You have to install a new TV satellite dish on your house and want to know the exact alignment to a particular satellite but you know where to start?
With DishPointer now everything is much easier, you are free to you with an accurate computer satellite dishes pointing to effectively and using innovative mapping Google Maps 2D and Google Earth 3D.
The operation of DishPointer is simple, you just entered in the form at the top place name and address, while below you can choose the satellite you wish to bet, then click Go! .
the middle of a green marker will appear with all the data points you can drag and reposition as desired to the exact spot with the mouse, from which a green line that shows the ' exact trajectory pointing towards the satellite selected.
PLEASE NOTE: the prevention of natural or architectural obstructions, select the top right " Options show obstacle line of sight (checker) ", will appear a second red marker positioned on the line green, this you need to check if the " line of sight (LOS) to the satellite is obscured or covered by some obstacle.
Drag the marker along the alignment over an obstacle (a tree, a house, etc.). And check the ' maximum height not to exceed not to cause interference to the signal.
To view the alignment to the satellite calculated by DishPointer in a much more realistic three-dimensional mapping in 3D, you must first have already installed the program Google Earth, then click on ' + Google Earth icon that are right below the map.
Alternatively click on the top right on "Earth " you can use the GE- Plugin that allows you to view and navigate 3D mapping Google Earth in your normal browser, to install visit this page and start the automatic installation. In Google Earth
'll always see a green line alignment to the satellite, zooming into space can also view the exact location of the satellite (which ends the green line).
