Posted: 31st Oct, 2003 By: MarkJ
ZDNet UK has redesigned and updated its graphical map of broadband wireless LAN (Wi-Fi) hot spot coverage -
HERE. It allows you to see street-level information about the location of hot spots:
The new Flash-based version of the map gives street-level information about which hotels, railway stations, cafes and kiosks offer Wi-Fi for people looking for wireless Internet connections.
ZDNet UKs Wi-Fi hot spot map was built in conjunction with Ordnance Survey, and is based on the agency's MasterMap of Great Britain -- a terabyte spatial database of every feature across the country.
From the Ramada Jarvis hotel in Inverness to the BT Kiosk on Plymouth's Union Street, the ZDNet UK Wi-Fi hot spot map covers hundreds of hot spots provided by the likes of BT Openzone, Swisscom Eurospot, T-Mobile, and ReadyToSurf. It was designed to help mobile professionals find convenient access to high-speed wireless networks, and will be frequently updated as the service providers roll out more hot spots over the coming months.