[Freegis-list] Re: [GENERAL] Map of Postgresql Users (OT)

[Claire McLister]

Yes, we do have an 'IP Map' capability to take the originating IP  
address of the email and try to map its location. While not always  
accurate, it does give a general sense of where the emails are coming  
from, so helps in understanding the geographical reach.

We mapped emails for messages to the pgsql-general list a while ago.  
The resulting map is at:

  http://www.zeesource.net/maps/map.do?group=456

  We were waiting for someone from the pgsql-www team to tell us if  
they want to embed such maps on the Postgtresql.org web site.

Claire


On Dec 7, 2005, at 7:48 AM, Robert Treat wrote:

> On Wed, 2005-12-07 at 10:27, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> Tino Wildenhain wrote:
>>> Bruce Momjian schrieb:
>>>> I like the idea that people can add themselves, but I also liked  
>>>> the
>>>> dynamic ability of seeing all email posters from the last few  
>>>> months.
>>>> Can we have both?
>>>>
>>> Well but who has a GPS-Header in his/her MUA?
>>
>> Well, I know someone did such a map by using the coordinates of  
>> their IP
>> address.  It wasn't perfect, but it was close for lots of people.
>>
>
> Yeah I think that's how we would do it. Could probably also do the  
> same
> for the website traffic too. Point being that we need to get the
> infrastructure in place to do the mapping and then we should be  
> able to
> do several different schemes for getting input.
>
>
> Robert Treat
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