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Yankees368 · 05-04-2007, 2:25 AM

So I got bored tonight and made a custom google map of the cell towers and sites back home....check it out:

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UT...1929&z=12&om=1

Fire14 · 05-04-2007, 11:37 PM

Wow, that's cool I didn't know you could make your own maps with Google.
Guess I need to start playing around with it and figure out how to make one as well.

clock3687 · 05-04-2007, 11:54 PM

Thats pretty cool yankees, i too didnt know that was possible.

It would be pretty sweet if we could have something like this for the cell site gallery, add the towers to the map as you add them to the gallery.

Yankees368 · 05-04-2007, 11:58 PM

Yeah, the only problem is that I don't always know exactly where the tower is that I took the picture of. In this case, I know where each site is by memory, but for most I really do not know.

But yeah, anyone can create a map now. I wish you could make custom icons.

Fire14 · 05-05-2007, 12:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yankees368

Yeah, the only problem is that I don't always know exactly where the tower is that I took the picture of. In this case, I know where each site is by memory, but for most I really do not know.

But yeah, anyone can create a map now. I wish you could make custom icons.

Maybe 1 day they will be customizable to either add a picture or a link to a photo & you would be able to make different markers.

Yankees368 · 05-05-2007, 12:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fire14

Maybe 1 day they will be customizable to either add a picture or a link to a photo & you would be able to make different markers.

Well the closest you can get to that right now is the ability to embeed a picture within the marker. Already did that for most of them though.

Andy · 05-05-2007, 2:44 PM

That is cool. I have all my local cell sites on a map saved on my computer. Maybe I will transfer it to something like google maps sometime when I get a chance as this may be a great resource for others.

Yankees368 · 12-07-2008, 6:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by clock3687

Thats pretty cool yankees, i too didnt know that was possible.

It would be pretty sweet if we could have something like this for the cell site gallery, add the towers to the map as you add them to the gallery.

Going back and looking at this post, this isnt a bad idea. Would anyone be interested in opening up my current detailed map, and adding their local area to the map?

ace41690 · 12-08-2008, 5:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yankees368

Going back and looking at this post, this isnt a bad idea. Would anyone be interested in opening up my current detailed map, and adding their local area to the map?

Id add my area but i dont know how lol

Yankees368 · 12-08-2008, 6:12 PM

Give this link a try, see if it works:

I've shared a map with you called NYC Area Cell Sites:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UT...24aeb5e7c725a6

ANyone should be able to edit it. Please dont mess with my already places sites.

ace41690 · 12-08-2008, 7:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yankees368

Give this link a try, see if it works:

I've shared a map with you called NYC Area Cell Sites:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UT...24aeb5e7c725a6

ANyone should be able to edit it. Please dont mess with my already places sites.

Ok I added a few, Ill add more later.

Yankees368 · 12-08-2008, 7:17 PM

Excellent! Isn't that Alltel territory?

Btw, all new towers posted on the map will appear in page 2 (and eventually page 3), unless exported to a KML for use in Google Earth.

ace41690 · 12-08-2008, 7:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yankees368

Excellent! Isn't that Alltel territory?

Btw, all new towers posted on the map will appear in page 2 (and eventually page 3), unless exported to a KML for use in Google Earth.

It was unil earlier this year, then they sold their cellular license to verizon, so verizon has the cellular and pcs license, sprint also has a pcs license

Yankees368 · 12-08-2008, 8:04 PM

I encourage everyone on this forum to add to this map. It's about time we have some sort of group effort at this. I think this could really turn out to be something nice.

Charlyee · 12-08-2008, 8:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yankees368

I encourage everyone on this forum to add to this map. It's about time we have some sort of group effort at this. I think this could really turn out to be something nice.

It is an excellent idea, I will see what I can do tomorrow.

Thanks for getting this started Yankess

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Yankees368 · 12-08-2008, 8:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charlyee

It is an excellent idea, I will see what I can do tomorrow.

Thanks for getting this started Yankess

Palm850/v0100 Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows CE; IEMobile 7.11)

My pleasure, this forum needed a little something, its been dead around here. I am actually quite excited about this. I should probably add my known towers in Buffalo from my 4 years there, and now my Lanisng, MI towers.

(quick questions to mods: Is this forum open only to people who are in the tower hunting club, or is it available to everyone?)

ace41690 · 12-09-2008, 2:01 AM

Why did it stop working?

Yankees368 · 12-09-2008, 2:07 AM

Good question, no locations are showing up on my map.

ace41690 · 12-09-2008, 2:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yankees368

Good question, no locations are showing up on my map.

So what now?

Yankees368 · 12-09-2008, 2:13 AM

Good question. What happened? Is the page just not loading, or did someone delete my work?

ace41690 · 12-09-2008, 2:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yankees368

Good question. What happened? Is the page just not loading, or did someone delete my work?

I dont know, it would really suck if someone deleted it, i dont know why anyone would do that.... I guess im just gonna start another map.

Yankees368 · 12-09-2008, 2:23 AM

Give my map a few hours to figure itself out. It's not even displaying the edit options, so its just not loading correctly.

Yankees368 · 12-09-2008, 1:31 PM

I don't know what happened to my map :-(

Yankees368 · 12-09-2008, 6:52 PM

Good news! The map is working again. Everyone, please feel free to add.

ace41690 · 12-10-2008, 12:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yankees368

Good news! The map is working again. Everyone, please feel free to add.

perhaps u should back it up or something now

ace41690 · 12-10-2008, 2:00 PM

I added a bunch more, Sprint sites are in yellow

Yankees368 · 12-10-2008, 2:22 PM

There really is no way to back up the maps. The only thing you can do it download a KML file to be used in google earth, which just links to googles copy anyway.

JFB · 12-11-2008, 11:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yankees368

(quick questions to mods: Is this forum open only to people who are in the tower hunting club, or is it available to everyone?)

This forum is open to everyone.

If you join the Tower Hunting group, it gives you permission to edit any of the submitted tower pictures. That way you can add or update the info for any cell site.

spleck · 12-17-2008, 12:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yankees368

There really is no way to back up the maps. The only thing you can do it download a KML file to be used in google earth, which just links to googles copy anyway.

That's the main reason I hadn't spent any more time using Google Maps to map all the sites.

If they make it do a true export, then I would definitely invest the time. Creating the maps in Google Earth is an option, but makes collaboration difficult. I also found out that you can use Google Earth to open the Map kml and copy each individual site, but not the whole map. Either way, there's too much tedious work to not have a reliable backup system. Worrying about Google losing the data is not too bad, but one evildoer, or big accident and everything is gone.

btb601 · 01-02-2009, 1:58 PM

Just a question on tower info, how did you find out who is who? Here in Joplin, MO 64840, it is top secret. I have looked up all towers and nothing to be said about Sprint or nextel. I even drove to the tower locations with my aircard and did not notice any stronger signals or I should say a anything under 70 at anyone tower. As for calling local and Sprint, no help from them
Thanks

05-04-2007, 2:25 AM	#1
Yankees368 Compulsive Signal Checker Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Lansing, MI & Long Island Posts: 3,544 Phone(s): Palm Pre Provider(s): Sprint PCS (since 2002), Voicestream (2001-2002) Devices: S9 HD, 30GB iPod 5g, 2GB nano, Dell XPS M1530 Thanks: 2 Thanked 19 Times in 12 Posts Images: 624 My Auctions	Google Maps Tower Locations So I got bored tonight and made a custom google map of the cell towers and sites back home....check it out: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UT...1929&z=12&om=1 __________________ "'Current Sprint Service Can Not Be Used' What the hell does that mean?!?" Nokia 5190 > Samsung a460 > Sanyo 6200 > Sanyo 8100 > Sanyo 8200 > Sanyo 7400 > Samsung a900 > Samsung a900m > Motorola K1m > Sanyo M1> HTC Mogul > HTC Touch Pro > Palm Pre

05-04-2007, 11:37 PM	#2
Fire14 Easy,Cheap & Sleazy Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Union County NJ Posts: 8,457 Phone(s): EnV, V750 Provider(s): Verizon Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Images: 293 My Auctions	Re: Google Maps Tower Locations Wow, that's cool I didn't know you could make your own maps with Google. Guess I need to start playing around with it and figure out how to make one as well.

05-04-2007, 11:54 PM	#3
clock3687 Celtics have got #17!!!!! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 591 Phone(s): T-Mobile G1, Motorola KRZR K1, Samsung T339 Provider(s): T-Mobile Hotspot@Home Devices: Zune, Nav-U GPS, Sirius Thanks: 3 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts Images: 344	Re: Google Maps Tower Locations Thats pretty cool yankees, i too didnt know that was possible. It would be pretty sweet if we could have something like this for the cell site gallery, add the towers to the map as you add them to the gallery. __________________ http://www.speedtest.net/result/189608448.png

05-04-2007, 11:58 PM	Original Poster #4
Yankees368 Compulsive Signal Checker Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Lansing, MI & Long Island Posts: 3,544 Phone(s): Palm Pre Provider(s): Sprint PCS (since 2002), Voicestream (2001-2002) Devices: S9 HD, 30GB iPod 5g, 2GB nano, Dell XPS M1530 Thanks: 2 Thanked 19 Times in 12 Posts Images: 624 My Auctions	Re: Google Maps Tower Locations Yeah, the only problem is that I don't always know exactly where the tower is that I took the picture of. In this case, I know where each site is by memory, but for most I really do not know. But yeah, anyone can create a map now. I wish you could make custom icons. __________________ "'Current Sprint Service Can Not Be Used' What the hell does that mean?!?" Nokia 5190 > Samsung a460 > Sanyo 6200 > Sanyo 8100 > Sanyo 8200 > Sanyo 7400 > Samsung a900 > Samsung a900m > Motorola K1m > Sanyo M1> HTC Mogul > HTC Touch Pro > Palm Pre

05-05-2007, 2:44 PM	#7
Andy Join Date: May 2003 Location: Campione, Italy Posts: 10,290 Phone(s): Blackberry Tour, Motorola RAZR V3i Provider(s): VZW, Vodafone D2, Solomo, Swisscom Mobile Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts Images: 130	Re: Google Maps Tower Locations That is cool. I have all my local cell sites on a map saved on my computer. Maybe I will transfer it to something like google maps sometime when I get a chance as this may be a great resource for others.

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12-08-2008, 6:12 PM	Original Poster #10
Yankees368 Compulsive Signal Checker Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Lansing, MI & Long Island Posts: 3,544 Phone(s): Palm Pre Provider(s): Sprint PCS (since 2002), Voicestream (2001-2002) Devices: S9 HD, 30GB iPod 5g, 2GB nano, Dell XPS M1530 Thanks: 2 Thanked 19 Times in 12 Posts Images: 624 My Auctions	Re: Google Maps Tower Locations Give this link a try, see if it works: I've shared a map with you called NYC Area Cell Sites: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UT...24aeb5e7c725a6 ANyone should be able to edit it. Please dont mess with my already places sites.

12-08-2008, 7:17 PM	Original Poster #12
Yankees368 Compulsive Signal Checker Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Lansing, MI & Long Island Posts: 3,544 Phone(s): Palm Pre Provider(s): Sprint PCS (since 2002), Voicestream (2001-2002) Devices: S9 HD, 30GB iPod 5g, 2GB nano, Dell XPS M1530 Thanks: 2 Thanked 19 Times in 12 Posts Images: 624 My Auctions	Re: Google Maps Tower Locations Excellent! Isn't that Alltel territory? Btw, all new towers posted on the map will appear in page 2 (and eventually page 3), unless exported to a KML for use in Google Earth.

12-08-2008, 8:04 PM	Original Poster #14
Yankees368 Compulsive Signal Checker Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Lansing, MI & Long Island Posts: 3,544 Phone(s): Palm Pre Provider(s): Sprint PCS (since 2002), Voicestream (2001-2002) Devices: S9 HD, 30GB iPod 5g, 2GB nano, Dell XPS M1530 Thanks: 2 Thanked 19 Times in 12 Posts Images: 624 My Auctions	Re: Google Maps Tower Locations I encourage everyone on this forum to add to this map. It's about time we have some sort of group effort at this. I think this could really turn out to be something nice.

12-09-2008, 2:01 AM	#17
ace41690 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 179 Phone(s): Blackberry Curve 8330, Previous: Sanyo MM8300, Sanyo MM7400, Samsung SPH-M610 Provider(s): Sprint Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Google Maps Tower Locations Why did it stop working?

12-09-2008, 2:07 AM	Original Poster #18
Yankees368 Compulsive Signal Checker Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Lansing, MI & Long Island Posts: 3,544 Phone(s): Palm Pre Provider(s): Sprint PCS (since 2002), Voicestream (2001-2002) Devices: S9 HD, 30GB iPod 5g, 2GB nano, Dell XPS M1530 Thanks: 2 Thanked 19 Times in 12 Posts Images: 624 My Auctions	Re: Google Maps Tower Locations Good question, no locations are showing up on my map.

12-09-2008, 2:13 AM	Original Poster #20
Yankees368 Compulsive Signal Checker Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Lansing, MI & Long Island Posts: 3,544 Phone(s): Palm Pre Provider(s): Sprint PCS (since 2002), Voicestream (2001-2002) Devices: S9 HD, 30GB iPod 5g, 2GB nano, Dell XPS M1530 Thanks: 2 Thanked 19 Times in 12 Posts Images: 624 My Auctions	Re: Google Maps Tower Locations Good question. What happened? Is the page just not loading, or did someone delete my work?

12-09-2008, 2:23 AM	Original Poster #22
Yankees368 Compulsive Signal Checker Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Lansing, MI & Long Island Posts: 3,544 Phone(s): Palm Pre Provider(s): Sprint PCS (since 2002), Voicestream (2001-2002) Devices: S9 HD, 30GB iPod 5g, 2GB nano, Dell XPS M1530 Thanks: 2 Thanked 19 Times in 12 Posts Images: 624 My Auctions	Re: Google Maps Tower Locations Give my map a few hours to figure itself out. It's not even displaying the edit options, so its just not loading correctly.

12-09-2008, 1:31 PM	Original Poster #23
Yankees368 Compulsive Signal Checker Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Lansing, MI & Long Island Posts: 3,544 Phone(s): Palm Pre Provider(s): Sprint PCS (since 2002), Voicestream (2001-2002) Devices: S9 HD, 30GB iPod 5g, 2GB nano, Dell XPS M1530 Thanks: 2 Thanked 19 Times in 12 Posts Images: 624 My Auctions	Re: Google Maps Tower Locations I don't know what happened to my map :-(

12-09-2008, 6:52 PM	Original Poster #24
Yankees368 Compulsive Signal Checker Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Lansing, MI & Long Island Posts: 3,544 Phone(s): Palm Pre Provider(s): Sprint PCS (since 2002), Voicestream (2001-2002) Devices: S9 HD, 30GB iPod 5g, 2GB nano, Dell XPS M1530 Thanks: 2 Thanked 19 Times in 12 Posts Images: 624 My Auctions	Re: Google Maps Tower Locations Good news! The map is working again. Everyone, please feel free to add.

12-10-2008, 2:00 PM	#26
ace41690 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 179 Phone(s): Blackberry Curve 8330, Previous: Sanyo MM8300, Sanyo MM7400, Samsung SPH-M610 Provider(s): Sprint Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Google Maps Tower Locations I added a bunch more, Sprint sites are in yellow

12-10-2008, 2:22 PM	Original Poster #27
Yankees368 Compulsive Signal Checker Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Lansing, MI & Long Island Posts: 3,544 Phone(s): Palm Pre Provider(s): Sprint PCS (since 2002), Voicestream (2001-2002) Devices: S9 HD, 30GB iPod 5g, 2GB nano, Dell XPS M1530 Thanks: 2 Thanked 19 Times in 12 Posts Images: 624 My Auctions	Re: Google Maps Tower Locations There really is no way to back up the maps. The only thing you can do it download a KML file to be used in google earth, which just links to googles copy anyway.

01-02-2009, 1:58 PM	#30
btb601 I made my first post! Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Diamond, Missouri Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Google Maps Tower Locations Just a question on tower info, how did you find out who is who? Here in Joplin, MO 64840, it is top secret. I have looked up all towers and nothing to be said about Sprint or nextel. I even drove to the tower locations with my aircard and did not notice any stronger signals or I should say a anything under 70 at anyone tower. As for calling local and Sprint, no help from them Thanks

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