The FRC Teams of 2012 (Google Maps)

[John Sabath]

FRC Teams: https://www.google.com/fusiontables/...z=2&t=1&l=col2
FTC Teams: https://www.google.com/fusiontables/...z=2&t=1&l=col0

(Unfortunately Google Maps doesn't support overlapping points very well, so you can only see one team from each city)

The raw KML Files:
FRC
FTC

[jsasaki]

cool stuff

[sanddrag]

Neat. I don't see 696, but I wonder if the dot is in the same place as 589.

[John Sabath]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

Neat. I don't see 696, but I wonder if the dot is in the same place as 589.

Yeah, there wasn't much I could do about locations that have multiple teams associated with them.

[SharonO]

I don't see 3528 on the map either. (Kansas City)

[ToddF]

Finally!

I have been dying for a resource like this. I think it's shameful that there isn't a map like this on the USFirst website for FRC, FTC and FLL teams. I've been trying to get my nieces and nephew exposed to FIRST, and having a terrible time figuring out what teams might be closest to them. Thanks so much for putting this together.

[Kristian Calhoun]

Great work, John!

Would you mind sharing the data set/KML you used for this? I've been wanting to create a similar demo using Cesium.

[Libby K]

This is pretty cool to look at. Thanks for making this!

[artdutra04]

Originally Posted by John Sabath

Yeah, there wasn't much I could do about locations that have multiple teams associated with them.

Was this generated manually or is it database driven?

If the latter, I assume the code is currently displaying the markers on the geographical center of the town/city/area. When displaying the data, have the code check if any other teams are from that same city; if so, add a small offset (a few hundred meters) to the display coordinates.

You could also create a geometric function on where to offset the team markers based upon the number of teams that need to be offset, almost like where the dots are on a pair of dice. If pursuing this option, be sure to leave the function open ended (have it automatically continue creating points), as there are some huge cities (both in population and geographic area) that have a large number of teams.

[Jay O'Donnell]

This is pretty cool! Did you just take a list of current teams and plot them out one by one? I feel like this would take a few weeks at least

[Jibsy]

Originally Posted by ToddF

Finally!

I have been dying for a resource like this. I think it's shameful that there isn't a map like this on the USFirst website for FRC, FTC and FLL teams. I've been trying to get my nieces and nephew exposed to FIRST, and having a terrible time figuring out what teams might be closest to them. Thanks so much for putting this together.

Have you checked out this page?
http://www.usfirst.org/whatsgoingon

Shows all FIRST programs and events, so if they're not at the high school age yet you can still track down some FLL teams.

Originally Posted by John Sabath

Yeah, there wasn't much I could do about locations that have multiple teams associated with them.

I suppose it would be a fair bit more work to track down addresses wouldn't it?
That's unfortunate though... Hides a good 25 teams between Toronto and Mississauga in Ontario. Really cool visualization of the spread of the teams around the world though!

[CalTran]

Originally Posted by SharonO

I don't see 3528 on the map either. (Kansas City)

Sadface. We're not listed either. (Overland Park, KS)

[John Sabath]

Originally Posted by Kristian Calhoun

Great work, John!

Would you mind sharing the data set/KML you used for this? I've been wanting to create a similar demo using Cesium.

Sure thing.

Originally Posted by artdutra04

Was this generated manually or is it database driven?

Originally Posted by Jay Money 1058

This is pretty cool! Did you just take a list of current teams and plot them out one by one? I feel like this would take a few weeks at least

I parsed this into a CSV (Needed city, state, and country to be in the same column) and then imported it into a Google Fusion table.

Google recognizes the last column as geographical data and allows you to visualize it that way.

Originally Posted by artdutra04

...I assume the code is currently displaying the markers on the geographical center of the town/city/area. When displaying the data, have the code check if any other teams are from that same city; if so, add a small offset (a few hundred meters) to the display coordinates.

That is correct. Google Earth has the ability to expand overlapping points if you click on them, but unfortunately Google Maps does not. There is a custom Javascript plugin for it that would do the job, but that would require me to have my own hosting option.

[MattC9]

Are there really no teams in South Dakota?

EDIT:
Also most of the Austin area teams are missing

[John Sabath]

Originally Posted by MattC9

Also most of the Austin area teams are missing

They're just overlapping unfortunately.