{"id":698,"date":"2012-10-19T18:02:40","date_gmt":"2012-10-19T18:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/help.netspotapp.com\/help\/?p=698"},"modified":"2023-11-10T15:24:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T15:24:02","slug":"zone-environment-type","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/zone-environment-type\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the zone&#8217;s area type? [NetSpot 2]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This article is for NetSpot 2. For NetSpot 3 refer to the \u201c<a href=\"\/help\/setting-the-data-point-precision\/\">Setting the data point precision<\/a>\u201d article.\u00a0<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>When starting a new survey, one of the settings is the Zone Area Type. This setting regulates how large the green circle is around each measurement point during a survey.<br \/>\n<div class=\"media post-download\">\r\n<div class=\"media-left media-middle\"><i class=\"box-40x40 icons icon-mac-xs  \"><\/i><\/div> <div class=\"media-body media-middle\">NetSpot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/netspotpro.html\">WiFi site survey tool for macOS<\/a> is available<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p>\n<p><em>Note: The Survey functionality is available only in paid versions of NetSpot (Home, PRO, and Enterprise). If you have the free version, you won\u2019t be able to access the Zone Area Type settings.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Zone&#8217;s area types:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_928\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Screen-Shot-2012-10-19-at-1.51.22-PM.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-928\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-928 img-responsive\" title=\"Screen Shot 2012-10-19 at 1.51.22 PM\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Screen-Shot-2012-10-19-at-1.51.22-PM-300x171.png\" alt=\"Zone area type\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Screen-Shot-2012-10-19-at-1.51.22-PM-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Screen-Shot-2012-10-19-at-1.51.22-PM.png 502w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-928\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zone area type<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Closed office space or apartment \u2013 3-meter diameter per data point<\/li>\n<li>Office with privacy walls \u2013 the\u00a0green data sampling circle is 5\u00a0m in\u00a0diameter.<\/li>\n<li>Large open indoor area (airport, supermarket) \u2013 12 meters.<\/li>\n<li>Outdoor restrained urban area \u2013 15 meters.<\/li>\n<li>Outdoor area with medium housing density \u2013 30 meters.<\/li>\n<li>Large open outdoor area (stadium) \u2013 60 meters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Select the correct setting for your area to limit the number of samples you need to take, and increase the accuracy of your results.<br \/>\n<div class=\"media post-download\">\r\n<div class=\"media-left media-middle\"><i class=\"box-40x40 icons icon-win-xs  \"><\/i><\/div> <div class=\"media-body media-middle\">NetSpot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/netspot-windows.html\">WiFi site survey tool for Windows<\/a> is here<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:0px; padding-top:0px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_counters\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/dot.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:2px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_c=new Array(\"twitter\",\"facebook_like\",\"google\");var hupso_counters_lang = \"en_US\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"netspotapp\";var hupso_url_c=\"\";var hupso_title_c=\"What%20is%20the%20zone%27s%20area%20type%3F%20%5BNetSpot%202%5D\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/counters.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article is for NetSpot 2. For NetSpot 3 refer to the \u201cSetting the data point precision\u201d article.\u00a0 When starting a new survey, one of the settings is the Zone Area Type. 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