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- | ===== Mobile Transmission Towers | + | ===== Tower Track ===== |
- | Commuters, hikers, off-piste skiers and others regularly lose connectivity and usually don't have a satellite phone at hand in case of an emergency. Some people are concerned about radio wave pollution, or simply wish to spend a weekend completely offline and away from the temptation of their mobile phone. This is a project idea that should appeal to both. | + | {{ : |
- | {{:project: | + | A mobile web app (for [[https:// |
- | Mockup of a mobile app that shows the promixity | + | Note: as signal quality varies strongly depending on the height difference and topography |
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+ | <GITHUB loleg/ | ||
===== Data ===== | ===== Data ===== | ||
- | Cell phone tower locations in Switzerland are provided by BAKOM (department of communications) on their [[http:// | + | Cell phone tower locations in Switzerland are provided by BAKOM (department of communications) on their [[http:// |
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- | On this screenshot it can be seen that the further one goes from the center of town, the larger the average distance between radio transmitters. | + | |
- | Thanks to help from Adrian who presented SITG services at the Geneva # | + | For the hackday where this project started, a subset of the data for the Canton of Geneva was made available to us via the [[data:sitg|Geneva geoportal]]. Special thanks to __Adrien Viera__ from SITG for his help with this. |
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+ | //An early screenshot of the hackday app// | ||
- | Note that signal quality varies strongly depending on the height difference | + | The current version loads data about GSM tower locations (UMTS and LTE can be added in a production release), positions |
- | * [[http:// | + | Built around a framework that is particularly suited to new Firefox OS phones, the app also has an experimental orientation sensor feature to rotate the map in sync with the compass on select handsets. |
===== Team ===== | ===== Team ===== | ||
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===== Links ===== | ===== Links ===== | ||
- | * TBD | + | * Live app: **http:// |
+ | * https:// | ||
+ | * Source: https:// | ||
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