> Bulletin-2-10, Feb. 2002

Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 19:11:51 +0000 (GMT)
From: martin dodge < m.dodge@ucl.ac.uk >
Subject: Cyber-Geography Research Bulletin, Vol. 2, No. 10, 8th February 2002


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==   Cyber-Geography Research Bulletin, Vol. 2, No. 10, 8th Feb. 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-2-10.html

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

 

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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:

* Broadband Map UK by Paul Buck and Karl Orbell. ( http://www.broadbandmap.co.uk )

 

New for the "Visualising Information Spaces" section:

* Reinventing Email, a project by the Collaborative User Experience group at the IBM Watson Reseach Center. See their recent paper for more information. Rohall, S.L., Gruen, D., Moody, P. & Kellerman, S., 2001, "Email Visualizations to Aid Communications", Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization (InfoVis) 2001, 22-23rd October 2001, San Diego, pp. 12-15.

* Site Map Usability, Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox, 6th January 2002. ( http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20020106.html ) There is also a full report from the Nielsen Norman Group called "Site Map Usability: 30 design guidelines based on usability studies with people using site maps" ( http://www.nngroup.com/reports/sitemaps/ ).

 

New for the "Statistics" section:

* Ciolek, T.M., 2001, "Networked information flows in Asia: the research uses of the Altavista search engine and 'weblinksurvey' software", July 2001. ( http://www.ciolek.com/PAPERS/weblinksurvey2001.html )

 

New for the "References" section:

* Bennahum, D.S., 2001, "Be Here Now", Wired Magazine, Vol. 9.11, November 2001. ( http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.11/location.html )

* Perfiliev Y., 2000, "Internet Development In Russia: Territorial and Institutional Particularities", July 2000. ( http://www.rocich.ru/runet/runet_e.php )

* Quarterman J.S., 2002, "Monoculture Considered Harmful", First Monday, February 2002, Vol. 7, No. 2. ( http://www.firstmonday.dk/issues/issue7_2/quarterman/index.html )

* Zook M.A., 2001, "Connected is a Matter of Geography", netWorker, September 2001, Vol. 5, No. 3, pages 13-17. ( http://www.zooknic.com/info/Zook-netWorker-2001.pdf )

 

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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.museoscienza.org/cybergeography *
* French Language Mirror http://www.nicolas-guillard.com/cybergeography-fr/atlas/atlas.html *
* Australian / Asia-Pacific Mirror http://cybergeography.planetmirror.com *

There are two new pages in the Atlas looking at network weather maps and wireless network infrastructure maps.

 

New for the "Artistic" page:

* Mapping the Web Infome net art project by Lisa Jevbratt ( http://dma.sjsu.edu/jevbratt/lifelike/ ).

 

New for the "Weather Maps" page:

* The Czech Republic's CESNET2 network weather map ( http://www.cesnet.cz/provoz/zatizeni/ ).

* Weather map for GRNET in Greece ( http://netmon.grnet.gr/map.shtml ).

* Topological diagram of traffic loads on the GARR-B network in Italy ( http://www.noc.garr.it/mappe/backbone.shtml ).

 

New in the "Wireless Network Maps" page:

* NYCWireless 802.11b network node map ( http://maps.nycwireless.net/ ).

* Consume 802.11b network node map for central London ( http://consume.net/nodes/ ).

* 802.11b network node map from Seattle Wireles ( http://ofb.net/seattlewireless/ ).

* A map of war driving for 802.11b nodes in Los Angeles by Frank Keeney ( http://pasadena.net/apmap/ ).

* Antennas in the USA from Tower Maps ( http://www.towermaps.com/product_summary.htm ).

 

New for the "ISP Maps" page:

* Network map for Golden Telecom in Russia ( http://www.goldentelecom.ru/eng/network/index.htm ).

* The topology of the new pan European R&E GÉANT network ( http://www.dante.net/geant/ ).

 

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Map of the Month
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* http://www.cybergeography.org/maps/ *
* http://mappa.mundi.net/maps/ *

The Map of the Month columns are now being published online in Mappa.Mundi Magazine.

* December 2001 column, "Mostly Cloudy, Clearing Later: Network Weather Maps" ( http://mappa.mundi.net/maps/maps_024/ ).

* The September 2001 column, "Imagining the Inner working of the Internet", discussed the short anaimated movie Warriors of the Net.
( http://mappa.mundi.net/maps/maps_023/ )

 

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New Book - Atlas of Cyberspace
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* http://www.atlasofcyberspace.com *

Atlas of Cyberspace, by Martin Dodge & Rob Kitchin
Published by Addison-Wesley, 2001; 288pp
Hardback ISBN 0-201-74575-5; $45.00 / £30.00

The Atlas of Cyberspace, a new book by Martin Dodge and Rob Kitchin. A Slashdot reader said, "I have a feeling it will end up being the uber-geek coffee book of choice".

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* ThinkGeek (currently selling at $29.99, a discount of 25%)
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* Barnes and Noble (currently selling at $31.99, 20% discount)
( http://shop.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?isbn=0201745755 )



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