INVISIBLE WORLDS WANTS TO MAP THE INTERNET
Tony Barry (tonyb@netinfo.com.au)
Thu, 1 Oct 1998 12:04:27 +1000
>From Edupage, 24 September 1998
INVISIBLE WORLDS WANTS TO MAP THE INTERNET
Internet software developers Carl Malamud and Marshall Rose have founded
Invisible Worlds, Inc. with the goal of creating a way to navigate the
Internet using maps that portray the relationships between computers and
information as three-dimensional space. "We think you should be able to
take your mouse or joystick and drive around the Internet," says Malamud.
"One of the reasons the Web seems so chaotic is there is no way to see it
visually." The navigational tools, which will be available some time next
year, will be known as the Blocks protocol. Initially, users will view the
interactive maps using their Web browsers, but Malamud hopes to someday
offer map-viewing software with more powerful visualization features.
Malamud traces his inspiration to the work of such writers as Thomas
Pynchon, whose "Mason & Dixon" novel celebrates the role that the
cartographer can play in defining uncharted territory. (New York Times 23
Sep 98)
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