Nice find. I decided to use a tag cloud. That gets around the nonstandard place names and it gives a relative idea without listing numbers that we know are out of date.
http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/visualizations/word-cloud-of-olpc-xo-deployments Thanks On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 9:21 PM, Xander Pirdy <xander.pi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Caroline- > I took a look at manyeyes (great site btw), and it looks like they already > have a dataset on olpc deployments: > http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/datasets/olpc-deployments-in-the-world/versions/1, > though the data would have to be modified to do on a country by country > basis (it has trouble understanding Birmingham AL for instance because it > should really be labeled as part of the United States Deployment), though it > wouldn't take much editing to get this to work. If anyone has any idea on > reliable sources to verify these numbers I wouldn't mind putting a bit of > extra time into correcting it and finishing the visualization as I think > that it is something important. > -Xander > > > On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 7:48 PM, Caroline Meeks <carol...@solutiongrove.com > > wrote: > >> Thanks everyone for the feedback and typos. >> >> If anyone does get good data on deployments I suggest checking out >> Manyeyes to make the map. >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Yamandu Ploskonka <yamap...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Bolivia >>> >>> - 100 machines purchased by the SOBOCE foundation, maybe 20 or less >>> are still operational in a school in Viacha (despite our best efforts, >>> they >>> don't seem willing to accept help) >>> - an indeterminate number brought and given away by Marcelo Claure, >>> CEO of Brightstar, mostly to kids in the soccer team he owns and in >>> raffles >>> during games his team plays. >>> - 25 XOs in assorted state of repair, through OLPC Repair Centers, >>> mostly in the hands of local development / research / localization people >>> connected with SCELinux and OLE Bolivia that I managed to get through >>> customs on several trips. Most of those used for lobbying and grassroots >>> work by the valiant Bolivian volunteers come from this lot, and maybe the >>> ones with the biggest impact so far in gaining some government goodwill >>> despite. As they were repaired, several of these also made it to the >>> Manuela Gandarillas Center for the blind. >>> - Apparently maybe 5 to 20 more have arrived through different >>> independent Contributor Program requests I have no more detailed info on. >>> - 12 machines from individual donors, currently in a La Paz city >>> orphanage, through OLE Bolivia. 10 more from the same origin in my >>> closet >>> here in Austin, waiting for the next trip and whether I am foolish >>> enough to >>> brave customs again (last time it was messy, wish me luck) >>> - an indeterminate number given away to assorted poo bahs including >>> the President by Claure, Arboleda and others, some of them dating back >>> to B1 >>> models >>> - Hope in a 2-year delayed 200-XO deploy with help from a Danish NGO. >>> >>> Dominican Republic >>> >>> - apparently 2.000 units were given away to kids by President Lionel >>> at some public function. No further anything is known of this, except >>> that >>> apparently they were part of maybe 3.000 that came as gifts from Carlos >>> Slim >>> of Mexico when Slim was apparently handing out 3.000 lots all over >>> Central >>> America and the Caribbean. Note that Lionel was very connected with NN >>> early on (maybe even an MIT alumn?), and some very, very early prototypes >>> were given to Dominican researchers (we had BIG hopes in the DR being >>> one of >>> the first places to really take off) >>> >>> OT, enjoy this comic >>> http://www.juanelo.cl/tiras/Juanelo1187.png >>> >>> - Juanelo! I am so angry with you! >>> - Why is that, Mr. Minister? >>> >>> - You made me go through such an embarrassing situation! >>> You remember those notebooks I asked you get bids on? >>> - yeah... >>> >>> - when we presented them as gifts to those schoolchildren, they found out >>> they were made out of sticks! I was like Mister Ridiculous! >>> >>> - .... >>> >>> - so, what? Next time you'd rather I prioritize quality over price? >>> >>> >>> (what really gets me :-( is that Juanelo, from Chile, obviously sees >>> computers as being presented as a "gift" by the Minister and other >>> authorities to the children :-( ) >>> >>> On 04/08/2010 11:45 AM, Christoph Derndorfer wrote: >>> >>> Hi Caroline, >>> >>> this is a gorgeous presentation, definitely one of the very best ones >>> that ever have been done on Sugar! >>> >>> While I can't help with the map of OLPC deployments (AFAIK no current >>> one is available at the time) here's to the best of my knowledge the >>> list of countries with OLPC projects in one form or another (@everyone, >>> please let me know if this needs to be updated!): >>> >>> Afghanistan >>> Austria >>> Bhutan >>> Brazil >>> Cambodia >>> China >>> Colombia >>> Ethiopia >>> Ghana >>> Haiti >>> India >>> Iraq >>> Kazakhstan >>> Lebanon >>> Mali >>> Mexico >>> Mongolia >>> Mozambique >>> Nepal >>> Nicaragua >>> Nigeria >>> Niue >>> Pakistan >>> Palestine >>> Papua New Guinea >>> Paraguay >>> Peru >>> Russia >>> Rwanda >>> Senegal >>> Solomon Islands >>> South Africa >>> Sri Lanka >>> Thailand >>> United States >>> Uruguay >>> Vietnam >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Christoph >>> >>> Am 08.04.2010 04:53, schrieb Caroline Meeks: >>> >>> >>> I am giving a presentation at FOSS VT on Friday, anything anyone wants >>> me to mention or request to an audience of teachers and school IT people? >>> >>> The draft of my presentation is here: http://prezi.com/ffn2vdg0ylcr/ >>> >>> I'd love a map that helps me talk about the OLPC deployments if anyone >>> has done one. >>> >>> Has anyone done any updates or additional activities slides? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> Caroline >>> >>> -- >>> Caroline Meeks >>> Solution grovecarol...@solutiongrove.com >>> >>> 617-500-3488 - Office >>> 505-213-3268 - Fax >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop >>> project!)i...@lists.sugarlabs.orghttp://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Caroline Meeks >> Solution Grove >> carol...@solutiongrove.com >> >> 617-500-3488 - Office >> 505-213-3268 - Fax >> >> _______________________________________________ >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> > > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > -- Caroline Meeks Solution Grove carol...@solutiongrove.com 617-500-3488 - Office 505-213-3268 - Fax
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