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Cell Tower Search via Google Maps hack

boingboing.net — Gotta love that Google API. This site ties the FCC cell phone tower registration data to google maps. Now you can figure out where you'll have the best service in your area.

Who dugg this? Made popular Jul 26, 2005

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  • mhanley, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Direct Link:
    http://www.cellreception.com/towers/index.html
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Be careful, the Department of Homeland Security might consider this classified information. They've done it before.
  • shad0w, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0What about /.ed?
  • ignavia, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Thanks for the direct link. I hate link-hopping.
  • LeegleechN, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0It hasn't been dugg, it's been boingboinged.
  • Whomever, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I think they've been dugg. It's only coming up with a title for me before it times out through the office proxy.
  • davewsward, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Good map, poor data. See www.towermaps.com/fcc.htm
  • SybotCB, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I think they might be getting hammered right now.
  • chris4404, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Yeah the site is unbearably slow, might have to wait a bit.
  • blhack, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Digg needs to get some full-time mods. Linking to an article that is two sentances long that then links to what te topic of the digg story is is getting really old.
  • lastdayze, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0'I love it now make me hate it'
  • TokenUser, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Explains a lot :) ... lousy cell coverage in my area.
  • JSatt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Slow as hell but once it works it's cool.
  • LtData, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Well if you don't like the story, report it or don't digg it.
  • PacoBell, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I'm also running FF 1.0.6, but it works just fine for me. Perhaps you're running at too tiny a screen resolution?
  • EPeters, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0If google released the API it's not a hack.
  • ThomasLeeIV, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Hack doesn't work completely for me (FF 1.0.6) Clicking on a tower that makes the map move causes the "Details" popup to disappear before you can even view it (not saying that I could do better though)
  • PacoBell, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@LeegleechN: That's like saying someone was burned and then scalded ;)
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Post the direct link, not the link of your blog that no one reads. Lame.

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