[Xastir] digipeater coverage plots

[Ray Wells]

SPLAT! is able to plot coverage of multiple transmitter sites, with each 
plot a different colour. Overlap areas are in yet different colours again.

Ray vk2tv

David Aitcheson wrote:

>Dick,
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>I can wholeheartedly endorse the us of SPLAT as Alex Carver has suggested.
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>Take a serious look at the SPLAT web page and then get back to us via the
>reflector here with your questions.  You are most likely not the only one
>looking for this type of information.
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>I have SPLAT loaded on my laptop that is running "ubuntu 8.04-LTS" for the
>operating system.  I am certain the group can assist you.  SPLAT has no
>problem outputing "kml" files to use with Google Earth and or Xastir.
>
>We would need to know where you are and the locations of the digipeaters
>thgat you are wanting to get a coverage map of.
>
>73
>Dave
>KB3EFS
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>On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Dick Repasky <dick.repasky at gmail.com>
>wrote:
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>>I'm interested in plotting digipeater coverage, and this message can be
>>viewed as a feature request or a request to know where it has been
>>implemented.
>>
>>Our ARES and RACES groups often support bicycle rides, runs, and relay
>>races that take us out into the county far from digipeaters and often into
>>hilly terrain. To fill gaps in coverage we deploy fill-in digipeaters. If we
>>could plot coverage of digipeaters, we could more easily judge our fill-in
>>digi's and possibly move them to better locations.
>>
>>Coverage could be constructed from incoming packets.  The first digi on
>>the packet path is the first digipeater to pick up the packet, and the
>>packet location provides the coordinates of a place that is covered by the
>>digipeater.
>>
>>Coverage could be plotted using convex polygons that enclose the set of
>>pick-up points for each digipeater.  Polygons for different digi's could be
>>colored differently. And, points of pick-up locations could be plotted using
>>the same color as the polygon, jittered slightly to make visible instances
>>in which two digi's pick up the same packet. Ideally,  locations would be
>>stored over some period of time, rather than working with only the most
>>recent station reports.
>>
>>Does anyone know where this idea has been implemented?  Is the xastir crew
>>interested in implementing it?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Dick Repasky
>>
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