The FRC Teams of 2012 (Google Maps)

[ETGrant1649]

Originally Posted by 1986titans

This sounds a lot like WITWIF.

http://team1649.com/witwif/

Just updated WITWIF to include the latest data from FIRST... Also made a special version for FLL USA events. FLL teams not available.

Added ability to link directly to an event... still working on the UI to get the link.

Check it out... http://team1649.com/witwif

[gixxy]

I did this for all the teams in Louisiana at one point. It I find the map link I will post it when I get to a real computer. (I did it manually based on school location from the FIRST search.)

[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)

[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.

[Borobo]

poor south dakota. all left out

[HedgeHogGal99]

This map is pretty cool to look at. I find it really neat to look and see where teams are from even if some are missing or overlapping

[rachelholladay]

Thanks for sharing this. I've been doing a lot of KML mapping at work (for the Department of Defense) and its interesting to see it put to this use. The formatting of KML is a little strange but it displays very nicely on GE.

It would be interesting to see all the levels of FIRST mapped together (perhaps with FLL is one color, FTC is another, etc.)

[n1ckd2012]

Thanks! This will help me find a team near my university!

[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.