A short write up for the day.
FGmap was one of the 6 selected to be in the finalists in their
"speedgeeking" thing. So we were to showcase it during break and lunch
time. Our maps were shown on a big screen, people can play with it and
ask questions. Attendees (~700 people) were to judge and vote for an
overall winner (which didn't turn out to be me, and not surprisingly :).
A lot of people were attracted by those moving icons on the map.
Many many people looked at the screen, not having read the description
on the stand, asked if they are real time real life flight data. While,
some others reckoned they could use something like that to track their
companies' vehicles/trunks/etc. I told one of the google people how Curt
once hooked his car with GPS and tracked it on FGMap ;)
Also a bit surprised and excited (considering the occasion) that
quite a few people actually know about FG, and one or two had tried it
before. One guy asked about the actual sim itself and I had shown him
quickly on my laptop and how the map showed where i am almost instantly.
A few photos I took:
http://pigeond.net/photos/flightgear/fgmap/google-developer-day-au-2007/
Photos of the day if you're interested:
http://picasaweb.google.com/developerday/GoogleDeveloperDaySydneyAustralia
or in particular:
http://picasaweb.google.com/developerday/GoogleDeveloperDaySydneyAustralia/photo#5070601627531233954
P.S. Thanks for those who were continuously flying around during the
show, xiii, Aerotro, syd, Jester, and many many others.
Pigeon.
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