[pgsql-www] [GENERAL] Map of Postgresql Users (OT)

Claire McLister mclister at ZEESOURCE.NET
Wed Dec 7 12:28:00 EST 2005


Thanks.

Some people raised privacy issues, so we try to give an indication of  
the email address without giving out too much more. We also do not  
store any other information from the email.

I think the concern was combining location information with other  
information. So, we are unable to add names with the entries :-(

Claire

On Dec 7, 2005, at 9:20 AM, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> Claire McLister wrote:
>> Yes, we do have an 'IP Map' capability to take the originating IP
>> address of the email and try to map its location. While not always
>> accurate, it does give a general sense of where the emails are coming
>> from, so helps in understanding the geographical reach.
>>
>> We mapped emails for messages to the pgsql-general list a while ago.
>> The resulting map is at:
>>
>>   http://www.zeesource.net/maps/map.do?group=456
>>
>>   We were waiting for someone from the pgsql-www team to tell us if
>> they want to embed such maps on the Postgtresql.org web site.
>
> Yes, very nice.  Can we have user names added to that, if they  
> appeared
> in the email?
>
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