this is definitely a nice thing for us to be doing that way we have some idea of what our overlap looks like. it sounds like (from some unicast discussions with matt) we have a couple places where we have some overlap. i think that andy's point is well taken however regarding the cataloging of the nodes within a common database. there are some good tools for the cataloging of this stuff. when last we saw our hero (Thursday, Jun 06, 2002), Jima was madly tapping out: > On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, Andy Warner wrote: > > Matthew S. Hallacy wrote: > > > Anyone with a hotspot that's open to the public please send me > > > the following: > > > > > > Street Address or GPS Coordinates SSID > > > > N 44.922967 W 93.33327 SSID: Open Externally mounted WAP11, > > chimney mounted 8dBi omni, 8' of 1/2" Heliax. > > > > I'm not completely sure I understand why we're re-inventing the > > mapping/cataloging wheel here. What were the issues with simply > > using an existing engine/database like the personal telco one ? > > Actually I believe Matt is planning to do drive-by's wherever > possible, and generate propogation maps. This gives a more > realistic idea of how close we are to connecting between APs. > We're not inventing any wheels here; we're simply using (and > improving?) the ones other people invented -- kismet & gpsdrive, et > al -- which paint a clearer picture. > > -- steve ulrich sulrich at botwerks.org PGP: 8D0B 0EE9 E700 A6CF ABA7 AE5F 4FD4 07C9 133B FAFC