I disagree with this: Most of these mapping contractors are people who do not have any broadband experience.
Depending on the group that gets assigned the funding for the mapping projects (and that is done per state), some of these guys are highly proficient in doing the data collection. They have decades of experience and most definitely know what they are doing. The only reason I mention this is because part of their toolset does include pretty sophisticated software, that does in fact have a higher price tag than RM. I love RM, always have, and have used it for years. But crunching together WiMax, LTE, Wi-Fi, etc into it simultaneously can be kind of a hassle; and exporting it and combining it with data from thousands of locations, just as difficult. One process that I am familiar with when it comes to this (at least here in TX and what one of the WISPs I built went through) went like this: 1. Contacted by the mapping agency 2. The mapping agency asked for coverage maps, if they were available. 3. Info on tx and rx gear was obtained for signal modeling. 4. test points were assigned. 5. Test points were used to gather real-world signal levels. 6. Maps were created based on tx and rx gear and real-world signal levels. 7. each one of those newly found maps were sent upstream to state HQ where they were combined with all the other state maps to create a pretty thorough database / map -d On Aug 4, 2011, at 9:19 AM, Brian Webster wrote: > Most of these mapping contractors are people who do not have any broadband > experience.
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