Re: [WISPA] Who is using Towercoverage.com ?

[Kristian Hoffmann]

Ya, I don't mean to discourage anyone from using your product.  The features are really cool.  I've just been doing it myself since the NTIA mapping stuff started, so I haven't needed to.  I'll check it out anyway. Thanks, -Kristian On 04/09/2014 01:57 PM, Jim Patient wrote: You are correct Kristian,   Towercoverage.com is basically Radio Mobile in the back end but the difference is multithreading on the CPUs.  Roger has wrote a special exclusive version for this site to utilize all 8 cores for rendering on each server.  We basically round robin the 20 processing servers.  That is why we can render the maps in around 60 seconds as opposed to hours.   If you or anyone else hasen’t tried it your welcome to try it free.  Just sign up and use promo code WISPA in your account settings.   Ya’ll are welcome to give me a call as well if you want me to walk you through it and/or help with tweaking the settings.   Thx,   Jim Patient Office: 314-735-0270 towercoverage.com linktechs.net wlan1.com         From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Kristian Hoffmann Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2014 2:32 PM To: wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] Who is using Towercoverage.com ?   The limitation you're seeing of having to add another site to change the rx elevation is because calculating path loss to one point is relatively easy.  Calculating it for the entire coverage area takes a fair amount of computing power, to the point that even on really fast hardware, it needs to be done ahead of time and cached.  So, there's no "dynamically" changing the elevation of your plot.  At best, they could pre-plot and cache a series of rx elevations and let you select from those choices.  But if they let you have 4 choices (say 10, 15, 25, 35ft AGL), that would quadruple the amount of data they have to store for your (and potentially everyone's) coverage maps. Suffice it to say, the problem is non-trivial.  I use Splat! instead of RadioMobile or towercoverage.com, but the algorithm and computational complexity is the same (they all use Longley Rice, last time I checked). The only thing I've seen that comes close to what you're asking was the guy doing near-real time viewshed magic, but I haven't heard or seen anything from him since WISPAPALOOZA 2012. -Kristian On 04/09/2014 12:25 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: What?  Have you ever used Radio Mobile? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373   On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 3:24 PM, Matt Hoppes <mhop...@indigowireless.com> wrote: Signals don't change as you increment heights. You're asking for real time foliage mapping. Not going to find it.  On Apr 9, 2014, at 3:18 PM, Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> wrote: I'm not talking about customers plotting where their address is.  What I'm getting at is if I have a customer called in, I'd like to just punch in the location and then see if they'll work at ground level or how high we need to get off the ground and see the signal change as I increment height. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373   On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 3:16 PM, Clay Stewart <cstew...@stewartcomputerservices.com> wrote: Josh. You can. Just put the web snip on a website. If need help can walk u through later today. Our websire customer lookup... http://www.towercoverage.com/iframemc.asp?mcid=1223&Acct=2910 On Apr 9, 2014 3:08 PM, "Josh Luthman" <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> wrote: I'm having a hard time adjusting to this from Radio Mobile.  There's all the same "stupid" interface shortfalls, for example wanting to know what a customer's CPE would be without adding a site and putting them in the same list.  I feel with technology as it is, it shouldn't be so convoluted to simply put a dot on a map and see what the signal would be from a tower while being able to adjust the elevation on the fly.   I'm wondering if there's another list/forum for this service, too.  There's no way I'm going write a bible of questions for support, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense for either of us. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373   _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless   _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless   _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless   _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless

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