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Damian Manda 03-05-2007 09:10

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KathieK 03-05-2007 09:12

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This gives a nice visual of the growth in FIRST in the U.S. - does that include all four programs, or just FRC? The background layer of percentage of engineers in the workforce was surprising to see. Some states which I thought would include more engineers were lighter, while others whom I didn't expect to have as many engineers were darker in color. Nice job!

whytheheckme 03-05-2007 09:22

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Originally Posted by KathieK (Post 624381)
This gives a nice visual of the growth in FIRST in the U.S. - does that include all four programs, or just FRC? The background layer of percentage of engineers in the workforce was surprising to see. Some states which I thought would include more engineers were lighter, while others whom I didn't expect to have as many engineers were darker in color. Nice job!

I agree. This is a very nice map. Lets hope to see this map be all red and pink one day!

Jacob

seanl 03-05-2007 09:37

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oh.... i think i see us

great gob by the way

JudyVandy 03-05-2007 09:48

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I know I see us!

Nice job, and, as someone already mentioned, some surprises for me.

Jeremiah Johnson 03-05-2007 10:02

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WHAT?! We're not on there! See for yourself... we should be where the Mississippi bends east to west on the border of IL and IA... grr...

This is pretty cool...

Mr MOE 03-05-2007 10:10

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Originally Posted by Damian Manda (Post 624380)


Awesome Job!!!!! This took some work, but looks fantastic.

What program did you use to graph this?

-j-

fluffy 03-05-2007 11:00

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Originally Posted by whytheheckme (Post 624382)
I agree. This is a very nice map. Lets hope to see this map be all red and pink one day!

Jacob

and dark blue!

good job

Barry Bonzack 03-05-2007 11:01

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Its nice to have an updated team list, I still have been using the one from 2004

This one shows the team numbers instead of dots, is that possible to do with your program by chance? If not, this is still really cool.

Wow. Check out the explosion of rookie teams in Kasnsas City. Regionals really have an impact on the amount of teams in the surrounding area.

EHaskins 03-05-2007 11:03

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Looks great. I would like to see a world map with FRC, FLL, and FVC.;) ;)

Gabe 03-05-2007 11:16

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Hey!!! Don't forget Alaska and Hawaii :eek:

David Brinza 03-05-2007 11:21

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This is a very cool map...
Could you determine the "mean geographic center" of the FIRST teams?

I'm talking about something like the Wikipedia: mean center of US population.

In 1992, the center of FIRST teams would have been in the northeast (since the majority of the teams were from MA, NH, NY, NJ). Because of the strong growth of FIRST across the country (especially on the west coast), I suspect the geographic center now would be some around Indiana or Illinois. It might be interesting to see the "westward migration" of FIRST.

(BTW: I was in high school near the place where the population center crossed the Mississippi in the early '70s). I've since migrated west as well (1978).

Beth Sweet 03-05-2007 11:21

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That's nice! I've been putting one together just for Michigan, and this will give me some ideas on exactly how to do it! Thanks!

vhcook 03-05-2007 11:45

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Originally Posted by Barry Bonzack (Post 624403)
Wow. Check out the explosion of rookie teams in Kansas City. Regionals really have an impact on the amount of teams in the surrounding area.

Actually, we're predominantly second year teams. 2006 was a good year. (Thank you, Kauffman Foundation)

Donut 03-05-2007 12:08

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That is a crazy awesome map. Really shows the effect that having a Regional in the area can have, just look at all those team clusters!

I can't see a few states in the NorthEast :eek:


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