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Originally Posted by neshera
So here's a project for someone with time on their hands: set up a map/algorithm that shows all FRC teams, and calculates their "center of gravity".
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It's been done before, with various assumptions as to how far teams would be willing to drive before needing to travel by air, and how much airfare costs. With certain reasonable assumptions, Atlanta is pretty good. With other reasonable assumptions, Indianapolis is very good. With yet other reasonable assumptions, St. Louis is good.
As different teams have different "value functions", there's no real global optimum unless you survey each team's preferences in detail.