====== Tools for cartography and mapping ======

===== DIY ISPs =====

* [[https://db.ffdn.org|Collaborative map of DIY ISPs]]. Code is currently available at https://dev.cafai.fr/gitweb/?p=ffdn-db.git

===== Planning tools for wireless networks =====

* [[https://code.ffdn.org/FFDN/celutz|Celutz]]: Tool to visualize and geo-reference panoramic photos.  Useful to plan line-of-sight wireless links, and approximate the location of potential wireless subscribers.  Written in Django.

* [[http://www.heywhatsthat.com/|HeyWhatsThat]]: Online tool to create coverage maps. Has also [[http://wisp.heywhatsthat.com/]] for LoS calculations. 

* [[http://www.heywhatsthat.com/profiler.html|HeyWhatsThat Path Profiler]]: Online tool to check the topographic profile between two given points. 

===== Wireless community networks =====

* [[http://libremap.net|LibreMap]] : nice tool for mapping wireless routers and links, designed for wireless community networks. It has a nice API, integrates well with OpenWRT, supports replicating throughout multiple instances. [[https://github.com/libremap|Code at GitHub]].

* [[http://dev.wlan-si.net/wiki/Nodewatcher|nodewatcher]], an open source network planning, deployment, monitoring and maintenance platform with emphasis on community. Provides also mapping module.

* [[https://github.com/ninuxorg/nodeshot|Nodeshot]]: born out of Ninux.org, it allow users to map geographical data, contact one another and stay up to date with what happens in the community. A live instance of the new development version can be seen at [[https://test.map.ninux.org/]] 

* [[https://github.com/wind-project/wind|WiND]]: WiND is a Web application targeting at Wireless Community Networks. It was created as a replacement for NodeDB by the members of Athens Wireless Metropolitan Network (AWMN) located in Athens, Greece. A live instance can be seen at [[http://wind.awmn.net/?page=nodes&session_lang=english|AWMN]] and at [[http://wind.sarantaporo.gr/?page=nodes&session_lang=english|Sarantaporo.gr Community Network]]


===== Comparison of mapping softwares for community networks =====

Comparison done mostly by Al, in 2014: http://pool.wiki.guifi.net/wiki/Comparison_of_maps