http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090811/hl_nm/us_pacemaker

I have so many questions about this, I don't know where to begin.

Ugh.. that seems like a lot of unrecorded points you could be getting credit for in the database. If you were doing this near OH, I'd be all over that. If you recorded them with GPS, Wigle would create you a pretty map of the new ones you discovered. That just seems like a lot of effort for little r...

So there really isn't any guarantee any are in the database? What kind of numbers have you seen before it errors? Another suggestion, depending on how long it took to gather the original data, is to redo/rewalk/redrive the area with Kismet or Netstumbler with GPS, and then compare results? Kismet an...

Er... well.. it depends on what kind of information you collected when you ran your program. If you collected points without any related GPS coordinates, then I am of no use. If you are just randomly searching every MAC address you found against Wigle's Database..... then I am of no help. I can try ...

That just seems like a daunting task..

What kind of program did you use to collect? I might be able to create a KML file you could open in Google Earth, if you used Netstumbler (*.ns1) or Kismet (*.csv)? That is, if you are willing to send me your file.

Why are you trying to query 4000 networks?

I think Mark57 did that?

I just wanted to clarify... Based on Bobzilla's number he gave you with lat,long range, there are 13,026,695 networks. At the time someone collected those points 6,028,246 had some kind of encryption turned on, but that leaves 6,998,449 which either the software never deciphered if any encryption wa...

Roger, so the 6 million figure includes encrypted networks. Thank you. I will post my conclusions here if anyone is interested.

I don't think that is what he meant. Did you not even look at the "Stats" page?

"we"? Why do people ask for help but don't/won't say what they are doing that isn't working?

What are you trying to do? I mean, why do you want to be able to do this?

I use BT2 with a BU-353

My gpsd command is this.. I'm using and older GPSD which you can find in netstumbler.org, it is very stable. You would want to not include the "_old" if you don't have it.. Obviously.

Give that a shot.

It has been 2 years since I messed with my config, but what you said about #2 sounds a little off, though with a better explanation might make sense? #1. I wouldn't worry about scanning for "802.11a." I can't believe there are that many out there to make it even worth getting an 802.11a ca...

2 million.... eh? That's an interesting number choice.

You will like the switch to Kismet. I recommend modifying the channel sequencing and speed.

You are well on your way to being "OCWDD" which has sporadically been mentioned on here. Very good.

Welcome to the Top 10.

If you are in the USA, you might watch the upcoming Black Friday Thanksgiving sales. Last year I got two USGlobalsat bu-353 USB GPS for USD $30 each. It's much less wires than keeping your serial GPS charged, it's smaller, and I got better performance. I'm not making this stuff up. The BU-353 shoul...