I actually asked where - not what - but I was under the impression you meant trees =P
Delorm was pretty good - costly but you can keep the maps locally IIRC. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 "When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however improbable, must be the truth." --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 2:10 AM, Mike Hammett <wispawirel...@ics-il.net>wrote: > Corn and soybeans. > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Josh Luthman" <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> > Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 12:32 AM > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Link Planning Software > > > 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! 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