1. Re: [OT]Where's everyone from? Contest
On 7 Aug 2004, at 7:32, irv mullins wrote:
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> posted by: irv mullins <irvm at ellijay.com>
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> irv mullins wrote:
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> > Perhaps the program would be more of a challenge, and more useful,
> > if it could access an existing database on the web. That way, it
> > could immediately be used by others. For example, a business could
> > visualize their customer base, a web-ring could chart their members,
> > etc. A well-done program like that would certainly get some attention
> > on SourceForge or Slashdot, etc. Perhaps even a writeup in a magazine,
> > which would be good for Euphoria (and RDS).
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> Replying to my own message, http://worldatlas.com/aatlas/imageg.htm
> has the needed info for almost everywhere in the world. Writing code
> to access that site and extract the needed info would be an interesting
> task.
It would be as trivial as mining APOD (because of the pic links) and
pantheon.org (for the data), which i have done.
Kat
