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What is it ? - OVERVIEW

  • Map of the Internet is an interactive Internet Map, Search Engine, Index and Directory, where each internet domain or website is represented by 3D cubes. Most of the 400 Million internet domains (* hosts) automatically appear on this Internet Map.

    You hover over the World Wide Web, looking down on all the site cubes. Click on the top of any cube to visit that site. Steer left or right, up or down, to discover this expanding universe, and Map the Internet.


  • If you have an existing Domain Name, Website or a Web page, or an E-mail address, you are invited to obtain Cubes that advertise your site link. You can provide pictures to change the appearance of areas of the map. You can set a cube to link to anything on the internet. You can set keywords to allow others to find your cubes.


  • The benefit to Cube Advertising on The Map, is that cubes have a permanent, perpetual, ongoing 3D location in cyberspace. This gives you a specific place that you can change over time, to ensure that your link can be found.


  • .MAP Address feature allows anyone to easily find your cube and website. Turn a long complex URL into a simple .map name !


  • With over 4 billion cubes you can build virtual objects, rooms, buildings, shops, malls, communities, parks, cities, or even cyberspace stations.


  • By astute positioning of the cubes, you can develop intentional communities by self-categorization.

  • Increased traffic will result when explorers visit nearby cubes.


  • Valuable real-estate like demand may develop, based on the position of your cubes. Obtain your cubes early, and you may "re-sell" your title to cubes wanted by others.




 How it works
Mapping the entire numbering schema of Internet cyberspace with over 4.3 Billion addresses, the Map of the Internet Maps the computers of the Internet (IPv4) which were each assigned by their host, a unique four part address number such as:

The metaphors used on this Internet Map to represent the IP addresses are:

    GGG.ZZZ.YYY.XXX where:

    GGG is called a Galaxy or Building
    ZZZ is called the Z axis or Floor
    YYY is called the Y axis (North - South)
    XXX is called the X axis (West - East)
Each floor is shown from a top-down view with the current specified cube in the North West (upper left) corner.

The system can be visualized as 256 Buildings that each have 256 floors, each floor being 256 by 256 cubes, or as 256 Galaxies each with their own 3D co-ordinate system.

Map of the Internet has several Universes which arrange the contents in various ways.


Universe 1 is a one-to-one numerical Internet Map of Domain Names (or computer names) to their actual IP (Internet Protocol) address.


Other Universes allow User placement of cubes to any address, subject categories, one-to-one or many-to-one, alphabetical, or Internet subsets such as Websites, FTP, Telnet, News, Gopher, E-mail etc., special purpose, intranet, and non-internet data retrieval.




The above image shows the entire Internet Universe.
The Galaxies (GGG) are 0-255 from left to right, with
the Floors (ZZZ) graphed bottom to top.

A few sample IP's are shown from user traffic logs. Note the interesting dispersion. The main density is within Galaxies 190 through 216. The Galaxies in 130 through 170 range tend to be specific countries and governments. Sparadic points on the far left are from major internet pioneer networks such as HP, IBM, APPLE or HOME.COM.   Military IP's can be found in Galaxy 33 and 132, among other places.




 MOVES
Click on the top of any text cube, or anywhere on an image cube
to launch the domain or website linked to the cube.

    - JUMP to Random Cube.

- X Axis - Move Left or Right one cube.

- Y Axis - Move Up or Down one cube.


- X Axis - Move Left or Right one screen page of cubes.

- Y Axis - Move Up or Down one screen page of cubes.



- Z Axis - Move Up or Down one Floor.

- G Axis - Move Up or Down one Galaxy.

( The Map of the Internet is really 4D - more 4 dimensional than 3 dimensional !
Each of the 256 Galaxies GGG have their own 3D coordinate system. )




VISIT - VISIT LAUNCH Browser Bar

Enter any URL into the input field, just as you would use your internet browser's
Location field. That site will Visit or Launch in a frame below the browser bar.

Your browser will connect directly with the mapped internet URL address. If a web site is not served at that address, you may get a blank screen or some other message generated by that server, or generated by your browser. HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, GOPHER, TELNET protocols may be recognized by your browser, or may require an alternate system to connect.

 
  • Click the Left or Right, Up or Down arrow buttons to see the sites that are next to the current site.
  • Click the MAP button to see the current site position among its neighbors on the Internet Map.
SEARCH ENGINE

Enter any words or phrase and the Internet Map Search Engine will LIST the domain names containing the matching phrases, followed by a MAP of cubes. Select from the list and the map will be positioned, with the selected cube in the top left corner.

OR... Enter an exact domain name with extention, and the map will be positioned, with the selected cube in the top left corner.

If an exact match is not found, suggestions will be given.

If you enter a valid website URL in VISIT mode, the website will be launched, with the Internet Map positioned to the cube of the domain hosting the website.

If there is no server for the address you provide in VISIT mode, a standard 404 Not Found error may appear, however the cube of the host domain may still appear in the Internet Map if it has a DNS (Domain Name System) entry on the internet. Click on the host's cube, and you might find the intended page through links provided by the main host or ISP.



INPUT ENTRY COMMANDS:
Enter single commands into the input field on the top of the Internet Map:

POSITION BY NUMBER
Enter any numerical IP address:
    GGG.ZZZ.YYY.XXX - IP address.
    ZZZ.YYY.XXX - IP subset 0 through 255.
        YYY.XXX - IP subset 0 through 255.
            XXX - IP subset 0 through 255.
    Examples:
  • Enter 0 to move to the beginning of the current row.
  • Enter 25 to move to the 25th cube in the current row.
  • Enter 114.25 to move to the 25th cube (column) of the 114th row.
  • Enter 87.119.12 to move to 87th floor, 119th column, 12th cube in row.
  • Enter 192.41.10.23 to move to the exact IP specified,
    e.g. Galaxy 192 Floor 41 Row 114 Column 23

GRID SIZE

    W=n - Set the Internet MAP WIDTH to 'n' in number of cubes across.
               Enter a value 1 through 256

    H=n - Set the Internet Map HEIGHT to 'n' in number of cubes high.
               Enter a value 1 through 256

    Examples:
    Enter  W=10 then press return to set the width to ten columns.
    Enter   H=2   then press return to set the height to two rows.
You can surf faster with a smaller grid size.
5x3 is suitable to a slower/lo-rez terminal, but
8x4 or even 10x5 may be appropriate for high end browsers.
The overall display may be limited to 1024 cubes.


Set grid size to full width 256 cubes wide (Single Row)
        Scroll left or right to see the entire row.

Restore grid size to regular width and height.





 SPECIAL FEATURES:


AUTO COMPACT
CON   - Turn ON the auto Compact mode. (default)
COFF - Turn OFF the auto Compact mode to display blank cubes.

Map of the Internet will automatically COMPACT blank cubes.
Blank cubes are those which do not return a Domain Name for the given numerical IP address. This does not mean that there is no computer at the address of a blank cube, it only means that there was no name found in the standard DNS lookup to show. Blank cubes can still be launched and often have working websites.

When Compact mode is ON, blank cubes are not displayed.

If a single blank cube is displayed, that means that the entire row is blank.
The left edge column of each row, always starts at the same XXX number, but the cube numbers across the rest of the row may be out of sync with the previous row, due to blank compacting.

 You can still move to any blank cube, either by entering the XXX column number or a more specific numerical address, or by 'moving' via the arrow keys.

Page Left or Page Right moves will always move the width of the grid from the first cube, regardless of the range of compacted blank cubes displayed. This means that if the first cube is XXX 4, as in 100.100.100.4, and the grid width is 8, then a Page Right move will begin the new display at 12, even if cube 47 was displayed due to compact blanks between 4 and 47.


You can turn ON   the auto compact by entering CON. (default)
You can turn OFF the auto compact by entering COFF.




AUTO TIMEOUT
For your convenience, if information about a Cube is not immediately available, A '?'- Timeout - Reload cube will appear.

Simply click on the '?' - Timeout - Reload cube, or click the 'RELOAD' or 'REFRESH' button on your browser to attempt to display more cubes. It is quite likely that timed out cubes WILL appear on the next reload.

Areas of cyberspace that have working servers usually appear rapidly, whereas empty cyberspace that have no computers to respond, may result in timeouts. Also, distant or outdated computers may timeout.

The Map of the Internet will always look for at least one cube, and always the current top-left cube, however if that cube fails to respond you may need to press the 'STOP' button of your browser, and in fact may need to 'steer' around un-responsive cubes.


Make The Map of the Internet your HOME PAGE

Best of all, set your browser HOME PAGE button to show your site on the Map, or even your Intranet from the Map of the Internet browser!

Use something like this url to show your site on the map:

  MapoftheInternet.com

...or...

  IDL.NET/cgi-bin/nph-m?Q=WWW.YOURSITE.COM/bestpage.html

    or something like this to LAUNCH your site in BROWSE mode...

  IDL.NET/cgi-bin/nph-m?A=B&Q=WWW.YOURSITE.COM/bestpage.html



Set your default home page setting in your browser:
    • In Mozilla Firefox choose
      TOOLS --> OPTIONS --> GENERAL --> HOME PAGE
      Put that URL into the 'Home page Location:' field.

    • In Netscape choose
      EDIT --> PREFERENCES --> Category --> Navigator
      Put that URL into the 'Home page Location:' field.

    • In Internet Explorer choose
      VIEW --> INTERNET OPTIONS --> GENERAL
      Put that URL into the 'Home page Address:' field.
      View --> Internet Options -> Security settings,
      and/or registry settings may need to be adjusted to
      access your own drive!
 Press HOME on your browser.


 Intranet button
Press this button to access your intranet with the Map browser bar. (Premium Service feature.)

Disk Drives button
Browse all of your local or networked hard drives. (Premium Service feature.)

Links button
Select links... for a better world. (Premium Service feature.)

    - This Help.




WHAT'S NEW on the Map of the Internet :

MAPOFTHEINTERNET.COM Domain

Full Grid Width button.

    - JUMP to Random Cube.

IROBOT - MapoftheInternet.com Robot Crawler is currently crawling the World Wide Web, verifying domains and cubes.
Galactic Map. Click the icon while in the Map
      to see an overview of the current area of the Galaxy.
      This allows complete long range scan overview
       and surfing of the entire internet Universe !



Country code filter. Enter dot followed by two characters
          to see cubes from specified country.
           Examples: .UK .FR .CA .AU .DE .ES .RU .CN
Quicktime Video or Panarama .mov cubes.
IP Number Links now moved to INFO Menu.
Adult filter. Toggle via SETUP menu.
Premium Service option available for Extra Browser features.
          Now included with PAID Cube-Holder Subscription.
Improved performance, compatibility and aesthetics.
WHOIS - Find the current owner information of the host domain of the cube, via the INFO menu.
PING - Confirm timing and server response of the current cube, via the INFO menu.
TRACERT - Traceroute - Trace the flow and timing of connections the current cube from the Map server, via the INFO menu.
SERVER - Show Server Type Header Information, via the INFO menu.
You Are Here - Show where your access computer is on the Map.
UP & DOWN moves in Browse mode.
TOP LEFT Corner move button.
FULL LEFT move button.
Text results of domains found in Galaxy Map of the Internet.
Art Gallery of Internet Maps.
Screen images by Thumbshots™.
DMOZ ODP content.
Search by Subject and Category.

Many exciting features coming online all the time.



 IMPORTANT FEATURES
    • PARTIAL DOMAIN search
      - look in existing map to find any phrase within any domain or host name.
    • DOMAIN search
      - lookup exact URL domain or host name
         to automatically add to the map.
    • Website URL browsing
    • Visit site without FRAME button.
    • Online Order Form. Get your cubes NOW !!!
SPECIAL INTERFACE FEATURES
  • Map of the Internet Browse mode
  • Intranet button
  • Disk Drives button
  • Links button
  • Cheer Up button
  • Dictionary button
  • Multi-language help file. ESPAŅOLES
  • .MAP address feature to easily find your cubes!


  • MORE exciting features and services are coming soon!







CONTACT - Internet Domain List Map of the Internet

        It's Your Internet, It's Your Map !

* Please contact Map of the Internet for: advanced features; heavy usage;
   special purposes; re-publishing; or to arrange use by automatic robots.

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