Navigating Cyberspace with CyberGeo Maps

This paper describes CyberGeo Maps, a novel method for visualizing World Wide Web sites. The visualization gives an indication of a web site’s size, age, and directory structure. Two examples are shown, one based the site of a large Swedish newspaper, the other on the site of the Association for Computing Machinery. We argue that maps such as these may help researchers and practitioners understand the geography of cyberspace.

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