Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 16:22:34 +0000 (GMT)
From: martin dodge < m.dodge@NOSPAMMYucl.ac.uk > (remove the NOSPAMMY bit)
Subject: Cyber-Geography Research Bulletin, Vol. 3, No. 1, 18th December 2002

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==  Cyber-Geography Research Bulletin, Vol. 3, No. 1, 18th December 2002  ==
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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 every couple of months, 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-3-1.html

I am happy to acknowledge the support of CORPEX. They are kindly sponsoring the Cyber-Geography Research web site.

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Cyber Quote
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"The Internet is sort of the cockroach of the modern age," he said. "It survives."

By Paul Vixie, Internet Software Consortium, 23rd October 2002. ( from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2352667.stm )

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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 "Mapping the Internet" section:

* Huffaker B., Fomenkov M., Plummer D., Moore D. and Claffy K., 2002, "Distance Metrics in the Internet", IEEE International Telecommunications Symposium (ITS), 8-12th September 2002, Natal, Brazil. ( http://www.caida.org/outreach/papers/2002/Distance/ )

* 'Eyeballing' project pages showing the material geography of US telecommunications infrastructure, by John Young at Cryptome ( http://cryptome.org ). It is a nice combination of public source maps and aerial photographs.

- Eyeballing Telephone Switching Hubs in Downtown Manhattan, 10th July 2002. ( http://cryptome.org/nytel-eyeball.htm )

- Eyeballing US Transpacific Cable Landings, 9th July 2002. ( http://cryptome.org/cablew-eyeball.htm )

- Eyeballing US Transatlantic Cable Landings, 7th July 2002. ( http://cryptome.org/cable-eyeball.htm ) (Full list of Eyeballing projects.)

* Rocketfuel: An ISP Topology Mapping Engine, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington. ( http://www.cs.washington.edu/research/networking/rocketfuel/ ) See their paper for more details, Spring N., Mahajan R. and Wetherall D., 2002, "Measuring ISP Topologies with Rocketfuel", SIGCOMM'02, 19-23rd August 2002, Pittsburgh. ( http://www.acm.org/sigcomm/sigcomm2002/papers/rocketfuel.html )

Two recently published reports by TeleGeography. Global Internet Geography 2003, September 2002, provides a wealth of statistics including city-to-city international Internet bandwidth data. ( http://www.telegeography.com/pubs/internet/reports/ig_gbl/index.html ) MANs 2003: Metropolitan Area Networks, August 2002, gives detailed information on network infrastructure providers in major European and the USA cities, including street-level maps. ( http://www.telegeography.com/pubs/networks/reports/mans/index.html )

New for the "Visualising Information Spaces" section:

* Kahn P., Lenk K. and Kaczmarek P., 2002, "Applications of Isometric Projection for Visualizing Web Sites", Information Design Journal, Vol. 1 No. 3, pages 209-235. ( http://www.kahnplus.com/download/pdf/Kahn=Lenk=Kacz.pdf )

* Chi E.H., 2002, "Improving Web Usability Through Visualisation", IEEE Internet Computing, March-April 2002, pages 64-71. ( http://www2.parc.com/istl/projects/uir/pubs/pdf/UIR-R-2002-05-Chi-IEEEIC-WebUsabilityViz.pdf )

New for the "Global Internet Diffusion" section:

* Press L., 2001, "Surveying the Latin American Infrastructure", in Treverton G.F. and Mizell L. (eds.) The Future of the Information Revolution In Latin America, RAND, Santa Monica, CA, 2001. ( http://www.cia.gov/nic/graphics/randimages/cf166.1.ch2.pdf )

* Press L., Foster W., Wolcott P. and McHenry W., 2002, "The Internet in India and China", First Monday, October 2002, Vol. 7, No. 10. ( http://www.firstmonday.dk/issues/issue7_10/press/ )

New for the "References" section:

* Bevan P., 2002, "The Circadian Geography of Chat", paper presented at the AOIR 3.0 Conference, 13-16th October 2002. ( http://users.aber.ac.uk/ppb98/circadian.htm )

* Downey G., 2001, "Virtual Webs, Physical Technologies and Hidden Workers", Technology and Culture, Vol. 42, No. 2, pages 209-235. ( http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/technology_and_culture/v042/42.2downey.pdf )

* Gorman S.P. and Malecki E.J., 2002, "Fixed and fluid: stability and change in the geography of the Internet", Telecommunications Policy, Vol. 26, No. 7-8, pages 389-413. ( http://makeashorterlink.com/?C387210D2 )

* Grubesic T.H., 2002, "Spatial Dimensions of Internet Activity", Telecommunications Policy, Vol. 26, No. 7-8, pages 363-387. ( http://makeashorterlink.com/?W167220D2 )

* Kellerman A. 2002, The Internet on Earth: A Geography of Information, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, England. ( http://www.wileyeurope.com/cda/product/0,,0470844507,00.html )

* Klas I., 2002, "Wechselbeziehungen zwischen Kulturgeographie und Internet", Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg i.Br., Geographie. ( http://www.cybergeography.de/d_ma.html )

* Leamer E.E. and Storper M., 2001, "The Economic Geography of the Internet Age", NBER Working Paper No. 8450, August 2001. ( http://papers.nber.org/papers/w8450 )

* Malecki E.J., 2002, "The Economic Geography of the Internet's Infrastructure", Economic Geography, Vol. 78, No. 4, pages 399-424.

New in the "Some Miscellaneous Bits: Courses" section:

* Course title: "Geographies of cyberspace", fall 2002; Lecturer: Greg Downey; Institution: School of Journalism & Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison. ( http://www.journalism.wisc.edu/~downey/classes/geog-of-cyberspace/index.html )

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An Atlas of Cyberspaces
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* http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/atlas.html *
* http://www.geog.ucl.ac.uk/casa/martin/atlas/atlas.html *
* Italian Language http://www.mappedellarete.net/ *
* French Language Mirror http://www.cybergeography-fr.org/atlas/atlas.html *
* Australian / Asia-Pacific Mirror http://cybergeography.planetmirror.com *

New for the "Wireless" page:

* Sitefinder is an interactive map of mobile phone base stations in the UK ( http://www.sitefinder.radio.gov.uk ).

New for the "Information Landscapes" page:

* City of News, a 3D information browser by Flavia Sparacino ( http://web.media.mit.edu/~flavia/CityOfNews.html ).

New in the "Topology Maps" page:

* Cobot map of social relations in a MOO by Charles Isbell and Michael Kearns ( http://www.cc.gatech.edu/fac/Charles.Isbell/projects/cobot/map.html )

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Cybergeography Books
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Atlas of Cyberspace, by Martin Dodge and Rob Kitchin

A full colour, 'coffee-table' style book published in October 2001.
Published by Addison-Wesley, 2001; 288pp
Hardback ISBN 0-201-74575-5; $45.00 / £30.00
http://www.atlasofcyberspace.com

Mapping Cyberspace, by Martin Dodge and Rob Kitchin

An academic text covering in details the geographies of cyberspace, published in 2000.
Published by Routledge, 2000; 296pp
Paperback ISBN 0-415-19884-4: £19.99 / $32.99
Hardback ISBN 0-415-19883-6: £60.00 / $99.00
http://www.mappingcyberspace.com

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Mapping-Cyberspace Discussion List
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If you're interested in discussing the wider issues of measuring and mapping the Internet and the Web why not join the new Mapping-Cyberspace List. It is a free and moderated mailing list.

Full details on the list and how to join are available at:
http://www.cybergeography.org/discussion.html

Or just send email to: jiscmail@jiscmail.ac.uk
with the message: join mapping-cyberspace firstname lastname
(E.g. join mapping-cyberspace John Smith)

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