I was just thinking about the border buffer zones. That should not be too difficult to create. I'll get to that in a few days and post it as a separate file. I'll let the list know when it's ready.
Thank You, Brian Webster www.wirelessmapping.com <http://www.wirelessmapping.com> -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Brian Webster Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 9:33 PM To: John Valenti; WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Updated White Spaces mapping tool John, I included all the channels because you will need to look at them as adjacent channels that need to be protected. I could have done a lot more with this but the time requirement to provide this as a free tool is well above what I have the capacity to do. That is also why you got the analog stuff in one lump sum file. It would have taken me double the time I already spent on this to go and create the same capability for the analog channels. There is still a lot of information I need to learn about how the rules are going to work in the white spaces. At this point I thought for the good of the group, I would just get as much information out there in a useable format that I could afford to provide for free. In cases such as the PLMRS for the metro areas, it would be simple for WISP's in those markets to just delete or not use those contours in their investigations. If there were an easily accessible set of GIS data for these things and the border protection zones, I would gladly add them to the file. If they need to be created it would be some time before I could even start on that type of project. Thanks so much for your kind words. I appreciate the input and your notes about the exceptions will no doubt be noted by others who are using the tool! Thank You, Brian Webster www.wirelessmapping.com <http://www.wirelessmapping.com> -----Original Message----- From: John Valenti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 7:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Updated White Spaces mapping tool Brian, Thanks again for this! A few comments: (1) I was surprised to see channels 3 & 4 included, since those are prohibited everywhere (right?) (2) you might include a note on your web pages about the 32km canadian border limitation, also the 40/60km Mexican border limit. (I'm guessing that would be hard to include as an overlay) (3) I found a list of the 13 metro areas limited for PLMRS/CMRS operation at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2002/octqtr/pdf/47cfr90.307.pdf (2 page PDF). For my situation, Detroit has channels 15 & 16, so channels 14-17 are off limits out to 134km, I think. I was also able to use the analog file after a few attempts. (I turned on everything and locked up Earth the 1st time) Do you know of a method to click on one of the analog overlays and find out what it is? I see there is one in the next county over, but I don't really want to go thru that long list and turn them on one at a time. Oh, is it OK to point other people at your tool? thanks again! PS - your webserver has a great connection, I had that 20MB file in about 30 seconds. :-) On Nov 24, 2008, at 12:09 AM, Brian Webster wrote: > I have updated the White Spaces Google Earth Mapping tool to show > ALL of the > channels available for Fixed Wireless use. Please go to > http://www.wirelessmapping.com/sample_maps.htm to download the latest > version. There is also a second link to a file with the analog low > power > stations that may not convert to digital in February. It's a huge > file and > is only for reference. You will need to do some research on your own > to > determine if any particular station will remain on the air. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
