submitting Geotag info

[BJ_NORTON]

I just started trying to get my 996xt setup for GPS scanning, and noticed that most of the sites for the system (NSRS) I want to scan are way off. Looking at it a bit more it looks as if most sites (especially the rural ones) have been centered on the geographic center of Nevada, and given a range of 315 miles!

I searched through all the sites that I'm likely to visit in the near future and drilled down through license after license until I found the correct coordinates. They've been placed in my personal files for my radio, but I figured I ought to share my work too. The suggested ideal submission has everything arranged in neat columns that are a consistent size. However, when you try to arrange a site like "Battle Mountain (east)" with a site like "Ely" things get confusing quickly as the columns don't line up well. Should I submit it like this anyway, or would it be easier for the admins if I sent a link to my dropbox where I have saved the original spreadsheet?

Also, the database has each site listed as a site number and Hex number. Does it matter which one is used to ID each site when I submit data? I imagine my travels the next few weeks are likely the first time anyone has tried to verify that what is in the db matches the real world for many of the rural areas of the state. Many of the sites I looked at had no license referenced, or the license had expired.

Thanks for your input, I want to make sure I do things the right way!

 

[Comint]

. . . Also, the database has each site listed as a site number and Hex number. Does it matter which one is used to ID each site when I submit data?

I'm no expert on this, but as all the 9xxx series numbers appear to be just "place holders" for the, as yet, unidentified real Site/Hex numbers, it would probably be better to use the "Unique DB Site ID" for each Site.

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Comint

 

[loumaag]

Well it is good that someone is going out and about and certainly the geotags for sites on the system need improvement. As for how to submit geotag data, for sites it is pretty simple:

• Provide the site number and name as it is in the DB.
• Provide actual coordinatnes of the site.
• If the Site is unusual in some way (like it is on a 1000' foot tower or on a moutain peak) explain what is unusal about it.
• If you know the ERP of the transmitters you can provide that otherwise when you provide the license associated with it, we will guess the radius based on the allowed ERP.
• If, while you are scanning it, you find either more frequencies or can better define them (like a CCh change or LCN change).
• If the site you are submitting (in this system) is listed in the 9000's please provide the site number correction with the real site number. The DB Admin will change it in the DB to the correct number. (See the note on the system page reference this: EDACS systems reuse site numbers. Confirmed site numbers are numbered below 9000 with the right two digits indicating the site number.

The submission can just be in a narrative form or organized the way you want as there is no set method for this.