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Re: mapping the Internet (in Vancouver) (fwd)

Andrew Daviel (andrew@andrew.triumf.ca)
Fri, 31 Jan 1997 13:13:02 -0800 (PST)

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>> As seen from Vancouver Webpages, vancouver-webpages is near the center
>> of the world. From UBC, it's plain we're on the edge waiting to fall
>> off!

>Very interesting. :) Any plans to build a bigger map?

Probably not. It's more fun than anything. The more nodes you add, the more
confusing the picture, especially if you start from multiple nodes.

If you watch, routing changes
quite often, so you really need a 4-dimensional map. I guess one could do
that kind of thing in VRML2. See e.g.
http://sundae.triumf.ca/web1/maps/net.mpg for a look at nodes moving.

The tool that I have (anemone) requires manual intervention. Using
techniques from PCB layout one could perhaps automate some of it. Of
course, if the DNS records contained a geographic location one could
make a geographic map relatively simply. There are tools out there,
but I haven't got round to investigating them. Often they are academic
"releases" without documentation. Simple for us Linux types, right ?

Andrew