Tower distance calculator
I've created a simple Web form for calculating distances to known towers. http://rational.co.za/MyWireless/calculate.html Near towers are in green.
I've added most of the Pta towers.
To add a tower use http://rational.co.za/MyWireless/addtower.html.
Both pages use the coordinates on the bottom of the zone locator screen.
Very nice!! Now, all we need are the co-ordinates of all the towers.
Awesome Nic!
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I've added in Hurlyvale tower in Edenvale, according to where Proasm stated it is, and where I saw it. I'm about 870m away [:D]. I get 19% signal where my pc is located, which is on the opposite side of the house facing the tower. If I move my modem to the right side, I get 30% [:)]
Hmmm, apparantly i am 6000km's from sunnyside :P
I think all numbers need to be positive
I can't help I'm one of those people who believe "South" should be on the top of all maps.
ProAsm/Rodent,
I was wondering if perhaps the modem gives one some sort of indication of the time lag between sending a signal and receiving an acknowledgement from the tower.
Why I am asking, older GSM cell phones like (Nokia 51/61 series phones, also 6210), have on the (normally hidden) Netmonitor menu a value called "timing advance", which if multiplied by 550 meters gives you the distance to the tower (in steps of 550 meters). GSM also uses TDMA, and GSM also have a distance limitation (34.5km) usually, so my logic suggests the modem should have a similar parameter one can analyse/read.
Ajax
It would appear that the calculator ignores our hemisphere ;-)
don't include the "-"minus sign in your values ;-)
R
Concerning time lapse....
The Mcps value that one can retrieve is supposed to give a ratio from which a distance can be calculated but it doesn't seem to be correct at all.
R
Added Hyde Park;
Added Randburg Metro;
Added Randburg - Mintek (might be out by a few hundred meters)
Darn if only the towers had a range of 17,5km i'd be covered...
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Helderkruin added (110). I had my capslock on so the name need to be corrected.
nicroets could you possibly modify your site so it also shows the gps coordinates of the towers thay you have.
* Fixed "hELDERKRUIN"
* Added Deg.Minute.Seconds.partial seconds support
* Displaying tower coordinates
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