In reply to Scott Hack.

I've done a few searches but can't recall ever hearing or reading about that. However, it's interesting you bring that up since one of the things I'd like to see in the Profile revamp is the location data made more useful. Here is my idea:

I’d like to see the Location data in profiles be put to good use. Right now, there is no easy way to find out how many WordPress people are in my area without doing some sort of grassroots effort to figure it out. It would be cool if in the future, I could create a group on .org and add people to it that are in my geographical area based on the location data in their profile.

It looks like they may get rid of the map and just replace it with text but it would be cool to perform a search on WordPress.org to see who is near me.