Re: Add your location to the developer db so it can be added to the map
On Thu, Sep 23, 1999 at 12:53:23AM +0100, Phil Hands wrote:
> Branden Robinson <branden@ecn.purdue.edu> writes:
>
> > On Wed, Sep 22, 1999 at 01:26:19PM -0400, James A. Treacy wrote:
> > > Check out the new map showing developer locations:
> > > http://www.debian.org/devel/developers.map.jpg
> >
> > Nifty! However I must decry the foul and evil file extension JPG and
> > request that JPEG be used instead. This ain't DOS.
> >
I'll change that for later updates.
> > > The marker file used to generate this can also be viewed:
> > > http://www.debian.org/devel/developers.coords
> >
> > Hmm. I get a 404 on this.
> >
I'm not sure why the file disappeared. I'll upload a newer version
(with more people on it).
> > Great work, thanks to everyone responsible for this, it is cool. We
> > probably should whack the old xearth stuff from the site now.
>
> Indeed.
>
> It would be especially good if people could try to get their info in
> there in the next week or so, since we appear to have a stand at an
> Expo in London (http://www.itevents.co.uk/exhibitions/linux/default.htm)
> on the 6th & 7th of October, and a reasonably complete developers map
> would be well worth pinning up.
>
I may add a comment to the coords file describing how the image is created
so people can create their own. Hopefully someone has a printer that can
print a large version.
Jay Treacy
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