[MLB-WIRELESS] milestone

[Drew]

yeah, if i can get mapserver to work, and am able to query it in a defined
direction, both of which i can't figure out.


> Couldn't you just write for each node near yours, every 5 meters or so,
check
> to see if the land is rising, then whether it's falling (ie there's a hill
> between you and the node), and flag a certain height hill (5 meters or so)
so
> indicate that you don't have (obvious) LOS? this wouldn't have to be every
> time the map is called, it could be stored for every pair of nodes. This
will
> be far from realistically calculating whether you've got LOS, but I'm a
bit
> [insert self defamatory remark here] when it comes to my own geographics,
and
> looking at the node map doesn't help at all (no, I haven't gotten out the
> binoculars/e-mailed ppl, 1) it never occurred to me :-) 2) there's only
ONE
> operational node within 20 km of me).
>
> > > Off topic, is there a way to program into the node map an
> > > indicator telling
> > > you, geographically, whether you have LOS to an operational
> > > node? Discounting
> > > tree, roof tops, etc, just depending on hills/elevation.
> >
> > You need path profiling software to do this, and even then, results are
not
> > always what you expect.  I live in an area where profiling software is
far
> > from accurate, unless the terrain info is extremely detailed.
>
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