View Full Version : Is there a map/way to search by location for teams? (New York City)
Jeanne Boyarsky
23-12-2016, 15:21
I was trying to find NYC teams nearest to a location. The FIRST inspires site allows searching by zip code which is good but then limits distance to 10 miles. New York City is very dense, there's lots of things within 10 miles, but it could take you an hour to travel that far so I'm looking for something more granular.
The only way I can think of to do this is to click on each "New York" team and see where they are with a map handy. Before doing that, I figure I should ask here in case such a thing already exists.
Yes, it's on The Blue Alliance (https://www.thebluealliance.com) homepage. Just click "Find nearby Teams and Events", then enter your criteria and search. :)
*checks TBA*
100 miles? Wait, there's something FIRST does better than TBA?????? At least TBA does have mapping available from the team pages, though I don't think it's all that accurate (it'll get you into the city, at least).
On the other hand, I think I saw somebody post a link to a "global map" of teams in the last year or two.
Jeanne Boyarsky
23-12-2016, 15:31
Yes, it's on The Blue Alliance (https://www.thebluealliance.com) homepage. Just click "Find nearby Teams and Events", then enter your criteria and search. :)
Thanks! That's exactly what I was looking for. They don't have granularity for the miles you can search for, but it doesn't matter because they SORT the results by distance. Which is both logical and useful.
It also helped a lot because some of the nearby teams are in the borough of Brooklyn and I hadn't looked through all the Brooklyn teams to see which are nearby.
Jeanne Boyarsky
23-12-2016, 15:32
*checks TBA*
100 miles? Wait, there's something FIRST does better than TBA??????
Don't give FIRST too much credit here. If you actually search it orders by miles and tells you how many miles it is. TBA is far more useful here.
Eugene Fang
23-12-2016, 15:56
FYI there's a bug with the counts and pagination, but those will get fixed in the upcoming week.
At least TBA does have mapping available from the team pages, though I don't think it's all that accurate (it'll get you into the city, at least).
On the other hand, I think I saw somebody post a link to a "global map" of teams in the last year or two.
We have locations down to the school level for some teams (example: https://www.thebluealliance.com/team/254), but not all. If someone wants a side project to put together a map of teams, start contributing here! https://github.com/the-blue-alliance/the-blue-alliance If no ones does it I'll get to it someday...
*checks TBA*
100 miles? Wait, there's something FIRST does better than TBA?????? At least TBA does have mapping available from the team pages, though I don't think it's all that accurate (it'll get you into the city, at least).
On the other hand, I think I saw somebody post a link to a "global map" of teams in the last year or two.
Is this (https://firstmap.github.io/) what you're referring to?
FYI there's a bug with the counts and pagination, but those will get fixed in the upcoming week.
We have locations down to the school level for some teams (example: https://www.thebluealliance.com/team/254), but not all. If someone wants a side project to put together a map of teams, start contributing here! https://github.com/the-blue-alliance/the-blue-alliance If no ones does it I'll get to it someday...
How exactly do I contribute my team's coordinates at this link? I went to a pretty generic github page.
Joe Ross
24-12-2016, 02:33
We have locations down to the school level for some teams (example: https://www.thebluealliance.com/team/254), but not all.
Have you taken advantage of the 358 data?
Dwight_2
24-12-2016, 08:45
FYI there's a bug with the counts and pagination, but those will get fixed in the upcoming week.
We have locations down to the school level for some teams (example: https://www.thebluealliance.com/team/254), but not all. If someone wants a side project to put together a map of teams, start contributing here! https://github.com/the-blue-alliance/the-blue-alliance If no ones does it I'll get to it someday...
That was what I was thinking I mean how many freaking engineering students do we have that really need something to do??? I also like the feeling of a map because for people that want to join a team but don't know how to join or where to join it would make searching for a team easier for them.
Added my own words in brackets:
That was what I was thinking I mean how many freaking engineering students [and professionals] do we have that really need something to do???
All of them. Every time they finish a class or project (or walk away from it). Who did you think created open source software and designs?
Eugene Fang
24-12-2016, 11:10
How exactly do I contribute my team's coordinates at this link? I went to a pretty generic github page.
I was referring to contributing by building a map, not contributing coordinates. Coordinates are currently automagically determined.
Have you taken advantage of the 358 data?
No, but I don't believe 358 locations down to the school. Though I may be mistaken.
I also like the feeling of a map because for people that want to join a team but don't know how to join or where to join it would make searching for a team easier for them.
I caught a parent and her son at our regional last year talking to a volunteer about how to find a local team. The volunteer suggested the FIRST website, which she had apparently tried to use in vain. She found out about the regional from the news (!) and came to check it out.
I interjected and pulled her aside and helped her. Apparently her son was about to enter HS in Shenendehowa - home of Team 20, but she couldn't navigate the FIRST site to get any contact information. (She didn't realize Team 20 was out of their school - the school is buried in a wall of sponsor text (http://www.firstinspires.org/team-event-search/team?id=520273) on the FIRST site.)
So yes, there's quite a bit of room for improvement in mapping and team information, especially for those new to FIRST.
Mark McLeod
24-12-2016, 11:45
No, but I don't believe 358 locations down to the school. Though I may be mistaken.
The 358 coordinates are centered on the school, sometimes the robotics room in the school. :)
runneals
26-12-2016, 23:21
Did this link for the FRC map ever get posted? https://firstmap.github.io/
Worth noting is they haven't scraped for the 2017 year yet so there may be some new teams missing.
Did this link for the FRC map ever get posted? https://firstmap.github.io/
Worth noting is they haven't scraped for the 2017 year yet so there may be some new teams missing.
It did, in fact, but if anyone noticed, they didn't say so ^^
Greg Hainsworth
29-12-2016, 13:42
Anyone interested in changing their symbol from the FIRST brand to their team brand, follow this link and follow the instructions at the bottom of the screen
https://github.com/FIRSTMap/firstmap.github.io
The brand can't be more than 40pX40p and you will need your team coordinates in decimal form.
Dwight_2
29-12-2016, 16:37
Anyone interested in changing their symbol from the FIRST brand to their team brand, follow this link and follow the instructions at the bottom of the screen
https://github.com/FIRSTMap/firstmap.github.io
The brand can't be more than 40pX40p and you will need your team coordinates in decimal form.
Where do we put the decimal form of our coordinates?
Where do we put the decimal form of our coordinates?
It's a bit farther down in scripts.js - the updatedLocations variable.
Is it just the two computers at my house, or did the latest update leave the map blank?
It's not you, it got broke. :)
https://github.com/FIRSTMap/firstmap.github.io/pull/60/commits/c156ca1d5a46feedf84c28830febb191c21801e0
Keep in mind if you create a PR to add data you follow syntax correctly. Adding an entry to the bottom means you need to add the trailing comma to the end of the entry above.... or boom. :)
Edit: ... aaaand.. It's fixed.
Jonathan L.
30-12-2016, 16:07
I don't think this map has come up yet. http://batchgeo.com/map/72217533bb068ec6452f4770fd12be47
I had to be out of town for long periods one year. We contacted the Regional Director who was able to find a couple teams.
ErikBoesen
30-12-2016, 16:37
Hey guys, I'm the creator of FIRSTMap, and I just wanted to let you guys know that I've updated it to use 2017 data. Enjoy!
Hey guys, I'm the creator of FIRSTMap, and I just wanted to let you guys know that I've updated it to use 2017 data. Enjoy!
Oh boy - I see that three defunct teams (Two different Spartans and the Tyborgs) showed up, and that's just in Slidell.
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