I have a dream...

[Danny Piccirillo]

I actually tried getting this to happen about a year ago:
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/5049/
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-website/+bug/253545
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu-website/+spec/global-loco-teams-map

On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 6:24 PM, Jono Bacon <jono at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> ...a dream in which we can show an accurate map with every LoCo Team in
> the world displayed on it.
>
> Some time ago Melissa worked on a map that showed which countries in the
> world had a LoCo Team. As an example, if you looked at Europe, Germany
> was filled in to indicate that region has a LoCo Team. The map was a
> stunning indication of the spread of LoCo Teams around the world.
>
> This is my dream:
>
>    * We have a map that anyone can visit that identifies which
>      countries have teams and shades the entire country/state/region to
>      indicate the team.
>    * We can also show which cities have teams with a pin pushed in that
>      city.
>    * You can hover over a country/state/city and a little box will pop
>      up to indicate the details for that team.
>
> Now, Google Maps can do most of this: it can allow people to enter push
> pins into a map and have a little box that pops up to indicate details
> about that location. This would be great for the city teams, but as far
> as I am aware it is not possible to shade an entire region or country to
> indicate coverage of a team.
>
> So, does anyone know of a way in which we could achieve all of the above
> bits of the dream, and has anyone done any work on this?
>
>     Jono
>
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