From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Feb 19 10:20:46 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9BA237B401; Wed, 19 Feb 2003 10:20:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 565D043F3F; Wed, 19 Feb 2003 10:20:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.7/8.12.7) with ESMTP id h1JIKbUC090028; Wed, 19 Feb 2003 19:20:37 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.7/8.12.7/Submit) id h1JIKZqW090027; Wed, 19 Feb 2003 19:20:35 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 19:20:35 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Paul Robinson Cc: Terry Lambert , Nik Clayton , Stephen Hilton , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, julian@elischer.org Subject: Re: Hi!Dear FreeBSD! Message-ID: <20030219192035.A89936@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <3E532487.CF23A1C0@mindspring.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from paul@iconoplex.co.uk on Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 11:38:23AM -0000 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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