While we’re on the topic of network maps, see this nifty Java-based interactive map “… of some of the players in the internet space along with a portion of the alliances they have

formed. This visualization demonstrates the forces that agents exhibit upon each other in a complex interconnected

system. The interactions amongst the nodes emerge from the pattern of direct, and indirect, ties throughout the network.” You can play with it, drag nodes around to change the scale and explore the network’s innards. Does this remind anyone else of the visualization and manipulation of similar data Gibson describes in “Neuromancer”?