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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. Mirror link by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    I have mirrored the maps temporarily at http://www.clearchaos.com/worldBlack.jpg and http://www.clearchaos.com/worlddotblack.jpg at least until my server turns into a smoking ruin.

  2. Re:Kinda looks like this by mr_mischief · · Score: 2, Informative

    They have lots of artificial lighting in Canada. It's plain on the picture. The farthest north reaches just don't have that many inhabitants. Much of Canada's population lives just north of the US border.

    As for the horizontal line across Asia, I'm going to guess that's Russia's Trans-Siberian Railroad and all the settlements along it. Even in the more heavily lit region around the Caucasus, one can pick out a line. It appears to run directly from the Baltic near St. Petersburg to the east then south a bit around th Chinese border to Vladivostok on the Sea of Japan. That's about the route of the TSR.

  3. Re:It is already out of date... by mastershake_phd · · Score: 4, Informative

    mirror, full article + pics: http://freedomsforums.com/viewtopic,p,1385.html

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    Libertarian Leaning Political Discussion Forum.
  4. Mirrors for High Resolution PNGs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Medium Resolution JPGs:

    http://slinging.org/InternetMap/medium/worldBlack.jpg
    http://slinging.org/InternetMap/medium/NorthAmericaBlack.jpg
    http://slinging.org/InternetMap/medium/worlddotblack.jpg
    http://slinging.org/InternetMap/medium/worldBlack.jpg

    High Resolution PNGs:

    http://slinging.org/InternetMap/high/NorthAmericaBlack.png
    http://slinging.org/InternetMap/high/euroblack.png
    http://slinging.org/InternetMap/high/worldBlack.png
    http://slinging.org/InternetMap/high/worlddotblack.png

  5. Re:Is it classified like Sean Gorman map yet? by MK_CSGuy · · Score: 2, Informative

    More on Gorman's dissertation here for those interested in the story.

  6. Re:North-South Divide, nothing new. by potnis · · Score: 2, Informative

    Just for the record, South East Asia is NOT in the Southern hemisphere.

    Unless i didnt get the memo!

  7. Re:Obligatory by witte · · Score: 2, Informative

    It even has Qwghlm on it. /geekgasm