For me? Not really. For my wife (or whomever you have working the phone) yes. ;)
Just an option... Not a requirement. ryan -----Original Message----- From: "Mike Hammett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: 12/29/07 3:22 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] brain cramp, can someone jog my memory? Does that really take any less time than just doing it in Radio Mobile? ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "D. Ryan Spott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 12:43 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] brain cramp, can someone jog my memory? John, As a quick method, you can use National Geographic's Topo! software. I live in a pretty hilly area. When folks call us for service, my wife asks them their address and she puts it into Google Maps. Google maps gives her their general lat and long. Then she tosses those coordinates into Topo and uses the compass tool to draw a line from the tower to the customer. The software can then do a quick "walk" along that line much like you describe below. The output gives a pretty good idea of wether or not the link tries to go through any rocks. I _really_ love Radio Mobile tho! Topo costs around 50-100 bucks and can hook to your GPS if needed. ryan On Dec 28, 2007, at 9:30 PM, John Valenti wrote: > Say Ralph, I don't suppose your offer extends to others? > > I've looked at Radio Mobile a few times, but didn't want to invest the > time to figure it out. My current method involves using google earth, > drawing a line between the two points, then sliding the cursor along it > to see elevations (while sort of watching the vegetation). Not exactly > scientific! > > If you don't mind doing a path analysis for me, here's one: > > Site A: 42°55'59.62"N 84°14'55.80"W I'm using a grain leg here -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
