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...

[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-

[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

[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.

[EHaskins]

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

[Gabe]

Hey!!! Don't forget Alaska and Hawaii

[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).

[Beth Sweet]

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]

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)

[Donut]

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