pic: Spread of US FIRST Teams

[Damian Manda]

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[KathieK]

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]

Originally Posted by KathieK

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]

oh.... i think i see us

great gob by the way

[JudyVandy]

I know I see us!

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

[Jeremiah Johnson]

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...

[fluffy]

Originally Posted by whytheheckme

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

[gblake]

Originally Posted by KathieK

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!

If "percentage of population" means percentage of STATE population and not percentage of US population, then at first glance, some states can be expected to be a surprising shade of blue.

9 engineers in a state with a population of 10 would turn that state dark blue. A state with 900 engineers in a population of a million would be lighter....

Damien will have to tell us if he used percentages of state populations or percentages of US population.

Blake
PS: Plus, the occasional large installation in the middle of nowhere (like Los Alamos) will surprise you the first time you realize just how big they are.

[Joe Ross]

Here are some previous maps that were done by other people over the years. Looking at all of them gives a good idea of the growth of FIRST.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/18808
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/19353
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/19459
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/19344

[Rob2713g]

That's really cool! What did you use to make it?

[Mr MOE]

Originally Posted by Damian Manda

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

What program did you use to graph this?

-j-

[Barry Bonzack]

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.

[David Brinza]

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).

[vivek16]

Originally Posted by David Brinza

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).

looks like the east coast

they look like zits.
wow i think we need way more teams in minnesota... theyre all clumped around the metro.

[vhcook]

Originally Posted by Barry Bonzack

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)