Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 19:20:35 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Paul Robinson <paul@iconoplex.co.uk> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.ORG>, Stephen Hilton <nospam@hiltonbsd.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, julian@elischer.org Subject: Re: Hi!Dear FreeBSD! Message-ID: <20030219192035.A89936@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <IPEDKJGCDFHOPEFKLIDHKEJDCCAA.paul@iconoplex.co.uk>; from paul@iconoplex.co.uk on Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 11:38:23AM -0000 References: <3E532487.CF23A1C0@mindspring.com> <IPEDKJGCDFHOPEFKLIDHKEJDCCAA.paul@iconoplex.co.uk>
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On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 11:38:23AM -0000, Paul Robinson wrote: > Terry Lambert wrote: > > > None of those maps are clickable. They're actually just *tiny* > > PNGs of maps-with-pins-in-them, with no obvious correlation to > > real location data associated with PERL (e.g. number of pins is > > not equal to number of page entries, in most cases, and the pins > > for Columbs, Dayton, and other Ohio locations all pops up at the > > same pixel location, etc.). > > Can I just point out Terry, that this is a map of Perl user groups? We're > not NORAD and they aren't suspected sites of WMD that we need to target. :-) > > > It's really unfortunate that no one seems to be willing to put > > out the server resources to do real GIS mapping, e.g. using the > > data specifications at: > > Right, I'm not sure if you're joking or not, but are you honestly suggesting > that somebody writes a GIS based map rendering system using a relatively > complicated set of standards so that people can get 3D representations of > where the nearest Perl Mongers group is? > > I'm actually writing a proposal at the moment that might go up to BSDCon or > maybe somewhere else entitled "Why Open Source Software will Ultimately Fail > in a Commercial Context". The core argument is that as OSS developers are > unpaid, they'll work on whatever they want - i.e. what they think is cool or Hmm, an Open Source remote sensing satellite would be the ultimate hack of course.. -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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