Here is a list of all mapping software I know of which is useful for maintaining node maps for a community network. This does not include commercial applications which may or may not prove useful in the long run. -- AdamShand

See Also: CaseysMappingSoftware, MapIt, CommunityMaps, MapMaintenance, MapSoftwareDevel

• OpenMap is not OpenSource but does allow you access to the source. It's a java based tool which uses XML and other stuff. Looks interesting but is ugly like all java stuff is. http://openmap.bbn.com/

• Blast Base is maintained by DonPark and is a PHP and MySQL driven mapping engine. It uses MapBlast as the map engine but currently has no way of managing node data.

  • http://www.pdxwireless.org/blastbase/

• BrisbaneMesh's software is one of the more advanced offerings out there. I have no idea what it is written but it seems to use a mixture of MapBlast and topographical data.

  • http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~mesh/db2/

• PdxWireless' mapping software is maintained by CaseySpain and is primarily a Flash application but has some PHP/perl middle ware and uses PostgreSQL and MapBlast as the mapping engine.

  • http://www.idiotsyndicate.org/projects/pdxwireless/

• ["GAWD"] (the Global Wireless Access Database) is maintained by the ShmooGroup but has fallen into disrepair over the last few months. It is a perl, XML, MySQL combination to provide a node database but doesn't contain any actual mapping features.

  • http://www.shmoo.com/gawd/

• LocFinder is maintained by DrewUlricksen of MelbourneWireless. It is a very full featured mapping program but apparently will not work for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere. It uses MapBlast as the mapping engine.

  • http://melbwireless.dyndns.org/~drew/

• Line Of Sight by Miron Cuperman uses topo maps.

  • http://s.hyper.to/miron/cgi-bin/los.pl

• PersonalTelco's mapping software is maintained by MattHickey and is a perl, MySQL aplication which uses a combination of MapBlast and MapServer as the mapping engine. It is currently very new but under active developement. See MapSoftwareDevel and WnDb.

  • http://maps.personaltelco.net/

• NoCat mapping software is a mystery to me but looks like it's written in perl.

  • http://www.testingrange.com/geo/test/nocatmap.cgi

• NodeDB.com's software was based upon brismesh's software, with major revisions to the internal math functions and removal of all needed external binaries, covers to date 43 locations, with at least 1 location in every single state and territory on Australia.

  • http://www.nodedb.com

• RadioMobile merges topographic data with a description of node equipment to generate coverage maps. Not easy to use, but great for line-of-sight checks and coverage maps.

  • http://www.cplus.org/rmw/english1.html

  • http://www.kcwireless.net/index.cgi?CoverageMap has example coverage maps for KCWireless.

• SeattleWireless mapping software is also a mystery. It uses topographical maps but has no way to manage node data via the web.

  • http://star.depechecode.com/swmap/

• Wap-Map - I don't know that much about this. One nice feature is that itmakes the client load the map image dirctly from the map server and then use a local transparent PNG to overlay the node data.

  • http://gelbnet.com:8080/~aman/node.php?zipcode=22180

• ((zWm)) Zhrodague WiFi Mapserver is up and running, almost completely automated. We accept Netstumbler text-files to plot points, and we've got some really dense maps for Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. This was created for the Pittsburgh Wireless Community

  • http://mapserver.zhrodague.net

  • http://www.pghwireless.com

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