[Qgis-psc] First sample outputs of telemtry work

[Andreas Neumann]

Hi Tim,

Looks really cool - thanks for working on this! I kind of expected the
dominance of Windows as an operating system, but I am surprised to see one
particular Windows (Windows 10) take such a large share. Many government
agencies or companies that I know still use older Windows versions.

I also wonder what hides behind some of the quite large bars in the
category "Other"?

When it comes to QGIS versions, I think we should better aggregate only by
major versions and for now ignore the minor versions. This large
fragmentation into minor/minor versions seems to lead to this gigantic
large bar of "Other".

Question: is there any chance to put the absolute numbers in relation with
the rough population size of a country. It is only natural that large
countries like France, Germany, USA and Brazil open QGIS  more often than
smaller countries. But put in relation with population size, the pattern
could look quite different.

My cartography teachers told me that it is absolutely forbidden to use
absolute numbers in choropleth maps - ABSOLUTELY FORBIDDEN ! Numbers always
need to be put in relation with the size (area and/or population) of a
country.

Thanks a lot for your work to all people involved!

Andreas



On Fri, 29 Apr 2022 at 15:57, Tim Sutton <tim at kartoza.com> wrote:

> Hi PSC
>
> I just wanted to give you some feedback on the work we have been doing to
> use anonymised telemetry data from the feed to try to get a handle on the
> number, geography and platform choice of our user base. There are detailed
> notes in the image below which should explain things. Currently it has only
> been running about 2 weeks so the year and month charts at the end look the
> same, but you can expect these to diverge over time.
>
> If you have other things you would like to report on with the available
> data, please pop me a note. I still want to aggregate the platform  better
> to lump together Win, Mac, Linux and other instead of the more granular
> breakdown we get right now. I will do so when I get a chance.
>
> I do not plan to make the link to the live dashboard public as I don't
> want to put load on the feed server, but if you wish to access the
> dashboard, pop me a note and I will add you.
>
>
> https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/178003/165956926-a30c6c96-3b6b-4895-8afb-97e9ba0bd28c.png
>
>
> Regards
>
> Tim
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