Обсуждение: Re: [PERFORM] OSS database needed for testing
> I'm quite familiar with RadioSoft. Can't afford any of the software; > familiar > with the products... :-) > > I've been putting together open source tools to do much of the same stuff. > With the release of the FCC's Fortran source, I've been able to do > virtually > everything I need to do. > > But while the LMR dataset is larger, the MB dataset is just as varied. > I'm > interested in both, however. Peter's my father! At RadioSoft I worked over that same fortran code you talked about. We ported most of it to C. Of course, I would prefer not to write any software that would compete with my father's company, free or no :) I can tell you, though; the land mobile database is much more complicated. Getting it to run decently on pc hardware is a significant engineering challenge. OTOH, the broadcast database isn't too bad. For example, the last time I checked there were about 40k tv stations in the cdbs, compared with about 4m frequencies in the land mobile private. Also the lm database has a much wider scope of function. The requirements for broadcast have changed (like the nature of broadcast technology itself) very little in the last 50 years, except for the ill-fated DTV rollout and the failed AM stereo. It's a conservative industry. Merlin
On Friday 04 April 2003 14:54, Merlin Moncure wrote: > I can tell you, though; the land mobile database is much more > complicated. Getting it to run decently on pc hardware is a significant > engineering challenge. Then it sounds like it's a better fit for Josh's requirements. > ill-fated DTV rollout and the failed AM stereo. It's a conservative > industry. Tell me about it. Yet we get IBOC....and the 30,000 translator apps in the one week window... Anyway, those topics more correctly belong to radio-tech@broadcast.net; rather off-topic here. I do still want to get CDBS in a PostgreSQL setup, with automatic nightly import, at some point in time. Just probably not as quickly as Josh needs a dataset to crank on. -- Lamar Owen WGCR Internet Radio 1 Peter 4:11
Lamar, > I do still want to get CDBS in a PostgreSQL setup, with automatic nightly > import, at some point in time. Just probably not as quickly as Josh needs a > dataset to crank on. Oh, I don't know. I expect setting this up to take several weeks. And if we do the CDBS database as part of the test pack, then you can get my help without paying the $175/hour I normally charge <grin>. -- -Josh BerkusAglio Database SolutionsSan Francisco