[122004] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [Geowanking] model of the internet - need data
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (chip)
Wed Feb 3 15:42:11 2010
In-Reply-To: <c3a958d91002031234p483a2724ueb62a7202c76b776@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 15:41:41 -0500
From: chip <chip.gwyn@gmail.com>
To: Randy Fischer <fischer@sacred.net>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Get your data with these:
http://www.maxmind.com/app/api
>From this database (OSS/Free):
http://www.maxmind.com/app/geolitecity
Map it with this
http://code.google.com/apis/kml/documentation/
Enjoy!
--chip
On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Randy Fischer <fischer@sacred.net> wrote:
> Hello, longtime lurker here, an acquaintance is looking for lat/long
> data and I thought this group might not object to this request. (if
> you do, it's my fault, not that of Anselm).
>
> -Randy Fischer
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Anselm Hook
> Date: Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 1:14 PM
> Subject: [Geowanking] model of the internet - need data
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm looking for a map of the Internet. A friend wants to project this
> onto a spinny globe. I've found several pictoral representations but
> I'm looking a raw data-set that geographically locates major routers
> and servers. In an ideal world I'd get a database that indicates { ip
> address, amount of traffic, longitude, latitude, connected to other ip
> addresses } and then I could draw my own picture. Databases I have
> seen do not include longitude and latitude which I something I would
> need. Any leads?
>
> I suppose even just given IP addresses I could guess longitude and
> latitude location... which wouldn't be ideal but perhaps would be
> acceptable.
>
> Here's what I've seen so far,
>
> http://www.opte.org/ -> I'll try reach out to these folks since
> they seem to have the best data and are nearby.
>
> http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/18944/?a=f
>
> http://www.chrisharrison.net/projects/InternetMap/
>
> Thanks for any input!
>
> - @anselm @wherecamp
>
>
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Just my $.02, your mileage may vary, batteries not included, etc....
