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Saturday, July 13, 2002
http://www.e-insite.net/commvergemag/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA218446&pubdate=6/1/2002 A sensing of place Sanjay Parekh, Digital Envoy -- CommVerge Thomas Jefferson ordered the first great American mapping project. In 1803, he gave captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark a check for $38,000 and told them to gather a project team, head west, and expand US commercial trade routes. Nearly two centuries later, we're still looking at ways to develop commercial trade routes. However, a mapping project underway today will involve an entirely different kind of uncharted territory—one that is completely digital. This new project is a twofold endeavor. First, generate a geographical and topological picture of Internet connectivity. And second, analyze and utilize that representation to guide businesses to better communicate and connect with customers and prospects in a world of converged communications. To help accomplish this adventure, modern-day Lewis and Clark teams are using a new type of mapping technique, which analyzes the interconnectivity of IP addresses to noninvasively identify the location and connection speed of Internet users and IP-enabled devices down to the city level, worldwide....
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