I offered to send them google earth overlays we use that come pretty close to reality but they said they couldn't use them.
Bob- -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Brian Webster Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 11:04 AM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] connected nation mapping data They are asking for detailed data for two reasons. One is to inform a potential consumer where you offer service with what speed and price. All of the other data is so they can run RF propagations for your whole network to develop your service area. Problem with that is from what I have seen of their work, they don't know how to do a proper RF prediction. They are using Radio Mobile but they obviously don't know how to set it up or run propagations that reflect reality in the WISP world. That being said, some WISP's have been submitting proper GIS files to show their coverage area and then giving the data for speeds and pricing. There are a few ways to accomplish this. Radio Mobile plots will not work by themselves. Those are image files and for the mapping each state needs to convert that information to some sort of GIS Vector based polygon. Some RF tools will do this directly otherwise you have to do a bunch of tedious conversion in other mapping tools. This process is pretty much the same in every state. Thank You, Brian Webster -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Kurt Fankhauser Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 10:26 AM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: [WISPA] connected nation mapping data Does anyone here have any experience with Connected Nation / Connect Ohio on them wanting data from you for their mapping purposes? They are requesting I sign a non-disclosure agreement and then hand them over a list of all my towers, coordinates, frequency's, antenna, cable loss, equipment manufacturer, service plan speeds. Seems like they want a lot of personal information. I am just wondering besides mapping purposes what the secondary uses of this collected data will be used for. Feel free to email me off-list as well. Kurt Fankhauser WAVELINC P.O. Box 126 Bucyrus, OH 44820 419-562-6405 www.wavelinc.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
