Atlas of Cyberspace

In your mind’s eye how do you see the World Wide Web? Since the very early days ‐ almost 30 years ago ‐ people have felt the need to graphically represent the digital landscape. Many of these attempts have over the years been successful, giving various different maps, some highly complex, some simple diagrams. The Atlas of Cyberspace is a Web site that contains a large collection of these maps. Some are plain ugly yet many hold a beauty that draws one in for a more considered study.

The maps within the collection are arranged into a loose set of...