Re: wireless maps

2005-08-18 Thread Andrew Errington
On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 18:17, you wrote: > > I paid good money for TUMONZ (www.tumonz.co.nz). It was *totally* > > worth it. It runs under Windows, and is derived from LINZ data. > > Yeah, I told them I'd buy it as soon as they had a Linux version, 'cause > the doze one wasn't any good for me. Alway

Re: wireless maps

2005-08-17 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> I paid good money for TUMONZ (www.tumonz.co.nz). It was *totally* worth > it. It runs under Windows, and is derived from LINZ data. Yeah, I told them I'd buy it as soon as they had a Linux version, 'cause the doze one wasn't any good for me. Always register demand... Volker -- Volker Kuhlm

RE: wireless maps

2005-08-17 Thread Craig FALCONER
In the same place is now Canterbury.png however its 9.1 Mb Should be what you need. -Original Message- From: Craig FALCONER [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 18 August 2005 3:15 p.m. To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Subject: RE: wireless maps Well actually no. I've

RE: wireless maps

2005-08-17 Thread Craig FALCONER
EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 18 August 2005 9:58 a.m. To: CLUG Subject: wireless maps Hey Craig, Now I'm up and running wireless ( 200mW + 15dbi external aerial! ) I'd like to extend your wireless map over the water, but can't find any decent pictures to overlay. It made me laugh wh

Re: wireless maps

2005-08-17 Thread Steve Holdoway
Look under Microsoft Patent applications (: On Thu, August 18, 2005 2:43 pm, Andrew Errington said: >> So we need to bond 2.4 and 2.6GHz together, and Beckham's your answer? >> >> Tricky thing's going to be getting it so the longer wavelength is at the >> top. > > Yeah, that'll do it. However, no

Re: wireless maps

2005-08-17 Thread Andrew Errington
> So we need to bond 2.4 and 2.6GHz together, and Beckham's your answer? > > Tricky thing's going to be getting it so the longer wavelength is at the > top. Yeah, that'll do it. However, no mention of successful application of this technique can be found in the literature. A

Re: wireless maps

2005-08-17 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Thu, August 18, 2005 2:20 pm, Andrew Errington said: > On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 13:59, you wrote: >> On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 13:51:20 +1200 >> >> Andrew Errington wrote: [snip] > Profile looks like this: > > > A > \ > \/\ >B / \ > \/\ > \ / \ >

Re: wireless maps

2005-08-17 Thread Steve Holdoway
Thanks for that. It looks like we're about 4km apart then, Nick. Sould be pretty easy as long as we don't need to tunnel (: Steve On Thu, August 18, 2005 1:35 pm, Stephen Irons said: > What sort of maps do you want? > > Ecan has aerial photographs of much (all?) of Canterbury available > online;

Re: wireless maps

2005-08-17 Thread Andrew Errington
On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 13:59, you wrote: > On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 13:51:20 +1200 > > Andrew Errington wrote: > > > I can do line-of-sight height profiles from anywhere to anywhere. > > > Give me an address Steve (off list) (already got yours Nick). > > > > Looks like there is a big hill in the way. It'

Re: wireless maps

2005-08-17 Thread Nick Rout
On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 13:51:20 +1200 Andrew Errington wrote: > > > > I can do line-of-sight height profiles from anywhere to anywhere. Give > > me an address Steve (off list) (already got yours Nick). > > Looks like there is a big hill in the way. It's the hill above Randolph > Terrace. > > A

Re: wireless maps

2005-08-17 Thread Andrew Errington
> > I can do line-of-sight height profiles from anywhere to anywhere. Give > me an address Steve (off list) (already got yours Nick). Looks like there is a big hill in the way. It's the hill above Randolph Terrace. A

Re: wireless maps

2005-08-17 Thread Andrew Errington
On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 13:35, you wrote: > What sort of maps do you want? > > Ecan has aerial photographs of much (all?) of Canterbury available > online; you can save them as PNG images. I can make out my house in the > appropriate one. > http://www.ecan.govt.nz/EcanGIS/ecanpro/viewer.htm > > LINZ ha

Re: wireless maps

2005-08-17 Thread Nick Rout
On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 13:03:53 +1200 (NZST) Steve Holdoway wrote: > We're in Te Ra, which is about 85m up. I've found a poor quality pdf on > the BP site, which I'll doctor when I get the chance. > > At a guess that puts you to the right of the timeball as I look. Not really, more "up the valley

Re: wireless maps

2005-08-17 Thread Carl Cerecke
On 18/08/05, Stephen Irons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > LINZ has topographic maps at 1:5 online, but you can only save these > as PDF. > http://www.nztopoonline.linz.govt.nz/website/nztmtopo/terms_cond.htm Actually, the ones shown in your browser are PNG. You have to find the right one from y

Re: wireless maps

2005-08-17 Thread Stephen Irons
What sort of maps do you want? Ecan has aerial photographs of much (all?) of Canterbury available online; you can save them as PNG images. I can make out my house in the appropriate one. http://www.ecan.govt.nz/EcanGIS/ecanpro/viewer.htm LINZ has topographic maps at 1:5 online, but you ca

Re: wireless maps

2005-08-17 Thread Steve Holdoway
PS. Love the favicon (:

Re: wireless maps

2005-08-17 Thread Steve Holdoway
We're in Te Ra, which is about 85m up. I've found a poor quality pdf on the BP site, which I'll doctor when I get the chance. At a guess that puts you to the right of the timeball as I look. With any luck, I can see that. I'll jump on the roof ( again! ) tonight with a pair of binoculars and check

Re: wireless maps

2005-08-17 Thread Nick Rout
On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 09:57:38 +1200 (NZST) Steve Holdoway wrote: > Hey Craig, > > Now I'm up and running wireless ( 200mW + 15dbi external aerial! ) I'd > like to extend your wireless map over the water, but can't find any decent > pictures to overlay. It made me laugh when testing - there's plen

wireless maps

2005-08-17 Thread Steve Holdoway
Hey Craig, Now I'm up and running wireless ( 200mW + 15dbi external aerial! ) I'd like to extend your wireless map over the water, but can't find any decent pictures to overlay. It made me laugh when testing - there's plenty of open access points! Have you got any of Diamond Harbour? Cheers, St