37 PM >> To: WISPA General List >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Link Planning Software >> >> Howdy WISPA! >> >> Just joined today but wanted to chime in -- some students here at UNC >> Chapel >> Hill are working on a browser-based link planning tool as a semester >> project. It will be released as open-source at the end of the semester, so >> we'd like it to be useful not only for our projects but for the community >> at >> large. While primarily geared towards community wireless projects, it'd be >> great if it could be useful for the professional WISP community. So, if >> you >> have any feedback on what features you'd like to see in such a tool, >> lessons >> you all have learned that should be incorporated into its design, or the >> concept generally, please contact me. >> >> To the OP, check back in December and we might have something to offer >> you! >> >> Shaddi >> >> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Robert West >> <robert.w...@just-micro.com>wrote: >> >>> What are you folks using to verify the viability of a link before you >>> plan >>> the build? I've tried using Radio Mobile but I'll be darned if I can't >> get >>> that thing to work even with the step by step instructions. I've been >>> finding myself just plotting elevations all the way along the link in >>> Google >>> Earth. Sucks. >>> >>> Anyone using a good software app that will plot the links and give me the >>> easy thumbs up or thumbs down? >>> >>> Sorry to be a pain with all these questions. It's been too hectic and I >>> just don't have the time to sit for 2 days evaluating crap software. I'd >>> rather be told what's good by real users. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> >>> >>> "Organite. It's not just for breakfast anymore." >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---- >>> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >>> http://signup.wispa.org/ >>> >>> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---- >>> >>> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >>> >>> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >>> >>> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >>> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---- >> WISPA Wants You! 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