Re: [OT] Map of email origins to Python list

2005-11-09 Thread Michael
Paul McGuire wrote: > "Claire McLister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > We've been working with Google Maps, and have created a web service to > map origins of emails to a group. As a trial, we've developed a map of > emails to this group at: > > http://www.zee

Re: [OT] Map of email origins to Python list

2005-11-09 Thread Tom Anderson
On Mon, 7 Nov 2005, Claire McLister wrote: > We've been working with Google Maps, and have created a web service to map > origins of emails to a group. Top stuff! The misses are, if anything, more interesting than the hits! I, apparently, am in Norwich. I have been to Norwich a few times, and,

Re: [OT] Map of email origins to Python list

2005-11-07 Thread Mike Meyer
Claire McLister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > An interesting perspective. Not to increase your sense of 'creepy', > but a lot of big corporations now have access to this kind of > information and more. You mean my creditors are going to be looking for me in San Francisco, even though I'm in Virgin

Re: [OT] Map of email origins to Python list

2005-11-07 Thread Neil Hodgson
Claire McLister: > We try to get a best guess estimate of the originating IP and its > location. If we cannot find that, we fall back on the earliest server > that has a location information. Clearly this marks quite a few email > origins in the wrong way. It doesn't do the collection of ALL gm

Re: [OT] Map of email origins to Python list

2005-11-07 Thread Claire McLister
On Nov 7, 2005, at 10:55 AM, Steve Holden wrote: > Mostly I wonder what the point is. For example, given my own somewhat > nomadic life I wondered what location has been used to map my own > contributions. Just for fun, really. We try to a best job of mapping the IP location closest to the origi

Re: [OT] Map of email origins to Python list

2005-11-07 Thread Claire McLister
On Nov 7, 2005, at 10:23 AM, Rocco Moretti wrote: > It's also a testament to the limited value of physically locating > people > by internet addresses - If you zoom in on the San Fransico bay area, > and > click on the southern most bubble (south of San Jose), you'll see the > entry for the Moun

Re: [OT] Map of email origins to Python list

2005-11-07 Thread Claire McLister
On Nov 7, 2005, at 9:55 AM, Paul McGuire wrote: > I guess it's a great way to find where there might be Python jobs to be > found, or at least kindred souls (or dissident Python posters in > countries > where Internet activity is closely monitored...) Possibly. But there are so many in-accuracie

Re: [OT] Map of email origins to Python list

2005-11-07 Thread Jorge Godoy
Claire McLister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > We've been working with Google Maps, and have created a web service to map > origins of emails to a group. As a trial, we've developed a map of emails to > this group at: > > http://www.zeesource.net/maps/map.do?group=668 > > This represents em

Re: [OT] Map of email origins to Python list

2005-11-07 Thread Steve Holden
Claire McLister wrote: > We've been working with Google Maps, and have created a web service to > map origins of emails to a group. As a trial, we've developed a map of > emails to this group at: > > http://www.zeesource.net/maps/map.do?group=668 > > This represents emails sent to the gro

Re: [OT] Map of email origins to Python list

2005-11-07 Thread Rocco Moretti
Paul McGuire wrote: > "Claire McLister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > We've been working with Google Maps, and have created a web service to > map origins of emails to a group. As a trial, we've developed a map of > emails to this group at: > > http://www.zees

Re: [OT] Map of email origins to Python list

2005-11-07 Thread Paul McGuire
"Claire McLister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] We've been working with Google Maps, and have created a web service to map origins of emails to a group. As a trial, we've developed a map of emails to this group at: http://www.zeesource.net/maps/map.do?group=668

[OT] Map of email origins to Python list

2005-11-07 Thread Claire McLister
We've been working with Google Maps, and have created a web service to map origins of emails to a group. As a trial, we've developed a map of emails to this group at: http://www.zeesource.net/maps/map.do?group=668 This represents emails sent to the group since October 27. Would like to