Wi-fi in Birmingham

Posted on January 15, 2009 by

Wi-fi in Birmingham – Another attempt to map the free (and paid for, but that's not so interesting) wifi hotspots in Birmingham. I've added my regular haunts in Kings Heath / Moseley and Digbeth. Part of the wider UK Wifi Map project and was set up by Ed Russell.

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7 Responses to Wi-fi in Birmingham

  1. Ed Russell says:
    January 15, 2009 at 11:43 am

    Thanks for the support Pete :-) Ed.

  2. Michael says:
    January 16, 2009 at 2:41 am

    The map is fantastic, and I even managed to add a node! One obvious omission from the current map though is the city centre (Bull Ring etc). Is this because it’s difficult to add (I for one have no idea of its ‘boundaries’)?

  3. Ed Russell says:
    January 16, 2009 at 4:21 pm

    I’m not sure quite how to add an area – perhaps we add one pin in the centre of a cloud?

    Anyone got any thoughts?

  4. Pete Ashton says:
    January 16, 2009 at 4:23 pm

    I added an area last night covering the city centre but it didn’t really add anything and just confused the map, so I got rid of it.

    I reckon the centre is pretty well defined by the ring roads. Can’t think of any reason we need to add geographic data. Happy to be wrong though.

  5. Ed Russell says:
    January 16, 2009 at 4:55 pm

    Ahh – I read the message differently. I thought he was talking about cloud areas covered by wifi rather than a small location…

  6. Pete Ashton says:
    January 16, 2009 at 8:57 pm

    Ah, maybe he was. That’d make more sense. Michael?

  7. Michael Grimes says:
    January 16, 2009 at 11:49 pm

    I think I was talking about cloud areas. I was referring particularly to BCC’s Information Zone (or whatever it’s called) that’s publicised around the Bullring and city centre, as this seems a key area of access in Birmingham and should be marked on the map somehow. But how, I’ve no idea!