Cyberspace geography visualization
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As cyberspace becomes an integral part of our daily life, its mastering becomes harder. To help, cyberspace can be represented by resources arranged in a multidimensional space. With geographical maps to exhibit the topology of this virtual space, people can have a better visual understanding. In this paper, methods focusing on the construction of lower dimension representations of this space are examined and illustrated with the World-Wide Web. It is expected that this work will contribute to addressing issues of navigation in cyberspace and, especially, avoiding the lost-in-cyberspace syndrome. Résumé Alors que le cyberspace envahit notre vie quotidienne, sa maîtrise devient de plus en plus complexe. On peut l’imaginer comme un ensemble de ressources arrangées dans un espace multi-dimensionnel. En utilisant des cartes géographiques pour représente la topologie virtuelle de cet espace, on arrive à mieux le comprendre, le cerner. Dans ce papier, des méthodes se concentrant sur la construction de représentations à dimensions réduites sont étudiées en les appliquant au World-Wide Web. On espère que ce travail contribuera à résoudre les problèmes de navigation dans ce monde virtuel et en particulier à éviter de s’y perdre. Ubersicht In einer Zeit, in der der Cyberspace ein integraler Bestandteil unseres täglichen Lebens wird, wird seine Beherrschung zunehmend schwieriger. Zur Erleichterung kann Cyberspace anhand von Quellen, angeordnet in einem multidimensionalen Raum, dargestellt werden. Mit geographischen Karten, die die Topologie dieses künstlichen Raumes aufzeigen, kann das visuelle Verständnis verbessert werden. In dieser Arbeit werden Methoden zur Konstruktion von Darstellungen mit niedriger Dimension dieses Raumes untersucht und anhand des World-Wide Web verdeutlicht. Diese Arbeit trägt somit zur Lösung des Orientierungsproblemen im Cyberspace und insbesondere zur Vermeidung des “Verloren-im-All” Syndrom beim.
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