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HitMaps: Testing Graphical Display on a Tiny World Map
This is a test of a way to see where our users of the blog are coming from. This is free... I guess we will see if it really begins tomorrow.
For more information go to http://kmi.open.ac.uk/projects/hitmaps/
Where are visitors to this page?
(Auto-update daily since 15-06-04)
[Here are some notes from teh HitMaps site]
HitMaps' algorithms are based on the need to provide both speed and scaleability: on the Climateprediction.net site, for example, the locations of more than 50,000 users, obtainable indirectly from an 'IP -> Latitude/Longitude conversion service' can be seen at a glance. All Geographical Information Systems have to do something similar, but the key is getting past a potentially catastrophic bottleneck when trying to do this in real time for a very large number of users.
The display maps for ClimatePrediction.net (active users), BuddySpace (visitors to the site), and the personal pages of Jiri Komzak, Martin Dzbor, and Marc Eisenstadt, now include a thumbnail display with a live daily update, which in turn links to larger maps of different views for world, continent, and a few country maps. This makes a particulary nice tracking tool for blog-site 'gutters', for which blog owners like to include convenient pointers, links, and summary features.
Comments
Great who is who: Domain, IP, Hostname...
http://www.dnsstuff.com/
much better results...
using http://www.dnsstuff.com/ IP Routing Lookup
We have this:
Country: PERU
Looking up 200.121.217.88 at whois.radb.net.
NOTE: More information appears to be available at AS6147.
Using 0 day old cached answer (or, you can get fresh results).
Hiding E-mail address (you can get results with the E-mail address).
route: 200.121.192.0/18
descr: Route Object - RED_53
Telefonica Empresas Peru
Centro de Gestion de Red
origin: AS6147
remarks: Valid Object - OTF
notify: ***@unired.net.pe
mnt-by: MAINT-AS6147-UNIRED
changed: ******@unired.net.pe 20040707
source: RADB
contact in Lima
IPWHOIS Lookup from
http://www.dnsstuff.com/
gets this... even better but still not ayacucho:
WHOIS results for 200.121.217.88
Generated by www.DNSstuff.com
Country: PERU
ARIN says that this IP belongs to LACNIC; I'm looking it up there.
Using 0 day old cached answer (or, you can get fresh results).
Hiding E-mail address (you can get results with the E-mail address).
% Copyright LACNIC lacnic.net
% The data below is provided for information purposes
% and to assist persons in obtaining information about or
% related to AS and IP numbers registrations
% By submitting a whois query, you agree to use this data
% only for lawful purposes.
% 2004-10-11 02:01:27 (BRT -03:00)
inetnum: 200.121.217.0/25
status: reallocated
owner: PE-TDPERX1-LACNIC
ownerid: PE-PETD3-LACNIC
responsible: Telefonica del Peru
address: Av. San Felipe 1144 Surquillo, 1144, EDI A
address: 34 - Lima -
country: PE
phone: +51 1 2106771 []
owner-c: GRT2
tech-c: GRT2
created: 20040921
changed: 20040921
inetnum-up: 200.121.192/19
inetnum-up: 200.121.128/17
nic-hdl: GRT2
person: Gestion Dir. IP Telefónica del Perú
e-mail: *********@TELEFONICA.NET.PE
address: Calle San Felipe 1144, 1144,
address: LI34 - Lima - LI
country: PE
phone: +51 1 2106771 []
created: 20021204
changed: 20030923
Who are all those people from Uruguay???
Well the map is working.... it is really neat! I was trying to figure out why we were having trafic from Uruguay and why nothing was coming up from Peru, where Ian is now working on site. I checked the IP address that he last posted from... 200.121.217.88 and then went to: http://psacake.com/web/eg.asp to find out where the IP was located.
Sure enough the IP addresses from Ayacucho Peru are from Uruguay.
See results below:
Find out who an IP address belongs to.
Enter IP #: 200.121.217.88
OrgName: Latin American and Caribbean IP address Regional Registry
OrgID: LACNIC
Address: Potosi 1517
City: Montevideo
StateProv:
PostalCode: 11500
Country: UY
Yes I just noticed this too.
Yes I just noticed this too. Look up directly w/ ARIN shows LACNIC's details. Here's LACNIC's site: http://lacnic.net/en/index.html.
only the thumbnail map is tin
only the thumbnail map is tinny: when clicked you'll get the full page view - updates are overnight, hence the 1-day starting delay
-Marc (Eisenstadt) from the HitMaps team!
Thank you Marc
I am excited to use this application! If I like how it works on our blog I might pass it on to some of my clients down in Latin America that would love to see a graphical interpretation of where there users are coming from. Feel free to share any stories about your project and team here...
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