Saturday, March 19, 2011

OPTE project

So, this is only for people who didn't yet know this. Its a piece of internet art and interesting from the technical point of view as well.
I am talking about the opte project. For a brief introduction, visist http://opte.org/maps/
What this is: A map of the internet. No, really, it draws a node point for every host it detects and there from makes a web to near nodes. They even figured something to filter out local networks (since they have the same IPs over and over again). Now, you can see some major nodes which are the carriers that route the network traffic all over the world, most of them by some big providers such as Verizon and Telekom and stuff. Looking at this is pretty beatiful imo, especially since it features a 4000x4000 pixel map.
Moreover, it gives you a neat idea of how the internet is built and what it truly is. A masterwork of the humanity, one of the greatest things we ever accomplished.
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14 comments:

  1. bipolar bearMarch 19, 2011 at 10:34 AM

    That's pretty cool, it would be interesting to see google's tumor of an existance on that map!

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  2. shwoopMarch 19, 2011 at 11:02 AM

    That's a great picture. I originally thought it was your own art.
    It's about time we worked on a way to visualize the internet.

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  3. botjiMarch 19, 2011 at 11:17 AM

    Wow that is immense, really interesting site you linked there. I am amazed how nicely they could make a picture out of all that information.

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  4. LemmiwinksMarch 19, 2011 at 11:22 AM

    great background on this, bro!

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  5. PenDRaGoNMarch 19, 2011 at 11:32 AM

    I will indeed take a look at that, really great.

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  6. RawMarch 19, 2011 at 11:43 AM

    This is amazing, thanks for posting!

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  7. rbtbMarch 19, 2011 at 11:46 AM

    That is just insane, I cannot believe that is even possible.

    Would like to see them do it in a few decades when IPV6 is widespread

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  8. Simon OverhillMarch 19, 2011 at 12:12 PM

    I want this as a poster, it's so pretty.

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  9. Fix PC Games AdminMarch 19, 2011 at 12:37 PM

    yeah I like those very high resolution pics +followed

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  10. MacAttackMarch 19, 2011 at 2:02 PM

    Whoever made this is a genius. This is seriously awesome..

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  11. LhosreiffMarch 20, 2011 at 12:09 PM

    Its...pretty

    >8]

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  12. afrodude50March 20, 2011 at 12:57 PM

    so cool

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  13. TriperMarch 21, 2011 at 5:02 AM

    It is amazing my friend, even psychodelic i can say..

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  14. MogVentusMarch 21, 2011 at 6:18 AM

    Wow! This is really neat. Sure beats the tubes-thing, haha.

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