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Categories: Data visualization
Keywords: Globalization
Relevant passages:
Rudolf Frieling «Mapping and Text»
Martin Dodge «Seeing inside the Cloud»
Works by Martin Dodge:
Abilene network AT&T display fibreoptic cable routing geographic location of domain name registrations global diffusion of the Internet home Internet access Internet infrastructure in the Republic of Korea NORDUnet traceroute utility uneven global distribution UUNet VisualRoute
Martin Dodge
«Internet Mapping Project»
The map of the Internet topology by Hal Burch and Bill Cheswick shows the structure of the Internet from December 2000, representing nearly 100,000 network nodes. This highly complex spatialisation takes several hours to generate on a typical PC. The layout algorithm uses simple rules, with forces of attraction and repulsion jostling the nodes into a stable, legible configuration. There are many permutations in the algorithm to generate different layouts and colour-codings of the links according to different criteria (such as network ownership, country).
Martin Dodge
(Source: Lumeta Corporation http://www.lumeta.com)
