Index

Contents 
1
Preface : ix 
Acknowledgements : xi 
Mapping cyberspace : 1 
Issues to consider when viewing images : 3 
Structure of the book : 7 
Concluding comment : 8 
2 Mapping infrastructure and traffic : 9 
Historical maps of telecommunications : 12 
Maps from the birth of the Net : 17 
Mapping where the wires, fibe r-optic cables and 
satellites really are: 20 
Infrastructure census maps : 25 
Domain name maps : 28 
Marketing maps of Internet service providers : 30 
interactive mapping of networks : 33 
Visualizing network topologies in abstract space : 38 
The geography of data flows : 52 
Mapping traceroutes : 62 
What' s the Net "weather " like today ? : 67 
Mapping cyberspace usage in temporal space : 70
3 Mapping the Web: 73 
Information spaces of the Internet : 75 
The beginning of the Web : 79 
Mapping individual websites : 80 
Mapping tools to manage websites : 90 
Mapping website evolution : 102 
Mapping paths and traffic through a website : 104 
' The view from above ': 2-D visualization and 
navigation of the Web : 114 
'The view from within' : 3- D visualization and 
navigation of the Web : 131 
4 Mapping conversation and community : 153 
Mapping email : 155 
Mapping mailing list sand bullet in boards : 158 
Mapping Usenet : 164 
Mapping chat : 174 
Mapping MUDs : 180 
Mapping virtual worlds . 195 
Mapping game space : 214 
5 Imagining cyberspace: 227 
Science fiction visions of cyberspace : 229 
Cinematic visions of cyberspace : 23 4 
Artistic imaginings : subversive surfing and warping the Web : 241 
Imagining the architecture of cyberspace : 251 
6 Final thoughts : 257 
Further reading : 261
Index : 263