Mine would be creating pen and paper ciphers for my made up secret communication needs.

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      Wow that’s oddly interesting, I can actually see which towers in my area belong to which provider and the exact specs of each cell

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      What do you do with a tower once you’ve caught it?

      also, what is the purpose, to see if its where it says it is, or is it like tracking and hiking?

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        • Find new macro cell sites and small cells

        • Find new capabilities on those sites (new spectrum, equipment, sector splits, etc.)

        • Know more about the network you’re using

        • Diagnose problems. Even if you can’t personally do anything about them, there’s something satisfying about understanding why you’re having a problem (and possibly how to mitigate it).

        The green pins have been manually positioned by a user. The red pins are a calculated approximate (which can be way off). Sites can (and usually do) have multiple pins, for reasons.

        It’s way, way easier to collect the data now that CellMapper exists. It almost makes it less fun.

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        What do you do with a tower once you’ve caught it?

        I assume it’s like Don Quixote with windmills