subject: Cell Tower Mapping And Information [print this page] Chances are pretty good that if you are a land owner who has been approached by a cell phone tower company or wireless carrier, you may have been exposed already to all kinds of different maps and details concerning everything from the population of the area surrounding your land to the topography of the actual piece of land that is up for debate. There are tons of different facts, figures and types of information that surround these types of lease negotiations that it is important that land owners enlist the help of an attorney or some kind of an organization that will be of service to them, explaining technical terms and guiding them through the process of negotiations.
There are custom GIS, or Geographical Information Systems mapping that is made available to the cell phone tower industry. Professionals who are in business to help act as liasons between wireless carriers and land owners should make available maps such as the types described below to review potential cellular phone tower acquisitions, new cell phone tower site locations and also assist their clients with any and all questions they may have regarding their lease agreements and negotiations. These should be full page maps that are clearly marked and very up to date. If these maps are available at the companys online website, you might need Adobe Acrobat Reader to fully view them. You should never hesitate to contact your professional with any questions about the maps you might have, either.
Aerial maps are used so that the viewer is allowed to see the aerial view of the actual subject site in question. The scale of the maps should also always be made available and should be adjusted to suit the needs of the user when they are online, if necessary. Another type of map is one that shows the competing tower locations in the area. Maps might be separated into three categories, those that show a proprietary competing tower database with all of the towers nationwide, a FCC antenna structures registration map, showing all of the places where antennas have been registered, and a map that shows FAA obstructions. A good company will have a spreadsheet with relevant data about the sites to go along with these maps.
Another type of map for cell phone towers is a population density map, which shows the population density for a location. There are also some maps that show the daytime population, which might be a better indication of the need for a cell phone tower. You might see a median household income with traffic count map too, which shows the income and traffic of the area that surrounds the proposed cell tower lease site in question.
