[WLANnews] FW: [wsfii-discuss] Re: More on maps -was- Re: [Community]WorldwideMap of wireless communities ?

[Juergen Neumann]

Hallo Andreas, hallo alle MAP-freaks,

bitte schaut Euch doch das mal an. Die Idee mit dem XML-Format auf den Routern taucht jetzt an vielen Stellen gleichzeitig auf. Hierzu dies Mail im Anhang. Jo Hat im Kontext wirelesslondon bereits interessante Ideen gehabt und guifi.net haben einen Teil davon bereits umgesetzt.

LG

JuergeN

> -----Original Message-----
> From: wsfii-discuss-bounces at lists.okfn.org [mailto:wsfii-discuss-
> bounces at lists.okfn.org] On Behalf Of gil forcada
> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 3:47 PM
> To: Discuss list on the World Summit on Free Information Infrastructure
> Subject: Re: [wsfii-discuss] Re: More on maps -was- Re:
> [Community]WorldwideMap of wireless communities ?
> 
> hi jo and all around here,
> 
> in guifi.net we have this (I think ramon have told about it)
> http://maps.guifi.net
> 
> the source code of this is in our svn ( http://svn.guifi.net/viewcvs/
> folder guifimaps)
> 
> maybe some comments are in catalan, but I think all the functions and
> stuff like this (the code to be more clear) it's all in english
> 
> I don't know if our maps are useful for your purpose, maybe the best is
> the ability to catch all the nodes in a xml-based format (GML) for example
> http://guifi.net/ca/guifi/gml/2444
> 
> excuse if I repeat like a parrot all that ramon maybe have said already
> 
> cheers,
> 
> en/na Jo Walsh va dir:
> > dear all,
> > On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 06:12:56PM +0200, Juergen Neumann wrote:
> >> >  But I guess we could maybe go for a simple MAP hosted on
> freenetworks
> >> > http://summit.airjaldi.com/wiki/index.php/SNP_Architecture
> >> I think Jo from London has already had some very interesting ideas on
> >> that issue. I would very much appreciate to have some kind of meta data
> >> exchange format that we could all use to map information where ever we
> >> want.
> >
> > I attempted to set out some of my past thoughts / experiences with
> > wireless network mapping, and the work that Saul and i did last year:
> > http://frot.org/devlog/2006/07/16/the-state-of-wireless-mapping/
> >
> > I'd love to get feedback on this, and hope to go 'back to basics' on
> > wirelesslondon's overstretched codebase and build things specifically
> > directed towards working with others' projects (hi, Mike!)
> >
> > I've heard that NYCWireless have been commissioned to do a
> > netstumbling survey, that could fit in pretty well with a
> > resuscitation of Drew's wifimaps project, and look forward to hearing
> > more about that, too. :)
> >
> > cheers,
> >
> >
> > jo
> >
> >
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> 
> 
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> gil forcada
> 
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