[Tagging] [RFC] Feature Proposal - Cell Phone Reception

[Mateusz Konieczny]

Aug 7, 2023, 02:58 by miketho16 at gmail.com:

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> On Sun, Aug 6, 2023 at 6:39 PM Evan Carroll <> me at evancarroll.com> > wrote:
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>> While I don't disagree, that's not an argument for OSM. OSM's job isn't to mitigate real world safety issues caused by technology. It's to map generally useful geographically verifiable things.
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> I don't understand how cell coverage isn't verifiable - visit the site (e.g. campground) in question, pull out your phone, note how many bars, try to make a call, send a text, use some data (perhaps run a speed test). Yes, it is only good for your carrier, but the carrier should be recorded. Yes, there could be network congestion, or a tower could be out, but we map roads, and they can be congested, or closed due to accidents, flooding, landslides, construction, etc.  In some way, this is getting back to our roots, actually getting out and surveying, rather than just relying on satellite/aerial imagery.
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Mapping congestion of roads is also out of scope for OSM.

And cell phone reception varies wildly based on weather, time of year, operational
internals of operator, load on operator...

What seems potentially mappable is a place where people go (in area of poor or missing
coverage) to use phones as connection is better or existing at all there.
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