Hey, that's a great tool! Thanks for pointing it out. Chuck
On Mar 30, 2010, at 11:07 AM, jp wrote: > Use the profiler on here: > http://www.heywhatsthat.com/ > > The website author made it usable for wireless for us. He'll do custom > sites that show only your tower locations too if you want. > > On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 04:42:27PM -0700, Forbes Mercy wrote: >> Wouldn't it be cool if when using Google Earth you could draw a straight >> line between two points and it would calculate the altitude of each >> origin point then mark in red any place where altitude is higher than >> the beginning and end points along the line? For long legs in mixed >> altitude areas that would really be nice. >> >> Forbes >> >> On 3/29/2010 1:12 PM, Jim Patient wrote: >>> Well, it prolly isn't good every place but I just selected 3d buildings >>> on google earth and drug my mouse from the street to top of Met Square >>> in St Louis. It shows the elevation at street level and the top of the >>> building. >>> The difference is the elevation of the building height in this case. >>> >>> Jim >>> >>> >>> On 3/29/2010 2:03 PM, Cameron Crum wrote: >>> >>>> Not for free. This info is usually pretty expensive for good high res >>>> data. That being said, one interesting flaw in the SRTM data is that is >>>> contains "building canopy" within the data. The radar they used bounced >>>> off man made structures and make them appear to be part of the terrain. >>>> So, in big cities, or even small ones in core areas, if you are running >>>> propagation plots, you would not want to add additional building >>>> heights. If you want the most accurate results, I suggest 10m DEM's >>>> (where available) with a good set of building elevation data (the >>>> expensive stuff). If you are just looking to run propagation plots for >>>> your unlicensed network, The SRTM data is probably good enough. >>>> >>>> Cameron >>>> >>>> On 3/29/2010 12:07 PM, Charles Hooper wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> Does anyone know a reliable source/method of getting building heights? >>>>> Something like a topographical map that included buildings would be >>>>> excellent, but I haven't been able to find anything like this. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks! >>>>> Charles >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> WISPA Wants You! 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