NZ wireless map could break and needs an alternative to fusion tables

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DanGamingTV

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#254266 4-Aug-2019 17:17

Forgive me if this is in the wrong category, it’s my first time posting here.
Many of you use the NZ wireless map by mark hansen, and sadly it could stop working after fusion tables gets shut down. If anyone has suggestions for alternatives, please let me know.

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#2289747 4-Aug-2019 17:43

What's the URL? I haven't heard of it sorry.

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#2289748 4-Aug-2019 17:44

Could be a possible alternative (depending on what kind of info you're after and where you are looking) to look at cellmapper.net. It has crowdsourced data so some areas have very good data (e.g. I've mapped most VF/2D sites in West/Central/East/South Auckland and I understand Spark has pretty good data in Auckland too) whereas a lot of other areas are just estimates and/or missing altogether. Crowdsourced data outside the main centres and/or highways is pretty poor. If you were looking to see what services are actually being operated (as opposed to just the license data which doesn't always match actual operations) this tool is a good way to do that. Cellmapper also shows how the area where signal have been received so you can have an idea of how far the coverage extends from a specific site.

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#2289749 4-Aug-2019 17:44

quickymart:

What's the URL? I haven't heard of it sorry.

https://gis.geek.nz/celltowers

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#2289750 4-Aug-2019 17:47

quickymart:

What's the URL? I haven't heard of it sorry.

https://wirelessmap.markhansen.co.nz/

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#2289751 4-Aug-2019 17:48

KiwiSurfer:

quickymart:

What's the URL? I haven't heard of it sorry.

https://gis.geek.nz/celltowers

He means this one.

https://wirelessmap.markhansen.co.nz/

It's a great resource. sadly it doesn't have everything. I'm still trying to identify this tower.

Somewhere in the peak of the watakere rangers (before it drops down the slope towards Waitroa)

All it really is is a script that downloads the RSM aradaic as all heck database and converts it into a fusion table. You could use methods such as maps or cellmapper use to download only regions to achieve it without fusion tables.

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#2289762 4-Aug-2019 18:11

My bad, had quickly assumed it was gis.geek.nz as that one is throwing up errors as well. Thanks @taneb1 @hio77.

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#2292252 8-Aug-2019 13:09

from the look of that tower in your photo it is the chorus tower

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#2292259 8-Aug-2019 13:26

@BioNz:

from the look of that tower in your photo it is the chorus tower

Interesting... Maybe it is WUA afterall then? I'll have to go have a peep.

Alternatively it's HSU which seems far less likely given it's in the valley.

If it's iver of those, the shape of the global has really messed with my typology.....

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#2292288 8-Aug-2019 13:49

There is no radio tower at what.

If it's the chorus tower your not going to see it from the road up there as the access track is about a km long

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#2292320 8-Aug-2019 14:19

BioNz: There is no radio tower at what.

If it's the chorus tower your not going to see it from the road up there as the access track is about a km long

Thanks, will reach out to a few folk to see if i can grab a photo to compare.

lens on camera only goes so far!

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