Here is an updated map.  I moved to bubble chart because coloring the
country made places like Russia and Canada look odd.
I will see if I can make other visualizations as well, maybe Map is not the
best visualization.

On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 3:10 AM, Kadal Amutham <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dear Rob Weir,
>
> The internet user data has been filled
>
> With Warm Regards
>
> V.Kadal Amutham
> 919444360480
> 914422396480
>
>
> On 23 January 2013 07:23, Kadal Amutham <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I will start filling the internet user data
> >
> > With Warm Regards
> >
> > V.Kadal Amutham
> > 919444360480
> > 914422396480
> >
> >
> > On 23 January 2013 01:38, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Kadal Amutham <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >> > Check the google document at
> >> >
> >>
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Av4Lhq3W5zKodGZtNU1oRGFjWi1kYXkzVEtjOWY1ZlE#gid=0
> >> >
> >> > I have entered the population data alone
> >> >
> >>
> >> Very good. I made some edits and also received a spreadsheet with some
> >> more data from Gianvittorio.
> >>
> >> The results are interesting.  For example, what countries have the
> >> highest percentage of downloads by population?  The top 5 are:
> >>
> >> 1) Gambia
> >> 2) Trinidad and Tobago
> >> 3) Zimbabwe
> >> 4) Vatican City
> >> 5) Saint Pierre and Miquelon
> >>
> >> It will be interesting to see how the data is when we look at usage
> >> per internet users in a country.
> >>
> >> But however we slice the data we'll have this problem:  For very small
> >> countries, just a few downloads can shift the ratio by a large amount.
> >>  For example, the Vatican City had around 100 downloads.  So a
> >> difference of 10 downloads is 10%.  France had 4.5 million downloads.
> >> A difference of 10 downloads is nothing.
> >>
> >> I've seen this handled in other contexts by applying statistical
> >> techniques to estimate error bounds on the ratio, and then rank by the
> >> lower confidence limit.  You can see the technique described (and
> >> formulas given) here:
> >> http://evanmiller.org/how-not-to-sort-by-average-rating.html
> >>
> >> -Rob
> >>
> >> > With Warm Regards
> >> >
> >> > V.Kadal Amutham
> >> > 919444360480
> >> > 914422396480
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On 22 January 2013 22:26, Kadal Amutham <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Good show. I have almost entered the population data into the spread
> >> >> sheet. Then I have to populate the internet user data. Once it is
> >> over, I
> >> >> will let you know.
> >> >>
> >> >> With Warm Regards
> >> >>
> >> >> V.Kadal Amutham
> >> >> 919444360480
> >> >> 914422396480
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> On 22 January 2013 21:37, Samer Mansour <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> We don't have internet users completely populated so from the data
> we
> >> >>> currently have I whipped something up in 5 mins at work.
> >> >>> This is just the top 40 Countries.  Its manual data entry, once we
> >> have
> >> >>> internet users populated and I will resolve things like "Hong Kong"
> ->
> >> >>> "China" and Singapore -> South Korea.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I can maybe finish some data entry tonight.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >>
> http://www-958.ibm.com/software/analytics/manyeyes/visualizations/aoo-test-visualization
> >> >>>
> >> >>> This is a PNG output:
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >>
> http://www-958.ibm.com/software/analytics/manyeyes/vis/FullScreen/fullscreenvisualization.html?id=files%2Fthumbnails%2Ffed90050-64ac-11e2-926b-000255111976.wm.png&visId=ff062cd864ac11e2926b000255111976
> >> >>>
> >> >>> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 7:44 AM, Rob Weir <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> > On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 10:34 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?
> >> >>> > >
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > OK.  I gave you and Samer write permissions.
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > -Rob
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > > 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
> >> >>> > >>> >>
> >> >>> > >>> >
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