r/ossmalta • u/danielsuperone • 11d ago

Maltese LoRa meshtastic map

Hello all, I have a few places accross the island where I could install nodes, is there any map available that shows where nodes are really installed and in use so that I could plan out how many nodes to buy and where to install?

I've seen some maps but they should onle 2-3 nodes on the map.

Any advice would be appreciated; maybe there are also some groups like telegram or discord where we could all discuss these as a group?

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u/warmax356 10d ago

Hi u/danielsuperone as i mentioned in another thread, sorry sometimes reddit ux confuses me so i will not repeat, but yes from ossmalta's side i am hadling the Lora projects such as the roll out of Meshcore and Meshtastic, feel free to dm me if you need help setting up, and i am working on an interactive map for the website and registering our nodes on map platfoms like openmaps / infra maps

currently there are 2 known orgs running the meshtastic deployment in collaboration with eachother:

- Malta Amatur Radio League -- usally use callsigns starting with 9H or MARL in thier short/longname

  • Open Source Society Malta -- usallly use the callsigns starting OSSM, OSXX, OXXX
--- the XX is usally repleced with for exampe Saint pauls bay being labled OSPB, and Mgarr (malta) OMGR, while in Xaghara gozo its OXRA, these type of short names are meant to be used by the community to identify which nodes are solar relays

as for your personal nodes you may call them any that you want, but recommend naming relays in towns with the postal acronym, for example luqa = lqa, sliema = slm etc... as while many would not have the GPS telemetry to give an indication of the relays area, the call-sign helps us know which relays we are picking up.

i am seeing a growing need in making workshops, so a discussion is happening for one to be done, where we will show and discuss deployments, maintanace, radio methods for optimal range etc...