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Finding Decent Online HotSpot Maps for Europe?

Posted by Cliff on from the x-marks-the-hotspot dept.

216pi asks: "It seems that there is no good site where to post the data about my free WiFi HotSpot in Cologne / Germany. This one doesn't help (map is unusable), this looks nice but has no map, a good name is nice, but doesn't help if it doesn't contain any data and Telepolis (in English) has only blabla sites but without usable search function or map. Any suggestions, especially for Europe (and/or Germany)?"

14 comments

  1. 2nd most obscure article ever! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I think the one about counterfeit windup monkeys is still in the lead, but this comes in second in the most obscure Slashdot article contest.

    Stupid 2-minute rule, foiling my mad fp skillz.

    1. Re:2nd most obscure article ever! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      > Stupid 2-minute rule, foiling my mad fp skillz.

      Well whaddya know. I won't claim this one as mine, though, because only the truly bored would even click on this story. Still, you take what you can get, right?

  2. maybe... by Tuxinatorium · · Score: 1

    Slashdot should explain some of the more esoteric things they post instead of assuming everyone knows what the hell WiFi or a hotspot is.

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    1. Re:maybe... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Why explain it? If you don't know what the bloody hell he is asking about you sure as hell can't very well help him. Or can you?

    2. Re:maybe... by stefanlasiewski · · Score: 3

      Or can you?

      Use google or your favorite search engine. Plug in a couple of terms, read the links, learn a bit, use your knowledge and search a couple of more times, and eventually you might find an answer. I've successfully done it a hundred times.

      Doesn't always work, but I've learned alot using this very simple strategy.

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    3. Re:maybe... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Then why can't the fucking submitter use the same little trick, mmm?

    4. Re:maybe... by 0x0d0a · · Score: 2

      Slashdot needs to use "802.11b" instead of "WiFi" so that people can understand what others are talking about.

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  3. *Online* maps? by tunah · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you can access them, you don't need them ;-)

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  4. IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Hotspots map YOU!

  5. Well well.... by Gruturo · · Score: 2

    start posting the geographical coordinates here.

    Let's build a database of nodes by coordinates, which can be then superimposed to any map!

    I look forward to having the "find nearest hotspot" on my gps :-)

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  6. Helping this idea grow takes... WORK by NKJensen · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Well, why don't you join in and help the best one?

    You want it to be free (gratis) which is only possible if you help for free.

    You get what you work for.

    By the way, maps are useless. Ranges are around 25-100 meters which means that you'll need very detailed (that is very expensive) maps.

    Address/zip code searches would be much better and as a side-effect easy to implement.

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    1. Re:Helping this idea grow takes... WORK by NKJensen · · Score: 2

      By the way, how
      about this site?

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  7. Usability by Noodlenose · · Score: 2
    Well, I would prefer if people invest their energy in installing a node in every brewery, so I wouldn't have to go home at regular intervals to check on slashdot. Instead I could just go into Livercirrhosis in no time...

  8. Wrong approach by NKJensen · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The problem of the web today:

    Everyone starts a new page instead of helping out with one of the existing ones!

    Yes, it takes some effort to find the existing ones. But starting yet another small incomplete site is just plain wrong and unfriendly to new users.

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