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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: https://www.caida.org/projects/as-core/

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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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