[Scan-DC] KML Files for DC Antennas and Licensees

[Larry Sampas]

Looks cool, and you've found ways to address some of the data issues.

I did the Virginia files anyway -- changing DC to VA was easy, but there's
a lot more data:
136,249 active licenses in Virginia with coordinates. The resulting KML
file is 100 MB and although I compressed it into a KMZ that's 5 MB, GE will
likely consume all the resources on your computer when it opens the file.

The Virginia antennas file has 3455 records and is still manageable.

http://cw.sampas.net/kml/VA_antennas.kml
http://cw.sampas.net/kml/VA_licenses.kmz

Larry



On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Mike Rhodes <Mike.Rhodes at cavellmertz.com>wrote:

> Hi Larry,
>
> I'll save you a little effort on a some of this.
>
> My company runs a website www.fccinfo.com that can be used for searching
> some of the publicly available FCC databases.  Specifically, anything
> related to broadcasting as well as all the FCC Registered towers.  We
> download and process the FCC data daily for AM, FM, & TV and weekly for
> towers and microwave paths.
>
> We also have free Google Earth tool that uses the same databases to display
> all current AM, FM, and TV records, all the FCC Towers, as well as the
> broadcast related microwave paths.  A link to this Google Earth tool, more
> information, and some sample pictures are here:
> www.fccinfo.com/fccinfo_google_earth.php
>
> Save this to "My Places" and it will be ready to go each time you open
> Google Earth, always linked to the most current FCC data.
>
> 3D buildings and microwave paths on tall buildings like Chicago, NYC, SFO,
> LA, etc. are really cool since the microwave path end points are plotted at
> the correct height.  Google Earth is an amazing tool and I share your
> interest in mapping databases.  The beta version of this for Google Earth
> on
> the iPad/Android is almost done!
>
> Suggestions are welcome, but before somebody asks... yes, we download the
> public safety, land mobile, and other 2-way databases for our internal use
> but have not incorporated them into FCCInfo or Google Earth.  Maybe
> someday.
>
>
> Enjoy!
> Mike
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Larry Sampas
> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 5:11 PM
> To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Scan-DC] KML Files for DC Antennas and Licensees
>
> For those of you with Google Earth, I have produced a couple of KML files
> that show locations of antennas and licensees in DC from two of the FCC's
> publicly available databases. If you don't have GE, it's a free download
> from Google.
>
> For details of the antenna or licensee, click on the icon in Google Earth.
>
> If you have comments for improving the layout or data, please let me know.
> Just keep in mind that I work with the data the FCC releases and the
> limitations of the KML schema. MD and VA are up next. The coordinates are
> not always correct, but they are often close.
>
> Our government releases publicly a ton of data with latitude and longitude
> in it, so creating KML out of it has become something of a hobby.
>
> http://cw.sampas.net/kml/DC_licenses.kml
>
> http://cw.sampas.net/kml/DC_antennas.kml
>
> Larry
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