Google Maps HDTV Signal Mashup

This might have been useful to a lot of people last night, searching with their rabbit ear antennas for the highest quality HDTV signal to watch the Super Bowl, but now, if you know you have a problem, you can use this tool to get the most reliable signal. Just head to this list, click on the name of your city, and you’ll get a Google Map showing where the HDTV stations/transmitters are located in your area.
If all your major stations are in the same general direction, like they are in New York, just set up your antenna pointing in that direction. If you have Fox to your east and ABC to your west, now you know that when 24 is on, you should point your antenna east, and on Wednesday nights, point it west to catch Lost. HDTV signals are tricky, but crucial, and knowing […]

Original post by Nathan Weinberg