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It is map of various devices connected over public IP to internet. Any interesting insights or comments that you can infer from this map?

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  • 2
    For me, the Jammu and Kashmir zone, the conflict / war zone between India and Pakistan, contains the most dense population of devices, much more than technology cities like Bengaluru / Chennai / Hyderabad / Delhi / Pune etc :)
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    Canada seems off to me. Either they are secure or the data isnt complete.
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    @Codex404 I'm not from NA, but it seems like it covers most big cities from south parts of Canada; including Edmonton and Calgary, that are a bit up higher. If you follow 2 "biggest" roads visible on Google Maps then you will notice that this map with IP connections is linked to them. I imagine that north does not have that dense population nor is it easy to get connection.
  • 0
    Sweden doesn't seem too dense in its northern parts
  • 6
    @ScriptCoded Pine trees, mountains and reindeer don't connect to the Internet all that often (smartarse comment I know, yet it is true).

    Similar case in Canada, no doubt.
  • 3
    @Sabro Actually, our moose keep up a pretty active online life. But yes, don't be ridiculous - pine trees aren't online. It's only during the summer months our maple trees *log* on to the web...
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    @Codex404 pretty much everyone in Canada lives near the border
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    @ewpratten i know, now I zoom in I do see the border is not where I thought it was while walking to the train :)
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    @ewpratten @Codex404 The WiGLE map shows a lot more northern WiFi networks. I still say this map is missing devices.
  • 0
    More than anything, I'm surprised to see that the US and Europe are *this* far ahead from the rest of the world technology-wise. I thought it'd be more widespread by now.
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    You can't infer anything without a legend. For all we know the 'highest' color in the colormap is black. Maybe red means 'more than 50 or less than 10'. Who knows? NOBODY!

    People: do NOT use meaningless graphs! Boycot them. Graphs need at least one axis (in this case probably a colormap with numbers of a certain unit).
  • 0
    @faheel what he means is that if it was indeed reversed you are able to manipulate people.
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    @faheel just search for 'bad colormap' and you'll find some posts and even scientific articles on the subject.

    Furthermore, I recommend that you take a look at (or read) data visualisation books, like the ones written by Edward Tufte. There's some beautiful magic in the art of data visualisation. And some great mistakes, unfortunately.
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    @Condor Have you ever taken a trip around the world on Google maps?

    I'm not surprised in the least.
  • 2
    Capitalism works. You can see it from space.
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