Once the data is populated, we can use a free IBM research charting tool that's open to the public, one of the features can plot data on a world map.
Its called Many Eyes and its located here: http://www-958.ibm.com/software/analytics/manyeyes/ I can take a stab at it in the morning, I used it once and remember it was picky with country names. eg USA is not the same as U.S.A. Samer On Jan 20, 2013 10:35 PM, "Kadal Amutham" <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Mr. Rob, I tried to edit the document, but it is read only. Can you > make it readable so that everybody can fill the data? > > With Warm Regards > > V.Kadal Amutham > 919444360480 > 914422396480 > > > On 21 January 2013 09:01, Kadal Amutham <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Who ever finds time, can fill the remaining Data, so that the document > > become complete > > > > With Warm Regards > > > > V.Kadal Amutham > > 919444360480 > > 914422396480 > > > > > > On 21 January 2013 07:46, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Roberto Galoppini < > [email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 10:34 PM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > > >> >> I was thinking of putting together a world map showing the use of > >> >> OpenOffice, the kind with each country shaded or color coded to show > >> >> the density of use. > >> >> > >> >> I can easily get a data set showing the total number of downloads of > >> >> OpenOffice per country. But the raw numbers don't really tell the > >> >> story. It would show, probably, that the USA has the most downloads. > >> >> But that is probably also because of its large population. > >> >> > >> >> So maybe we then show downloads per capita, or downloads per 100,000 > >> >> population. But that then becomes a proxy for economic development, > >> >> since there are highly populated countries with fewer computers per > >> >> capital, and low population countries with more computers, etc. I > >> >> don't think that is what we want to show. > >> >> > >> >> So, I'm wondering, has anyone seen data for something like PCs per > >> >> capita, or home computers, or internet users, or some other proxy for > >> >> what our potential usership would be per country? > >> >> > >> > > >> > Maybe we can use internet users stats by country, something like: > >> > > >> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_Internet_usersto > >> > normalize our stats. > >> > > >> > >> Thanks, that looks useful. I started entering the data into a > >> spreadsheet: > >> > >> > >> > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Av4Lhq3W5zKodGZtNU1oRGFjWi1kYXkzVEtjOWY1ZlE > >> > >> As you see, Italy is at the top, if you look at downloads per 1000 > >> internet users, with 91. So nearly one in ten in Italy have > >> downloaded AOO! > >> > >> -Rob > >> > >> > > >> > > >> >> Regards, > >> >> > >> >> -Rob > >> >> > >> > > >> > -- > >> > ==== > >> > This e- mail message is intended only for the named recipient(s) > above. > >> It > >> > may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not > the > >> > intended recipient you are hereby notified that any dissemination, > >> > distribution or copying of this e-mail and any attachment(s) is > strictly > >> > prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please > >> immediately > >> > notify the sender by replying to this e-mail and delete the message > and > >> any > >> > attachment(s) from your system. Thank you. > >> > > >> > > > > >
