# The Things Network Southampton

A local community of The Things Network: people building an open, free LoRaWAN® network for the Internet of Things in and around Southampton.

- Country: [United Kingdom](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/country/united-kingdom/)
- Status: Campaign (a community getting started)
- Founded: 2016
- Members: 39
- Location: 50.9368, -1.4045
- Web page: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/southampton/

## About

A LoRaWAN network to cover the whole of the city of Southampton, UK. Contributors are welcome and we are running a mix of Raspberry Pi based hardware and comercial Kerlink hardware. We have deployed 3 x v2 base stations, so in the the future we will be able to offer location base information without GPS. There is a growing community of v1 basestations. We are looking for help with:
- potential base station locations with power, network and good elevation
- help with mapping our coverage using [TTNmapper.org](http://ttnmapper.org/)
- any hardware contributions

## Contact

s.j.johnston [at] soton.ac.uk

## Resources

- [Forum](http://forum.thethingsnetwork.org/)
- [TTN - Generic Presentation](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49WRBg1NvMgM2lBcXRTU2ZqREU/)

## In the media

- [The Next Web - The Things Network wants to make every city smart](http://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/08/19/the-things-network-wants-to-make-every-city-smart-starting-with-amsterdam/)

## Recent updates

- [TTNMapper](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/southampton/post/ttnmapper.md) (2017-10-31)
- [Hardware ordered](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/southampton/post/hardware-ordered.md) (2016-06-22)