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From: Claire McLister <mclister@zeesource.net>
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL User Map
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 14:44:30 -0800
To: Marc G. Fournier <scrappy@postgresql.org>

Maybe Bruce is referring to the map we created of origins of emails  
to the mailing list, which we create a while ago:

http://www.zeesource.net/maps/map.do?group=456

With this kind of a map, we can get some sense of where Postgresql  
users are located.

Claire


On Mar 2, 2006, at 2:26 PM, Marc G. Fournier wrote:

> On Thu, 2 Mar 2006, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
>>
>> [ CC to www list.]
>>
>> I am thinking we need to do something automated with the existing  
>> email
>> lists.  It seems self-registration isn't working or isn't prominent
>> enough.
>
> Huh?  Trying to put this is context with what is below, and can't  
> see how they relate :(
>
>
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>> ------
>>
>> Arnulf Christl wrote:
>>> Hey,
>>> I didn't want to spam lists with this issue again, sorry to go at  
>>> you
>>> directly.
>>>
>>> This thing is up now for some time but it seems as if no one is  
>>> really
>>> seeing or even using it. We are still committed to what we said  
>>> and I
>>> dunno - maybe you are still interested?
>>>
>>> http://www.mapbender.org/index.php/PostgreSQL_User_Map
>>>
>>> In the meantime major things have been going on in the Geospatial
>>> community and as we are strong promoters of PostgreSQL we have  
>>> made sure
>>> that PG will be one of the core components of the newly announced  
>>> Open
>>> Source Geospatial Foundation. Read more about what has been going  
>>> on here:
>>> http://www.osgeo.org/
>>>
>>> We are planning to set up an Open Source geospatial infrastructure
>>> software stack and it will contain a PostgreSQL PostGIS engine as
>>> database core. I could imagine that you would be interested in  
>>> having
>>> your user map hosted there for a starter, it would mean that you  
>>> do not
>>> have to do anything in the sense of installing or maintaining the
>>> software, just link it and be happy. The close linkage to the  
>>> Mapbender
>>> project would also be loosened - if that would have been any kinf of
>>> problem.
>>>
>>> I did not discuss anything of this with the board of directors  
>>> yet but I
>>> would if you say that this might be interesting to you.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Arnulf Christl.
>>>
>>
>> --
>>  Bruce Momjian   http://candle.pha.pa.us
>>  SRA OSS, Inc.   http://www.sraoss.com
>>
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