Dodge, Martin;
(1999)
The geographies of cyberspace.
(CASA Working Papers
8).
Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (UCL): London, UK.
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Abstract
In this I paper I explore the need for a new field of geographic enquiry called cybergeography. This is the investigation of the complex and multifaceted structure, use and experience of the online world inside global computer-communications networks, most obviously represented by the Internet and the World-Wide Web. In particular I focus on how one can study the geography of Internet diffusion from publicly available statistics. Then I consider ways that the landscapes of Cyberspace can be mapped to enhance our understanding of their evolving form and texture using examples of a real-time “weather map” of Internet congestion and maps of the urban structure of virtual world.
| Type: | Working / discussion paper |
|---|---|
| Title: | The geographies of cyberspace |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | http://www.casa.ucl.ac.uk/working_papers/paper8.pd... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | An earlier version of this paper was presented at Association of American Geographers Conference, Boston in March 1998. |
| Keywords: | cybergeography, cyberspace, virtual environments |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/266 |
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