News & Events

Mapper 2017.3.1 with Antenna Patterns and Spreadsheet to Shapefile Now Available

We are pleased to announce today that we have released Terrain Analysis Package (TAP™) Mapper 2017.3.1, which includes the ability to use antenna patterns in Quick Coverage as well as new spreadsheet to shapefile conversion. As previously announced, Mapper is available to users of our full TAP™ RF design software and it is now also available as a standalone software […]

Mapper 2017.3 with Obstruction Editor and KML / KMZ Conversion Now Available

We are pleased to announce today that we have released Terrain Analysis Package (TAP™) Mapper 2017.3, which includes Obstruction Editor with 3D Open Street Map (OSM) buildings plus manual obstructions as well as new KML/KMZ to shapefile conversion. As previously announced, Mapper is available to users of our full TAP™ RF design software and it is now also available […]

Mapper 2017.2 with Longley-Rice Propagation and 3D Viewer Now Available

We are pleased to announce today that we have released Terrain Analysis Package (TAP™) Mapper 2017.2, which includes Longley-Rice Propagation for RF Path and Quick Coverage Calculations as well as a built-in 3D viewer with 3D buildings. As previously announced, Mapper is available to users of our full TAP™ RF design software and it is now also available […]

Mapper 2017 with Global RF Path Analysis Now Available

We are pleased to announce that we have released Terrain Analysis Package (TAP™) Mapper 2017, which includes global terrain, land use, and building data that enable worldwide RF path analysis. As always, Mapper is available to users of our full TAP™ RF design software and it is now also available as a standalone software subscription: 30 Day Subscription: […]

New TAP™ Mapper Analysis Tools Released

We are pleased to announce today that we have released an update to Terrain Analysis Package (TAP™) Mapper 2016 that includes two new analysis tools:  Data Summation and Intersecting Contours.  Recall that TAP™ Mapper 2016 installs alongside existing TAP™ software and provides an alternative to the current HDMapper for visualizing, exporting, and analyzing coverage study results.  These new […]

TAP™ Mapper 2016 Now Available

TAP™ Mapper 2016 is an all-new analysis and visualization software tool for TAP™ customers with software maintenance dates of July 1, 2016 or later.  It is not a replacement for HDMapper at this time. The HDMapper product remains integrated with TAP™ software for viewing and analyzing coverage study results.  However, as shown below, TAP™ Mapper is an […]

New MODIS International Clutter – Land Use Data Available

SoftWright’s Terrain Analysis Package (TAP™) provides RF propagation calculations and analyses for a wide range of applications from 30 MHz to 30 GHz and above.TAP™ path and coverage studies can be made more accurate and more enlightening by including land use / clutter data, which tells TAP™ what is on top of the terrain.  We are […]

TIA TR-8.18 and TSB-88 Update

SoftWright has been active in the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) TR-8.18 engineering subcommittee since 2014.  This subcommittee establishes standardized methodologies for modeling and simulating wireless communications in public safety systems.  Over the past two years, it has undertaken the update of Telecommunications Systems Bulletin (TSB)-88.2 and the creation of TSB-88.4 and TSB-88.5 to address the […]

SoftWright – VEDP Trade Mission to Brazil

  • Event Date: 04/04/2016 - 04/09/2016
  • Location: Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil

SoftWright will be participating in a Trade Mission to Brazil this spring.  SoftWright has customers throughout Central and South America and this is a great opportunity to personally meet and work with telecommunication companies in Brazil.  The Trade Mission is being organized by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership and will include around ten companies from […]

New High-Resolution International Topo Data Available

SoftWright’s Terrain Analysis Package (TAP™) provides well-known, industry accepted RF propagation models, such as Longley-Rice, Bullington, Okumura, Hata-Davidson, and others.  These models have been widely used for many years and demonstrated to be accurate based on measured field strength data.  However, these models calculate RF propagation losses over terrain and the accuracy does depend on […]