Cyber+Geography

I recently found a website that created graphic representations depicting the geographies of the usage of the Internet, World Wide Web and other cyberspaces.

Maps are called **cybermaps** and they help one visualize the "new digital landscapes" that go beyond the computer screen, "in the wires of the global communications networks and vast online information resources. The cybermaps have been created by many talented **'cyber-explorers'** from all around the world coming from a variety of different disciplines.

The following are a few of the maps of cyberspace, depicting Internet traffic on a world wide scale. Some cybermaps may seem familiar as those we are use to viewing when looking through a world atlas. However, others may appear more abstract and they use different grids and metrics.

The image below if one that was a result of a study conducted by Donna Cox and Robert Patterson from the **NCSA** in 1992.



The following image is one of the topology and geographys of the Internet analyzed by John S. Quarterman. This map depicts Internet topolgy through out the world in 1999.



This image belows depicts the edge of Ride the Byte, which is a "virtual reality installation" designed to explore the usage of the Internet through out the world. This installation was created by [|Art Com].




 * References:**

Dodge, Martin. "Mapping Cyberspace using Geological Metaphors." __An Atlas of Cyberspace__. 2004. University College London. 18 Feb. 2006 .