Reticulum Network Planner: Find your ideal transport node locations
Started by 0xSeren ·
I've been working on setting up a Reticulum mesh network in my area (Central MA) and kept running into the same problem. Where do you actually put the transport nodes? You can guess based on a topo map, but hills block line of sight in ways that aren't obvious until you've already mounted hardware somewhere.
So I wrote a tool that downloads SRTM elevation data for your area and computes line of sight from candidate positions at 30m resolution. You give it your existing node locations and constraints (max link distance, number of nodes), and it finds placements that maximize coverage while verifying each node has a LoS path back through the mesh.
There's also a second mode where you drive around with an RNode collecting signal data alongside a GPS track, and it generates an interactive map of your actual coverage. Signal strength, two way vs one way links, elevation correlation, etc. Useful for validating your network after.
Check it out here: https://github.com/0xSeren/Reticulum-Network-Planner
Nice! Especially the second usecase is very interesting to me.
I am actually a bit unsure how to run this. The example config.toml looks to be an example for the first usecase you mentioned. How would I run the actual coverage test? Maybe you can provide an example?
Very cool! I'm in MA too (Pioneer Valley) and interested in talking to local Reticulum users. So far, I have only been able to connect with Meshtastic folks. Please reach out if you'd like to collaborate on any Reticulum-related projects!
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