I have a dream...

[Christophe Sauthier]

Hi everyone,

just a side note : I do think it might be better to use OpenLayers
with the google maps images. It would be more flexible, more
evolutive, and top of all it is open sourced...

I have worked a bit with that (we are using it on the french loco
website, even if it is not yet on production) and I know quite a lot
of people who are building professional application with it, so of
course I would be glad to help on that topic like I said at the UDS...

All the best,

     Christophe


On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 2:48 AM, Felipe Lerena <felipelerena at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 9:53 PM, Jono Bacon <jono at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>> On 02/12/2009 03:44 PM, NICK VERBECK wrote:
>>> This is just an idea. but what if you feed off the Launchpad API of
>>> each LoCo and populate the map based of where the majority of members
>>> are. i.e. If you see that the majority of the members or in a
>>> State/Country then you can assume the LoCo covers the country. If the
>>> majority are just in 1 city/metroplex then you can assume they cover
>>> just that city(s).
>>>
>>> I'm not sure if the Launchpad API supports this, or if those are safe
>>> assumptions to make.
>> A few years ago we talked of having "heat graphs" showing density of
>> Ubuntu users in different parts of the world. This could be partially
>> done using LP, but I am not sure how many people have entered geographic
>> information.
>>
>> We could potentially do this on country/state-wide basis based upon
>> mailing list numbers though. :)
>>
>>     Jono
>>
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>>
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> Hi Jono,
> I have a similar idea some time ago and for time reasons it never saw the light.
>
> I have experience working with the google maps API, I own a site wich
> uses it a lot and I'm used to work with the api (the site is
> www.peligroalvolante.com. I'm sorry it's in spanish)
>
> And I have some nice ideas apart than using it just as a heat map:
>
> It would be great to mark in a map:
> - Loco meetings
> - Release parties
> - shops selling hardware with ubuntu preinstalled
> - places where you can get support
> - your vacation pictures with ubuntu (yeah, I take ubuntu CDs to my
> vacations and take some pictures with the mountains or the sea...) we
> can even make contest about that.
> - whatever which is Ubuntu related.
>
> It would be more like a Ubuntu geographical show-off than just a cold heatmap.
>
> I can offer myself to write a spec, discuss it and implement it, and
> of course I can work with whoever is willing to help in the idea
>
> Regards,
> Lipe
>
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