Re: Mapping GNOME contributors from around the world!

[Meelad Zakaria <meelad farsiweb info>]

Hey Simos,
I couldn't add Tehran as a city...
can it be fixed?
Cheers.
On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 14:46 +0000, Simos Xenitellis wrote:
> Ross Golder wrote:
> 
> >On อา., 2005-12-18 at 11:28 +0700, Theppitak Karoonboonyanan wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>On 12/17/05, Luis Villa <luis villa gmail com> wrote:
> >>    
> >>
> >>>You mean, like:
> >>>http://live.gnome.org/GnomeWorldWide
> >>>
> >>>? (linked to from planet.gnome.org)
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>Isn't that for people who feed Planet GNOME?
> >>Sorry if I'm wrong. But that's my impression when seeing it there.
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >It's anyone who adds their co-ordinates to the list further down on that
> >same wiki page.
> >  
> >
> A few points on GNOMEDev (http://www.frappr.com/gnomedev),
> a. It allows the contributor to immediatelly add themselves to the list,
> b. They can reposition themselves on the map easily as well. If you go 
> on a trip (Guadec?),
> you can update your position while you are there.
> c. No need to find coordinates; you can set the city location, then 
> fine-tune to the exact point on the map.
> d. You can zoom in/out on the map.
> e. Corollary:  You can view individual contributors on congested parts 
> of the map. For example,
> Europe looks congested now; zoom in and you see each individual user.
> f. You can add a thumbnail photo, full size photo as well as related photos.
> g. You can add shout-outs. Consider it as a mini-p.g.o. with easy access.
> 
> I am not affiliated with the frappr service in any way.
> 
> I feel that for marketing purposes (marketing-list AT gnome.org), it is 
> important
> to
> 1. get end-users (as opposed to GNOMEDev) added to a similar map as well.
> Hmm, see
> http://www.frappr.com/gnomeusers
> replicating the effect of http://www.frappr.com/firefoxusers
> 2. make an effort to publicise GNOMEDev a bit more.
> 
> Simos
> 
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-meelad