Yves Jacolin has sliced FOSS4G <http://2009.foss4g.org/> website hits to
determine the number of FOSS4G attendees per million people, broken down
by country. From this, you can get a feeling for the most OSGeo tolerant
populations in the world (distorted around Australia due to the
conference location).
So what can we learn?
* Japan and Mongolia are the place be in Asia
* Chilli is the place to be in Latin America
* Canada looks preferable to the US. I wonder how much the Canadian
GeoConnections program is responsible for Canada's strong OSGeo
industry.
* There is a lot of interest across Europe, so FOSS4G 2010 should be
a crowded event.
* Africa seems to have learned all they need to know when FOSS4G
attended Johannesburg last year, and won't be heading to Australia
in force.
You can view the maps here:
http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com/2009/08/osgeo-friendly-countries-to-live-in.html
and in French on Yves blog:
http://georezo.net/blog/geolibre/2009/08/16/geolocalisation-des-visite-du-site-foss4g-2009/
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