Wow. I’m surprised New Mexico is dark blue but has few first teams. That is very unfortunate.
whispers
I wonder what the correlation of robotics events and robotics teams (not just FIRST) there are, and if we could, get an idea of what is popular where, so we know where to send our artillery ex.Oklahoma - Botball
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Pavan
Wasn’t 356 or some number thereabouts in Arkansas?
what about canada? there is a great deal of teams up there.
There are indeed a great deal of FIRST teams in Canada but this is a Spread of the US FIRST teams.
Like I said in my earlier post though, It would be nice to have an international spread as well.
New Mexico is a big BEST area… maybe that has something to do with it? I think at least 2 of the 4 FIRST teams from there compete in BEST as well as FIRST.
A very interesting map.
Where you have conglomerations of teams (NE coast, SE Mich, CA cities, etc.) have the dots been offset so they all show up?
I’m thinking the conglomerations correspond more to population than to distance from regionals, with some very strong correlation to sponsors (Mich and KC, for example).
The map also shows potentials for growth - Louisville, Nashville and Memphis, for example.
Good work. Dots of another type coming your way.
I’m thinking the latter is correct too. 
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/4549/popdensityfrcteamszy9.png
I see a ton of metropolis’ in the country (clusters of black dots), where there are very few, if any, FRC teams - especially in the middle states. Those are the areas where we should focus our new team efforts, as it is in these cities where there is large, untapped potential for growth.
This is great!
I know I sound like a broken record, but this is a very cool map.
I just found Team 461…it’s easy to find in Indiana because the three Purdue FIRST teams are three dots squished together.
I presume the “lol” is because there already is a KC Regional - 2007 was their inaugural year and was a smashing success…
Now let’s play “Spot your team”.
See the big cluster of teams near SF? See the lone dot north of SF? It’s kind of dark? That’s 675. =]
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.
I strongly suggest this. Though maybe nothing would come of it, if it actually does, maybe the President’s Circle will have something to discuss.
You guys see the 3 darkest dots in the Bay Area squished together? The bottom one is 115. I’m surprised that I could find it.
To be more specific, the darkest one on top is 8, the one showing out a bit below is 114, and showing out the bottom of that is 115.
At least I think that’s what it is, these 3 teams are the oldest that I know of in the area.
Yes, Team 356 from Little Rock.
Folks on the Bomb Squad called them “the other team from Arkansas.” I believe 356 competed from ~2001 to 2004.
More trivia: the two Arkansas teams were in the same alliance in the St. Louis Regional in “Stack Attack”. I think they made it to the finals.
Name was Enigma… they were purple and neon green and always had neon green plexiglass on there robot somewhere. Pretty interesting. They did compete only until 2004.
Awww! No Hawaii teams! 
Team 753 is in Central Oregon (were not on there 
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In the middle of the coast of California there should only be two dots… 973 and the team we started down in AG, Eagle Robotics (blanking on number sorry guys). That third dot is looking at me funny and it doesnt belong. Its kind of sad that I can spot my team so easy, we need to start more teams in central Cali apparently.
nice would you mine if this is used for other FIRST related things as a team poject or to include in presentations???