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-A mobile web app (for [[https://marketplace.firefox.com/|Firefox OS Marketplace]] and mobile web browsers) that shows the promixity of the user to the nearest radio communication tower in Switzerland. This allows a user without reception to know in which direction to walk to get a signal, or for people trying to go as offline as possible to find the nearest "hole" in reception. +A mobile web app (for [[https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/tower-track-ch|Firefox OS Marketplace]] and mobile web browsers) that shows the promixity of the user to the nearest radio communication tower in Switzerland. This allows a user without reception to know in which direction to walk to get a signal, or for people trying to go as offline as possible to find the nearest "hole" in reception. 
  
 Note: as signal quality varies strongly depending on the height difference and topography of the land, distance alone is not enough to paint an accurate picture of signal reception. This app __may not__ be relied upon in an emergency. Note: as signal quality varies strongly depending on the height difference and topography of the land, distance alone is not enough to paint an accurate picture of signal reception. This app __may not__ be relied upon in an emergency.
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   * Live app: **http://towertrack.utou.ch/**   * Live app: **http://towertrack.utou.ch/**
 +  * https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/tower-track-ch
   * Source: https://github.com/loleg/tower-track-ch   * Source: https://github.com/loleg/tower-track-ch
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 {{tag>status:live eco geo needs:design needs:expert}} {{tag>status:live eco geo needs:design needs:expert}}
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