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Revision as of 13:28, 12 May 2009
This step by step is intended to help a first time user get the program up and running. It is intentionally kept simple and is designed to familiarize the user with Pathloss 5's layout and tools.
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Step 1 - Configure terrain data
Download some terrain data from NASA
This tool may also be helpful http://www.pathloss.com/mapsearch.html
Click Configure - Set GIS configuration
Click the Primary DEM tab and select SRTM (World) from the Digital elevation model drop down list.
Click the File index button and a new window will appear. In the menu of the new window click Files ,Import index and SRTM hgt files.
Browse to locate the HGT files you have downloaded (You can select many HGT files at once by holding Ctrl or Shift while selecting fles). Click Open and the files will be added to the index list.
You have now configured Pathloss 5 for SRTM terrain data.
Step 2 - Enter site information
Click the Site Button or Click
Step 3 - Create the links
For this example we will manually connect the links
