Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 16:31:43 +0100 (GMT)
From: martin dodge
Subject: Cyber-Geography Research Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 5, 25th April 1999

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Welcome to the Cyber-Geography Research Bulletin. This is a regular, free, email bulletin to inform you of changes and new additions made to the Geography of Cyberspace Directory and the Atlas of Cyberspaces on the Cyber-Geography Research web site. The bulletin is distributed about once a month, depending on how much time I have available for my cyberspace exploration.

This bulletin is available on the Web at http://www.cybergeography.org/bulletin-1-5.html

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The Geography of Cyberspace Directory
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* http://www.cybergeography.org/geography_of_cyberspace.html *
* http://www.geog.ucl.ac.uk/casa/martin/geography_of_cyberspace.html *

New for the "Network Topology Maps" section :

* A new wall map from TeleGeography, Global Communications Cable and Satellite Map, April 1999.
( http://www.telegeography.com/Publications/cmap99.html )

New in the "Visualising Information Spaces" section :

* /rfcland 1.0 ( http://memory.palace.org/ ), provides a visual tool for searching and browsing Internet Request for Comment (RFC) documents. It is being developed by Invisible Worlds ( http://www.invisible.net/ ).

* Chat Circles is a abstract visual interface to real-time conversations on the Internet. It is being developed by Fernanda B. Viégas and Judith Donath, Sociable Media Group, MIT Media Lab. ( http://www.media.mit.edu/~fviegas/circles/new/index.html )

* Card S.K., MacKinlay J. & Shneiderman B., 1999, Readings in Information Visualization: Using Vision to Think, (Morgan Kaufman Publishers). ( http://www.mkp.com/books_catalog/1-55860-533-9.asp )

New in the "Internet Traffic and Demographic Statistics" section :

* America's Most Wired Cities and Towns, a report in Yahoo! Internet Life magazine, 1st March 1999. ( http://www.zdnet.com/yil/content/mag/9903/cities.html )

Also, see their 1998 version. ( http://www.zdnet.com/yil/content/mag/9803/citytoc.html )

* OECD Communications Outlook 1999, provides a valuable compendium of statistics on public communication infrastructure and services in the OECD countries. ( http://www.oecd.org//dsti/sti/it/cm/prod/com-out99.htm )

New for "Some Useful References" section:

* Anders P., 1996, "Envisioning Cyberspace: The Design of Online Communities", Fifth International Conference on Cyberspace, 6-9th June 1996, Spain. ( http://www.telefonica.es/fat/eanders.html )

* Johnson S., 1999, "Maps & Legends", FEED Magazine, 18th March 1999. ( http://www.feedmag.com/column/interface/ci190_master.html )

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An Atlas of Cyberspaces
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* http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/atlas.html *
* http://www.cybergeography.com/atlas/atlas.html *
* http://www.geog.ucl.ac.uk/casa/martin/atlas/atlas.html *

New for the "Traceroute" page:

* WhatRoute, a graphical and geographical traceroute for Mac developed by Bryan Christianson.
( http://homepage.ihug.co.nz/~bryanc/ )

* Xtraceroute, a 3D geographical traceroute being developed for unix machines by Björn Augustsson.
( http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/~d3august/xt/ )

New in the "Info Maps" page:

* Images from the Chat Circles conversation visualisation by Fernanda B. Vigas and Judith Donath, Sociable Media Group, MIT Media Lab. ( http://www.media.mit.edu/~fviegas/circles/new/index.html )

New for the "ISP Maps" page:

* UK Backbone map of Cable Internet. ( http://www.cableinet.co.uk/html/network/netmap.htm )

* PSINet's global backbone map. ( http://www.psi.net/network/connectivitymaps.html )

Please remember there is a mirror site for the Atlas of Cyberspaces in the USA at http://www.cybergeography.com/atlas/atlas.html (The mirror was kindly donated by TeleGeography, Inc., Washington D.C. - http://www.telegeography.com/).



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thanks for your attention
martin dodge

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I welcome your comments on the usefulness of the bulletin and also on my Web pages. Suggestions for new information on the theme of the geography of the Internet, WWW and Cyberspace are also welcome. Send them to m.dodge@ucl.ac.uk.

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(Copyright (c) Martin Dodge, 1999)

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