From ucfnmad@ucl.ac.uk Wed Apr 15 18:51:28 1998 Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 18:38:25 +0100 (BST) From: martin dodge To: m.dodge@ucl.ac.uk Subject: Cyber-Geography Research Update Bulletin No. 12 - 15th April 1998 ========================================================================== == Cyber-Geography Research Update Bulletin No. 12 - 15th April 1998 == ========================================================================== Welcome to the twelfth Cyber-Geography research Update 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 will distributed about once a month, depending on how much time I have available for my cyberspace exploration. ===================================== The Geography of Cyberspace Directory ===================================== * 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 : * Analysing the Geography of Internet Address Space, research by Martin Dodge and Narushige Shiode in the geography of ownership of blocks of Internet (IP) addresses in the United Kingdom. ( http://www.geog.ucl.ac.uk/casa/martin/internetspace/ ) New in the "Visualising Information Spaces" section : * HistoryTree from SmartBrowser, a neat Web browser add-on that dynamically draws a graph of the sites you visit, download from http://www.smartbrowser.com/ * Ptolomaeus - the Web cartographer, a nice tool for graphing the hierarchical structure of Web sites being developed by Fabio Vernacotola and colleagues in the Department of Informatica ed Automazione at the University of Roma Tre, Italy. ( http://www.inf.uniroma3.it/~vernacot/ptolpage.htm ) New in the "Internet Traffic, Size and Demographic Statistics" section : * Global domain registration statistics by NetNames Ltd ( http://www.domainstats.com/ ). * Pitkow J.E., 1998, "Summary of WWW Characterizations", paper presented at The Seventh International World-Wide Web Conference, 14-18th April 1998, Brisbane, Australia. ( http://www7.conf.au/programme/fullpapers/1877/com1877.htm ) New in the "Internet Connectivity" section : * "The Global Diffusion of the Internet Project: An Initial Inductive Study", a report by the MOSAIC Group, which "...proposes a framework for analysis of the diffusion and absorption of the Internet world-wide and applies that framework to an initial set of 13 diverse countries." See the full report at http://www.agsd.com/gdi97/gdi97.html New for the "Some Useful References" section : * Adams P., 1998, "Network Topologies and Virtual Place", Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 88, No. 1, pages 88-106. * Alderman D.H., 1998, "Finding the Heart of Dixie in Cyberspace: The Internet as a New Laboratory for Cultural Geography", paper presented at the 94th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, 25-29th March 1998, Boston, USA. (See http://www.geocities.com/Athens/5802/reed.html ) * Coyle D., 1997, "The Weightless World: Strategies for Managing the Digital Economy", Capstone : Oxford, United Kingdom, ISBN 0-900961-11-3. * Dodge M. & Shiode N., 1998, "Where on Earth is the Internet? An Empirical Investigation of the Spatial Patterns of Internet "Real-Estate" in Relation to Geo-Space in the United Kingdom", paper presented at the Telecommunications and the City conference, 21-23rd March 1998, Athens, Georgia, USA. ( http://www.geog.ucl.ac.uk/casa/martin/internetspace/paper/telecom.html ) * Dodge M., 1998, "The Geographies of Cyberspace", paper presented at the 94th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, 25-29th March 1998, Boston, USA. (See http://www.geog.ucl.ac.uk/casa/martin/aag/aag.html ) New in the "Relevant Conferences" section : * The Seventh International World-Wide Web Conference, 14-18th April 1998, Brisbane, Australia. Programme and papers available at http://www7.conf.au/programme/fullprog.html New for the "Miscellaneous Bits" section : * Search Engine Watch, by Danny Sullivan. Comprehensive information on all aspects of Web search engines. ( http://www.searchenginewatch.com ) ======================= An Atlas of Cyberspaces ======================= * http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/atlas.html * * http://www.geog.ucl.ac.uk/casa/martin/atlas/atlas.html * New in the "Geographic" page : * Maps of the ownership of IP address blocks in the UK New on the "Topology" page : * Screen-shots from a CAIDA video of Internet "Star Wars"! New on the "Info Spaces" page : * Perspecta information visualisation tool New on the "Web site maps" page : * Ptolomaeus Web cartographer * HistoryTree from SmartBrowser * Site Manager from Silicon Graphics ================================== Some facts on the Update Bulletin ================================== Bulletin readers may be interested in a few "useless" facts about the Cyber-Geography Research Update Bulletin. - Current number of subscriber : 569 (as of 12th April 1998) - From 43 different countries (from top-level domain of email address) - Top five domains - .com 167, .net 76, .edu 68, .uk 52, .es 24 If you more details, along with a map, see http://www.cybergeography.org/bulletin_facts.html =========== Advertising =========== ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ * Internet Geographer / Cartographer 21st century Mercator wanted. Clever mind (and hands) needed to produce new "Internet Map of the World" (a companion to our "Telecom Map of the World" - see www.telegeography.com). Will also create Sci. Amer. Style schematics for reports on telecom and Internet trends. Requires BA or MFA and computer/graphics skills. Mapping or sci/med illustration experience a plus. Competitive salary. Send resume and work sample to: President TeleGeography, Inc. 1730 Rhode Island Ave., NW Suite 1205 Washington, DC 20036 Fax: +1 202 467 0851 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ thanks for your attention martin dodge ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I welcome your comments on the usefulness of the update 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. If you want to be removed from the update bulletin distribution list please email me at m.dodge@ucl.ac.uk, with a subject line like "Please remove me from the update bulletin", remembering to include your email address. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ *============================================* | MARTIN DODGE - email : m.dodge@ucl.ac.uk | |--------------------------------------------| | Cyber-Geography Research | |Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) | | University College London, | | 1-19 Torrington Place, | | London, WC1E 6BT. United Kingdom. | | -------------------------------------------| | 0171 391 1782 | | www.casa.ucl.ac.uk | | www.cybergeography.org | *============================================*