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+Radio Map (Radio Ga Ga)
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+Pulls in radio stations, determines broadcast ranges, displays available stations nearest a location
+
+Sources:
+US Database
+http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/fm-query-broadcast-station-search
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+Canadian Database
+http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst.nsf/eng/h_sf09484.html
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+References:
+http://publicradiomap.com/
+
+Problem attempting to solve:
+I want to know what radio stations are nearby when I travel, spefically NPR or college radio
+
+But really:
+Just want to make a cool visualization that could be useful to someone, too
+
+
+TODO:
+
+- Grab station and frequency data given a location using above sources 
+    Can data give probable broadcast range or do we need to determine by algorithm?
+      Yes?  Cool.
+      No?   Find or create an algorithm that could take geological data into consideration including
+            signal strength, interference, weather, and other factors that may affect range.
+- Generate a list of all the stations in a given area
+- Allow a user to input a certain station, ex. NPR, to find that station's frequency given their location
+- Build controls that allow you to change station coverage based on time (if data is provided
+- Colorize data by genre or commercial vs public
+- Also.... find a visual library that would be able to display this stuff easily :>
+- Node for backend? Probably. Research backbone and angular a bit
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