Nice research.. It was last at Capetown.. Wish it was at Joh--berg, as mentioned, heard that .. that is more Africa than this Europe hammered into Africa (Cape Town.. a Rich Rich stinking rich guys place)
--- On Mon, 17/8/09, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shor...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Cameron Shorter <cameron.shor...@gmail.com> > Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo friendly countries to live in > To: "OSGeo Discussions" <discuss@lists.osgeo.org> > Date: Monday, 17 August, 2009, 2:12 AM > 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/ > > -- Cameron Shorter > Geospatial Systems Architect > Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050 > Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254 > > Think Globally, Fix Locally > Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open > Source > http://www.lisasoft.com > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > Yahoo! recommends that you upgrade to the new and safer Internet Explorer 8. http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/internetexplorer/ _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss