• DocumentCode
    2663959
  • Title

    Covermap: Computer tool to calculate the propagation in open areas importing data from GoogleMaps

  • Author

    De Adana, F. Saez ; Fernandez, F.J. ; Loranca, J.L. ; Kronberger, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Dprt. de Cienc. de la Comput., Univ. de Alcala, Madrid, Spain
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    16-17 Nov. 2009
  • Firstpage
    229
  • Lastpage
    232
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a computer code to obtain the propagation in open areas. The code implements an empirical formulation to perform the calculation. The main advantage of the code is that the data of the environment are taken from GoogleMaps allowing the calculation at any part of the world with an easy accessibility to the necessary data. Moreover, the code is applicable to both rural and urban areas. Some measurements have been performed in the Cologne (Germany) area to validate the code.
  • Keywords
    cartography; computational electromagnetics; electromagnetic wave propagation; software tools; statistics; Cologne area; Covermap; Germany; GoogleMaps; computer code; computer tool; propagation calculation; statistics; Antennas and propagation; Diffraction; Frequency; Laboratories; Performance evaluation; Propagation losses; Receiving antennas; Software tools; Transmitters; Transmitting antennas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas & Propagation Conference, 2009. LAPC 2009. Loughborough
  • Conference_Location
    Loughborough
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2720-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2721-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LAPC.2009.5352449
  • Filename
    5352449