![]() I added a u-blox NEO-6M GPS module to the LoRaWAN prototype that i described here and took it into Central Hong Kong. I built a LoRaWAN tracker device including a GPS, to be able to push data to the Helium Cargo mapping platform. Unfortunately Hotspotty does not let us filter the non-denylist hotspots, but from my previous experiments i knew there were some real hotspots in Victoria Harbour. What do we know about fake hotspots? The Hotspotty app allows us to show the denylist: for the Hong Kong/Shenzhen area, 1,405 of the 3,356 online hotspots are known fake, that is more than 40%! : Hong Kong online hotspots on the denylist (FAKE LOCATIONS) : Hong Kong online hotspots (fake and real) Helium Coverage mapping the Explorer map showing a lot of hotspots, including many fake ones, so how about real world coverage? the Mappers map, showing the green hexes of my first experiment, proven network coverage In short, a robust map means high priced customers, which means adoption, which means the network grows and the token value increases. As an example, this map is what someone like Lime scooters would look to before they sign a contract. This real world evidence at the scale and resolution offered by our map gives prospective network users the information they need to make decisions about their deployments. ![]() This is like looking at the Verizon or T-Mobile map when evaluating phone plans, but for business users. Helium is built around rewarding hotspots, but has no incentives to prove actual coverage for devices although they recognise it is the only real world value of the network.įor network users, the map proves the real-world coverage that hotspots provide. coverage over open sea is quite good however, in the city streets, even close to hotspots, it seems quite poor.6 hotspots confirmed (nobody else in HK has contributed any data to Mappers).my own ThingsBoard instance to store and visualise data.Coverage Map is similar to Mappers but 3rd party, also volunteers.Helium Mappers shows the actual network coverage of the Helium network, contributed by volunteers (as we’re doing here).Helium Cargo is a mapping tool for real-time tracking.So in order to understand the real network coverage, i built a GPS tracker (see below), configured it for the Helium network, and attached a few integrations to the device: The Helium Explorer is mainly a tool for HNT miners, due to widespread location spoofing it does not show real network coverage (see previous posts and denylist).
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