Wardriving results 25 August - 5 September: 746 new networks with GPS locations.
2008-08-24 (#)
Wardriving results 17 - 24 August: 2345 new networks with gps locations. Most of them on a recumbent bicycle tour of Hilversum, a place that is mostly unmapped.
2008-08-19 (#)
Wardriving results 8 - 16 August (a few days missing because the upload results already scrolled out of the WiGLE upload stats) : 685 new networks with GPS locations.
2008-07-31 (#)
Wardriving results 10 June - 30 July: 1615 new networks with GPS locations. Not much happening due to the holiday because I'm not taking the wardriving box on a cycling holiday.
2008-06-09 (#)
Wardriving results for 30 May - 9 June: 2328 new networks with GPS locations according to WiGLE. Nothing really out of the way, one visit to Nieuwegein scored quite a number of new networks.
2008-05-30 (#)
Wardriving results 20 May - 29 May: 2477 new networks with gps locations. With not always the opportunity to bring the wardriving kit along and only small detours through Utrecht this is quite a nice score.
2008-05-20 (#)
Hmm.. the wardriving score already scrolled out of the picture at WiGLE since the last mention of the wardriving results. Anyway: the new gps works although I'm limiting my extra recumbent cycling a bit at the moment because my left shoulder is painful. What does score 'new networks' is leaving the setup running at home overnight because there is at least one AMD_IBSS network near my house constantly changing network address and channel (causing lots of interference). Results for ~ 11 May - 19 May: 5501 new networks with gps locations.
2008-05-07 (#)
Last weekend was a very long weekend in the Netherlands (I had Wednesday - Monday all off). I took the wardriving setup on some bicycle trips. One trip was specifically through all parts of Ijsselstein which has grown lots since I lived near it. A new record in 'new networks found in one wardrive': 3680 new networks in one go. And.. at the end of Ijsselstein my GPS unit broke. A wire in the cable broke of real close to the housing. So I 'wore out' the Rikaline 6015-X5 GPS I ordered two and a half years ago. So, a new GPS unit is on order: the Holux GR-213. I couldn't find a (trusted) Dutch webshop with the Rikaline 6017 and this one is quite compatible: Comparing documentation from Holux and Rikaline shows that the cable pinout is the same. I guess more is the same: the manuals look quite the same to me in drawings, schematics and headlines. And this new one has a SiRF Star III chipset which should improve results.
2008-05-02 (#)
Wardriving results 17 April - 1 May: 5238 new networks with GPS locations. I passed the 100000 mark in the WiGLE stats and moved up to number 20. Bringing the setup on some nice recumbent bicycle rides yielded high amounts of new networks.
2008-04-28 (#)
On Sunday we went on a nice bicycle tour. A bit over 80 kilometers. I brought the wardriving box along and logged the networks found and the gps track. But now I can do something really cool: I can plot the track on a map and put the results on-line thanks to OpenStreetMap. No hassle with 'illegal' map material. This makes this a great moment in open license map data for me. Steps to use an OSM export map in gpsmap (part of kismet). I added the line about the license for the openstreetmap data myself but I can imagine importing data from openstreetmap and correctly naming the source turning into a standard option in gpsmap.
2008-04-17 (#)
Wardriving results 28 March - 16 April: 2853 new networks with GPS locations noted at WiGLE. Most amazing was finding 505 new networks without moving the wardriving box one centimeter: the AMD_IBSS networks were showing up again when I had the wardriving box running overnight in the top window.
2008-04-01 (#)
Our bicycle ride Sunday was really 'dual-use' for me: I logged 218 new networks with GPS locations at WiGLE and I mapped some bicycle paths around Utrecht at openstreetmap.
2008-03-28 (#)
The wardrive yesterday evening was around some streets in Groenekan. Not that special, it was all within bicycle range, on the level of 'detour in my commute'. But, it was the same area where I decided to build the dedicated wardriving hardware. The area is now in WiGLE and I jumped up in networks found with gps locations by finding gps locations for earlier found networks.
2008-03-27 (#)
Wardriving results 4 - 27 March: 3487 new networks with gps locations. From time to time I also use the gps logs from wardriving for mapping for OpenStreetMap. The map of the Netherlands in OpenStreetMap is quite complete thanks to a donation of data by AND but a lot of bicyclepaths are missing. My wardriving is usually by (recumbent) bicycle so I can use wardriving tracklogs for mapping too. I even contributed a bit about mapping with Kismet for OpenStreetMap to the Wiki.
2008-03-04 (#)
Wardriving results 24 Februari - 3 March: 4377 new networks with GPS locations. The wardriving box is helping, together with having nice weather and time for long bicycle rides around Utrecht. I passed the 90000 new networks mark at WiGLE and I'm back at position 22 in the WiGLE stats.
2008-02-13 (#)
Wardriving results between 12 January and 12 February 2008: 1321 new networks with GPS location. Since the work on the wardriving box software and hardware the GPS and the antenna have been at home for testing it all.. and I did not feel like bringing the stuff along and getting another run with problems. I ordered the battery and a charger yesterday and did some more test runs, some with the external antenna connected. The big external antenna gives me 23 visible networks at home. Work that is left on the wardriving box: cabling, making holes in the case for antenna and power connections and building it all together.
2008-01-18 (#)
I did it: Another wardrive with partly missing GPS locations because of a GPS problem Thursday was the reason I needed to start ordering parts for the wardriving box. So I clicked an order together at LinITX.com for the hardware.
2008-01-14 (#)
In a websearch about wardriving I came across a nice article on wardriving for people with enough time and budget which is probably known better as a wireless security penetration project: Spy guys: The anatomy of a covert wireless security assessment. Including notes on what kind of wheels to rent for ideal wireless scanning: a box truck has room and fiberglass sidewalls.
2008-01-11 (#)
I noticed that I haven't posted wardriving results since 31 October 2007. Well, even with the recumbent bike, gps problems and winter weather I still scored new networks with GPS locations at WiGLE. In the backlog I can see that between 16 November 2007 and 11 January 2008 I found 1272 new networks with GPS locations. A the moment I am at position 24 in the WiGLE stats, a slight drop from the 23 I occupied for quite a while.
2007-10-31 (#)
Wardriving results 10 October - 31 October: 2241 new networks with GPS locations. I brought the wardriving rig on several trips which helped in finding 'uncharted' places. And little tours through areas I haven't visited in a while score high amounts of new networks.
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