Internet Atlas Project
CAIDA's Internet Atlas project began in 1999. Originally scoped as a three-year effort, it had extended to five years. This effort involved developing techniques, software, and protocols for mapping the Internet, focusing on Internet topology, performance, workload, and routing data. It also includes assessment of state-of-the-art in this nascent sector.
Funding for the Internet Atlas project ended in 2004. These pages are left for historical and archival purposes.
For a showcase of CAIDA's visualization efforts, see the CAIDA Visualizations page.
Showcase for Current Internet Mapping Efforts
Project efforts include compilation of examples of Internet mapping efforts. These examples are discussed and evaluated with a goal of determining the strengths and weaknesses of particular visualization techniques.
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Abilene Weather Map (using MRTG data)
by Indiana University Network Operations Center (Mark Meiss) -
World-Wide Mapping: Reverse traceroute or looking glass Servers
by CAIDA (Wilfred Dittmer) - Graphical Traceroute (GTrace)
by CAIDA (Ram Periakaruppan) - AS Core Network
by CAIDA - Layout Showing the Major ISPs
by Bill Cheswick and Hal Burch - Mbone Tunnels of the Major ISP Networks
by Tamara Munzner, Eric Hoffman, kc claffy, and Bill Fenner - skitter Data Using hypviewer
by Tamara Munzner and Daniel McRobb - NSFNET growth until 1995
by Donna Cox and Robert Patterson
Funding support
Support for the Internet Atlas project is provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) grants CNS-9996248 The Internet Atlas and NCR-9711092 A Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA). The views and conclusions contained herein are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies or endorsements, either expressed or implied, of NSF.
Additional Content
Internet Atlas Gallery
This gallery is a collection of results of the Internet Atlas Project which ran from 1999 to 2004. These links are left for historical and archival purposes.