Atlas of Cyberspaces
http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/ atlas.html
= must have
Online Atlas
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For the ones of you interested in information architecture, information mapping, data visualization and information design this is an absolutely wonderful resource to explore, study and analyze information spaces and different ways in which they can be mapped to effective computer interfaces. The site contains a smorgasbord of uniquely selected maps and graphic representations of the geographies of the many different information spaces.

These cybermaps help us visualise and comprehend the new digital landscapes beyond our computer screen, utilize different and ingenious approaches to visualize information spaces in novel and more intuitive ways. The cybermaps, like maps of the real-world, help us navigate the new information landscapes, as well being objects of aesthetic interest.

The atlas comprises separate pages, covering different types of cybermaps (I have highlighted with asterisks the ones that are particularly exceptional):

1) Conceptual
http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/ conceptual.html

2) Artistic
http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/ artistic.html

3) Geographic
http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/ geographic.html

4) Cables & Satellites
http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/ cables.html

5) Traceroutes ***
http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/ routes.html

6) Census
http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/ census.html

7) Topology ***
http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/ topology.html

8) Info Maps ***
http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/ info_maps.html

9) Info Landscapes
http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/ info_landscapes.html

10) Info Spaces

11) ISP Maps
http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/ isp_maps.html

12) Weather Maps
http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/ weather.html

13) Wireless
http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/ wireless.html

14) Web Site Maps ***
http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/ web_sites.html

15) Surf Maps ***
http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/ surf.html

16) MUDs & Virtual Worlds
http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/ muds_vw.html

17) Historical
http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/ historical.html

Some of the maps you will see in the Atlas of Cyberspaces may appear familiar as they utilize the same cartographic conventions of real-world maps. Nonetheless most of these maps represent abstracted representations of information and electronic spaces using new visual metaphors and clues.

I find this resource absolutely fascinating and incredibly rich. I would have no better place to study and refine my information design skills and culture than at this site. Highly recommended.