On Aug 20, 2:18 am, Nathann Cohen <nathann.co...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello !!! > > Starting from a kind of troll related to the next-to-be tour for > Graphs in Sage ( I wanted to color the map of western europe, but the > majority of Sage's users do not live there ), I tried to build a graph > of the whole world by using your dear CIA's data ( available freely on > their website ) > > Do you think it would be interesting to add it to the graph generators > in Sage ? It could be available as graphs.WorldMap() :-) > > If so, I have a small problem : how to include it ? I generated it by > parsing again and again several files, then building the final graph > through Python, but the only way I have now to share this graph is to > write it by g.write(). > > This Graph contains labels for the countries ( their names ) but also > their positions... > > Nathann
Since countries change (names change, boundaries change, etc.), first of all, you need to date this: say it's the world map as of 2009-08-20, or whatever, and probably give the source (since not everyone agrees on names, boundaries, etc.). Then if it were possible to automate its production (get some files from the CIA's website -- do these have a fixed URL? -- then process them with Python, etc., all automatically), I see the whole thing as an optional spkg. Can we access historical data, too? World map as of 1939-09-01, etc.? John --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
