[HamWAN PSDR] New website and toy

[Ed Morin]

What are the parameters you have for Radio Mobile for each site's coverage
map generation?  (At least Haystack and Tiger.)  I'd like to at least do a
manual map for each...

On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 9:32 AM, Tom Hayward <tom at tomh.us> wrote:

> Most of the models are per-cell. I'd like to be able to turn them on
> and off, but the javascript to do this has not been written.
>
> I'd also like to be able to generate spot models for a given point,
> like you suggest, but this will require automating Radio Mobile or
> Splat!. I haven't had time to work on this myself.
>
> Tom
>
> On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 9:27 AM, Cory (NQ1E) <cory at nq1e.hm> wrote:
> > Tom,
> >
> > Are the models combined into a single image overlay?  If not, an easy
> > way to implement this might be turning individual cells or sectors on
> > and off.  Something like "Show only the coverage for this cell" would
> > allow someone to see which one is covering their area through
> > experimentation.  It would even allow us to use the more detailed
> > heatmaps that would show where the weaker signals might go and not
> > just show a single color for > -70.
> >
> > Of course, it might be quite a bit more difficult, but I think the
> > ideal interface would allow someone to choose a specific point on the
> > map and get a report of sectors that can reach that location from
> > different angles and what the estimated signals would be from each one
> > using various standard antennas at various heights.
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 9:11 AM, Tom Hayward <tom at tomh.us> wrote:
> >> On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 12:18 AM, Ed Morin <edmorin.jr at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> Nice job.
> >>>
> >>> It would be nice -- someday -- if the "red" coverage shading was
> actually
> >>> changed to be color coded for which site is illuminating a given
> area.  When
> >>> I see "red" somewhere, I don't know which site is supposedly covering
> it and
> >>> where to aim the dish...
> >>>
> >>> Some areas are covered by more than one site in which case the colors
> would
> >>> overlap, but that's definitely nice to know too...
> >>
> >> Ed,
> >>
> >> This is on the roadmap, but as far as I know, I'm our only javascript
> >> developer and I've been busy with other projects this summer (new
> >> website, Baldi camera, Gold, and Capitol Peak deploys, among other
> >> things). If you are any good at javascript, you could take a stab at
> >> it. The source data can all be gleaned by reading the current map.js
> >> file and once you have the new map code working we can swap it in.
> >>
> >> I've found that knowing which site *should* be strongest at a
> >> particular location is not terribly relevant in the real world. For
> >> example, the computer models show that Baldi, ETiger, and Gold should
> >> all be reachable from my house. When I do a sweep with the dish, I see
> >> beacon packets from ETiger and Gold. Nothing from Baldi. Oh well, what
> >> matters here is reality, not what the model shows.
> >>
> >> Tom
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