[Commotion-discuss] Meta Mesh in Pittsburgh is working on do-it-yourself heatmapping

[Dan Staples]

Thanks Adam, that's really useful! Do you have a writeup of the process,
so other groups could do something similar?

On 08/06/2014 11:10 PM, Adam Longwill wrote:
> We have been able to build our own heatmap using Kismet and ArcGIS and I
> wanted to give you all a sneak peak at an early rendition of our heatmap
> we're showing to interested neighborhoods. Below is about a 45 minute
> drive around the limits of a Pittsburgh neighborhood with Kismet on a
> laptop and this guy
> (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008200LHW/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1).
> We pumped the 25mb Kismet output through a Ruby wringer to make it show
> the number of SSIDs visible at an X and Y coordinate and then made a
> .csv file which we tossed into ArcGIC 10.2.2 and tada, heatmap. I'm sure
> many of you could find this useful. You could tailor your heatmaps to
> record the signal strength of your mesh access points at given distances
> or even see what mesh APs are visible at a certain set of coordinates.
> The possibilities are endless and it just takes a matter of time,
> patience, and knowledge.
> 
> We'll be sure to streamline this process not only for our own benefit
> but for yours as well in the near future. Keep an eye on MetaMesh.org
> for updates!
> 
> Inline image 1
> 
> Good Luck!
> 
> Adam Longwill
> 
> 
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