Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1998 17:48:19 +0100 (GMT) From: martin dodge Subject: Cyber-Geography Research Bulletin No. 17 - 7th Sept. 1998 ========================================================================== == Cyber-Geography Research Bulletin No. 17 - 7th September 1998 == ========================================================================== SPONSORED BY C O R P E X DOMAIN NAME REGISTRATION WEB HOSTING E-COMMERCE Tel: +44 0171 242 4555 Email: service@corpex.com Web: http://www.corpex.com/ Welcome to the seventeenth 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. We are happy to acknowledge the support of CORPEX. They are kindly sponsoring the Cyber-Geography Research web site. ===================================== 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 "Visualising Information Spaces" section : * Information Architecture - shaping knowledge into form - research project by William Neviett and Mark A. Foltz in the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT. ( http://www.ai.mit.edu/projects/infoarch/ ) New for the "Internet Connectivity" section : * "Digital Divide" in the USA. Reports on the penetration of information infrastructure (telephones, computers and modems) in the USA by the National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA). - "Falling Through the Net: A Survey of the "Have Nots" in Rural and Urban America", from July 1995 ( http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/fallingthru.html ) - "Falling Through the Net II: New Data on the Digital Divide", from July 1998. ( http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/net2/falling.html ) New for "Internet Traffic, Size and Demographic Statistics" section : * Latest Internet Domain Survey, by Network Wizards reported 36.7 million hosts world-wide in July 1998. ( http://www.nw.com/zone/WWW/top.html ) * Measuring the Most Popular Web Sites : - RelevantKnowledge (http://www.relevantknowledge.com/ ) - Media Metrix ( http://www.mediametrix.com/ ) - 100Hot, from Web21. ( http://www.100hot.com/ ) - NetRatings, Inc (http://www.netratings.com/ ) New for "Some Useful References" section : * Andrews K., 1996, "Browsing, Building, and Beholding Cyberspace: New Approaches to the Navigation, Construction, and Visualisation of Hypermedia on the Internet", unpublished doctoral thesis, September 1996, Institute for Information Processing and Computer Support New Media, Graz University of Technology, Austria. (Avilable from : ftp://ftp.iicm.edu/pub/keith/phd/pdf/ pdf format files.) * Clemente P., 1998, The State of the Net: The New Frontier, (McGraw-Hill: New York). ( http://www.cyberdialogue.com/marketing/news/clemente.html ) * Holmquist L.E., Fagrell H., & Busso R., 1998, "Navigating Cyberspace with CyberGeo Maps" from the Proceedings of IRIS 21, Saeby, Denmark, 1998. (pdf format) ( http://www.viktoria.informatics.gu.se/publications/98/VRR-98-10.pdf ) * Juliussen E. & Juliussen-Petska K., 1998, Internet Industry Almanac, (Computer Industry Almanac Inc.). ( http://www.c-i-a.com/iiainfo.htm ) * Tanney S., 1997, "Evidence of Place in Electronic Space", December 1997, Human Interface Technology (HIT) Lab, University of Washington. ( http://www.hitl.washington.edu/people/susan/musings/e-place3.html ) ======================= An Atlas of Cyberspaces ======================= * 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 * There is a major new development for the Atlas. I have built a 3d multi-user gallery using Active Worlds. It is currently a beta release. Unfortunately, you need special browser software that is only available for Windows 95/NT. Full details are on the "3D Gallery" page of the Atlas: (http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/3dgallery.html) You can walk around the gallery as an avatar. I plan to hold seminars in the gallery where interested people can meet to discuss the geography of the Internet and mapping Cyberspace. Please send comments to me (m.dodge@ucl.ac.uk) if you use the 3D gallery. New on the "ISP Maps" page : * Map of the backbone and international connections for the Rede Nacional de Pesquisa, the nation research network for Brasil. (http://www.rnp.br/1.3.bone.html ) * New diagrammatic 'map' of Thailand's Internet Connectivity for September 1998, produced by Jumpot Phuritatkul and Thaweesak Koanantakool, NECTEC. ( http://www.nectec.or.th/inet-map/actual.html ) New for the "Web Site Maps" page : * A Web site map produced using Structured Graph Format (SGF), developed by Olivier Liechti, Mark J. Sifer and Tadao Ichikawa at Hiroshima University, Japan. (http://www.isl.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/projects/SGF/index.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/). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ thanks for your attention martin dodge ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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. 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. 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