You could use the free QGIS software which is basically a map and you can make points on the maps for your splice boxes, each map layer/drawing has a corresponding data table that goes with it. Set that up as you would a spreadsheet and you have the data and location data on the map at the same time. That really is a lot of what GIS basically is. Tons of on line help with QGIS and if you browse the free plugins there are all kinds of useful additions to the program including things like good map tiles that you can use for your background cartography. You can have maps like open street maps as well as aerial image backgrounds. You can find a lot of good YouTube videos as well.
You can import all kinds of files like google earth and shape files from various sources. Thank you, Brian Webster www.wirelessmapping.com From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Jason McKemie Sent: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 4:23 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Splice Documentation It sounds like all they have now is a Billing/OSS system that presumably has this integrated. Do you have a separate setup? On Wed, Jul 6, 2022 at 2:34 PM Mark - Myakka Technologies <m...@mailmt.com> wrote: Jason, I've been using FiberSmith by Donny Smith. It is based on 3GIS. Does mapping, splicing, etc. Also produces some nice splice diagrams per splice case. -- Best regards, Mark <mailto:m...@mailmt.com> mailto:m...@mailmt.com Myakka Communications <http://www.Myakka.com> www.Myakka.com ------ Wednesday, July 6, 2022, 3:18:24 PM, you wrote: Revisiting this. I've been trying to find something besides spreadsheets to document splices / splice cases, but cannot find anything that isn't an all-inclusive package with a matching monthly fee. Does anyone know of anything out there that works for this? I've been trying to use spreadsheets, but find them extraordinarily cumbersome. I'm starting to think some graphing paper and a pencil might be the only option. I don't really need mapping, but something that involves mapping/GIS/splice documentation may be useful as well. Thanks. -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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