SoftWright LLC - TAP Tips   Developers of the Terrain Analysis Package Software Summer 2005   News in this issue Which Coverage is Better? Visit SoftWright at APCO 2005 in Denver SoftWright Awarded a GSA Contract TAP Engineering Seminar - September 12-13, 2005 Which Coverage is Better? Using the Terrain Analysis Package (TAP)tm software, you can calculate radio coverage predictions drawing from several thousand antenna patterns in the TAP antenna pattern library or patterns that you have imported from major antenna manufacturers. When you compare various coverage plots, it is sometimes difficult to decide which has the best coverage. There can be several legitimate measuring sticks. The first one is coverage area comparisons. For years now one of the options in TAP is to calculate the coverage area in square miles (or sq. km.) for each system under consideration. Comparison of the size of coverage areas will quickly reveal which site, antenna selected, or which antenna height above the ground will yield the largest coverage area, for a specified field strength. A new feature in TAP is the ability to also calculate the population recieving a certain level of field strength. Using the ShapeFiles provided with your TAP software (for versions of TAP with a Maintenance Subscription expiration date after 11/30/04) you can now calculate the population comparisons between coverage maps. The original files supplied at no additional cost contain the population data for 1990. We now have the latest census data files taken from the 2000 census and they are available to update these previous ShapeFile databases. If you would like a quotation for these new population data files for your region, please contact our sales deparment. Pricing is $250/state, $1000 for six states or $4500 for the entire US. For details about Population Counts from a Tiled Coverage map, click here...    Greetings from SoftWright! Visit SoftWright at APCO 2005 in Denver    If you will be attending the APCO 2005 conference August 22-24, 2005, at the Colorado Convention Center in downtown, Denver, please stop by and visit us at booth 1004. Please email us to recieve free passes to the exhibit hall for the show. The TAP software is used by many public safety telecom engineers to assist in their design and diagnosis of a wide variety of rf-based systems including two-way radio, microwave, EMS data links, and other critical radio communication-based systems. Link to APCO 2005 website... SoftWright Awarded a GSA Contract    As of April 29, 2005, SoftWright LLC became a registered contractor, fully vetted by the General Services Administration, to do business direct with the US Federal Government, as well as state and local governments through April 28, 2010. "This 5-year contract will enable us to better serve our current governmental customer base, as well as make it even easier to start doing business with prospective government clients," says SoftWright's president, Larry Ellis, P.E. While the process took a lot of time, it will be well worth the effort to be able to provide a simple way to locate and procure our software at the very best price. Radio frequency design engineers and technicians only need access to the GSA information on our web site to quickly find out more about the Terrain Analysis Package (TAP) software and how it may be acquired though this contract. This contract applies only to cooperating government agencies for purchase of IT products and services. The Department of Homeland Security is now the parent agency to such current TAP users as the US Border Patrol, FEMA, all branches of the US Military, US Forest Service and the Federal Aviation Administration to name but a few. Have a look at our Capability Statement to see exactly what SoftWright has to offer and which NAICS, SIC and SIN codes apply. All you need to do is put our GSA Federal Contract No. 35F0530R on your purchase order and we can fill the order with a minimum of red tape. SoftWright is the only provider of rf design software tools to be an approved GSA Contractor. Click here for GSA info... TAP Engineering Seminar - September 12-13, 2005    Consider attending our next TAP Seminar to quickly acquaint you with the many new TAP features. Classes are generally less than 15 persons and you have the benefit of working directly with the software developers. For more details and registration for our upcoming TAP Engineering Seminar...  ::  email us  ::  visit our site phone: 303-344-5486 SoftWright LLC · P.O. Box 370390 · Denver · CO · 80237