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Subject: RE: The World According to Facebook
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 11:23:55 -0500
From: Grabach, Kenneth A. Mr. <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]>


This is an interesting map in several ways.

The blog entry with this map notes that it is focused not on topography
of the earth, but on Facebook friend connections.  The interesting thing
is that the map data points correlate very well to those of a population
density map.  And in the areas of most dense point accumulation, such as
Eastern US, a few notable topographical features become apparent.  Among
these in Eastern US are Lakes Erie and Ontario, the Adirondacks of
northern New York, and the Smokies and vicinity in the southern
Appalachians.

The device of mapping of friendship pairs displays hypothetical network
pathways, as well.  Hypothetical because the links are, I presume,
between pairs of friends in aggregate, while the network pathways may
follow different routing.


Ken Grabach                           <[log in to unmask]>
Maps Librarian                          Phone: 513-529-1726
Miami University Libraries
Oxford, Ohio  45056  USA

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Subject: The World According to Facebook

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Subject: The World According to Facebook
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:08:53 -0700 (MST)
From: Frank Stieber <[log in to unmask]>
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Map of the world, as drawn by Facebook.

http://gawker.com/5713258/the-world-according-to-facebook?skyline=true&s=i


Frank L. Stieber
Associate Librarian, Substitute
Salt Lake City Public Library
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