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Core AS Internet

Cooperative Assocation for Data Analysis (CAIDA)
San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC)
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
URL: http://www.caida.org/research/topology/as_core_network/

Visualization Thumbnail About the Visualization
Visualization Techniques:
(Technique1): Position of each AS is plotted in polar coordinates, position(radius, ) such that:
Key Visualization Mappings:
(Mapping1): Richer peering relationships are reflected by positions closer to the center of the graph.
(Mapping2): represents the geographic longitude of the AS headquarters. Colored arcs at the perimeter distinguish longitudes of different continents. Names of large cities are placed at their respective longitudinal positions.
(Mapping3): Link color reflects outdegree, from lowest (blue) to highest (yellow).
(Mapping4): Certain well-known ISPs have been manually labeled.
Visualization Tools:
(Tool1) CAIDA's Otter
(Tool2) Perl script by Brad Huffaker.
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  Last Modified: Mon May-19-2008 12:16:41 PDT
  Page URL: http://www.caida.org/projects/internetatlas/gallery/ascore/visual.xml