There is some good software to do this, and we should be able to share collected data into one repository pretty easily... I haven't gotten it working yet, but now have a GPS to round out the hardware requirements... my laptop battery sucks, but I can run out of my car via a power inverter, and also have a range-extending (omni) antenna.
for instance, see this project: http://www.dmzs.com/tools/files/wireless.phtml carte.pl --this can be adapted, IIRC, to use any map source you like, although custom maps ought to be to scale and might require some mucking around to attain proper alignment. I'd like to see a wireless map of eugene overlayed on the bicycle map of eugene that the city provides, as it highlights most of the "alternate transportation" paths... We have some great wireless expertise in town; Clif Cox (who sets up and maintains the wireless gear for country fair and burning man) has been working for SFlan; he recently obtained the business license to be an official re-seller, and is pretty familiar with sources for specialized hardware... I on the other hand, tend to frequent the "deal" sites to stay abreast of the best prices on [mostly-crappy] hardware. Regards, Ben PS - I'd be willing to commit to some local wardriving in mid-October... On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 09:28:12 -0700 "Marc Baber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | Sounds like there might be a small number of people wanting to | contributed to a shared database of WiFi resources. | | Setting up shared databases on the web is, like, what I DO! -- | password protected portals with user class permission | schemes and easy-to-use database data entry, query, update, delete and | reporting functions. | | If there are five people who would agree to do some laptop/GPS | stumbling and reporting, I'd be more than happy to | set up such a database with contributions limited to the group of 5 | (or more upon approval) and read-only access to | the whole group (or the world?). What should the attibutes be?: | | - latitude (degrees, minutes, seconds) | - longitude (degrees, minutes, seconds) | - name (like "New Odyssey" or "UO") | - description of facilities (hours of operation, quality of coffee, | availability of pan-galactic gargle-blasters, seating, other | clientele, what-have-you) | - Cost/hr if any. | - Street address | - (City State Zip unnecessary?) | - radius of coverage (meters?) | - bandwidth | - upstream type (DSL, cable, dial-up(ew), T-1, T-3, etc.) | - owner/admin_id (leading to contact info in "person" table) | - reporter_id (who entered this report) | - date of entry | | Am I forgetting anything? Who will be the first 5 field reporters for | the WAN-hitchikers guide to Eugene? :-) | | -Marc | | Elijah Buck wrote: | | >On Thu, 2003-09-18 at 21:36, T. Joseph Carter wrote: | > | >>On Thu, Sep 18, 2003 at 04:29:16PM -0700, Bob Miller wrote: | >> | >>>>In case anyone is interested: Cafe Paradiso has WiFi now. | >>>> | >>>I'm told that the Wild Duck, at 6th and Charnelton, also has free | >>>Wi-Fi. I haven't had a chance to try it out myself yet. | >>> | >>That's it, we need a geek with wifi and a GPS to go and stumble all | >of>Eugene and build us a proper coverage map. | >> | > Sounds like a plan. I have a laptop and wifi, and street | > intersections | >would surely be accurate enough. In fact, I'm sure there are plenty | >of people with wifi and laptops. This sounds almost kinda barely | >feasible. Of course, I'm incredibly busy, but here's a start: on 22nd | >between Harris and Potter (this is where I live). Feel free to free | >load off my 256k dsl until I get tired of not having any bandwidth. I | >don't think it will reach into University park, but perhaps the bus | >stop on Harris. | > | >>We also need a source of | >>high-gain omni and directional antennas, some AP bridges, etc.. ;) | >> | > What else are Pringles cans good for. Certainly not for the | > chips. It | >would be great to build some kind of network similar to what is in | >Seattle. Now if only there weren't so many trees..... | > -Elijah | > | >_______________________________________________ | >EuG-LUG mailing list | >[EMAIL PROTECTED] | >http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug | > | | -- | | Marc Baber [EMAIL PROTECTED] | The Bot Works, Inc. http://www.botworks.com | P.O. Box 12057 Phone: 541-485-8446 | Eugene, OR 97440 FAX: 541-485-8446 | | | | _______________________________________________ | EuG-LUG mailing list | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug -- _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
