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A New Map of the Internet

Posted by Zonk on from the can-see-my-work-from-here dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Chris Harrison project has created a series of maps that show the geographical structure and distribution of the Internet. At the site you can view a global, geo-spatial map of the global internet. The visualizations were put together using data from the Dimes project. One visualization shows the density of Internet connections worldwide while the other displays how international cities are connected. Detailed Maps of Europe and North America are included as well. It's amazing how skewed the distribution is — beyond Australia, New Zealand, and parts of South-East Asia, the southern hemisphere has only a peppering of connectivity."

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  1. Shocking by kmac06 · · Score: 5, Funny

    So the parts of the world that are developed and wealthy have a larger internet presence than the third world countries? I am shocked, shocked I say.

  2. prior art by arbitraryaardvark · · Score: 5, Funny

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGfNSA3QmWg&NR=1
    http://xkcd.com/store/

  3. Map of Tubes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    RE: Map of Tubes

    Hello, Ted Stevens here.
    I find this map of tubes very intriguing. As you may know, I have been a proponent of protecting the Internet's tubes from clogging up. I think this new geo-spatial map will show how the tubes are distributed. It shows that I was right all along! The Internet is like a truck! You can't just throw stuff on it or it slows it down. As a matter of fact, my secretary is sending an Internet right now and NO CARRIER

    Very Truly Yours,
    Ted Stevens
    U.S. Senator
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    Write in the man! George W. Bush in 2008.

  4. no match by albeit+unknown · · Score: 3, Funny

    The Chris Harrison project will prove to be no match for.... The Alan Parsons Project.

  5. Obligatory by evanbd · · Score: 5, Funny

    http://xkcd.com/195/

    http://xkcd.com/256/

  6. What can we call this "New Map"? by ScrewMaster · · Score: 3, Funny

    Let's see, it's a new way to map the network, a new map ... I've got it! We'll call it "NMAP"!

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    The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
  7. Re:North-South Divide, nothing new. by miro+f · · Score: 3, Funny

    nooo! South America is sinking!

    *glug glug glug...*

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  8. Oddly enough by j3w · · Score: 3, Funny

    Every road leads to porn...

  9. Re:Why such a map doesn't mean much by spectrokid · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well somebody is getting it right... I am living in a shitty little village in Denmark and and the "Meet interesting girls in..." adverts from Adult Friend Finder have zeroed in. A year ago they gave towns 60 km away from here, now they are always within 10 km.

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