Social Network Map

Source: http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/general/full_papers/cheswick/cheswick_html/node7.html

A social network map is not a map of the real world, as it shows only relative space. They are considered maps because they show how information moves through a network. In these maps you can see how areas or people interact and when they come in contact with one another. These contacts maybe impactful. This is a map of Lucent's intranet network. The network shown has 3,000 announced networks, so it appears smaller than the rest of internet. In this case the social aspect is machine to machine, and not the connections between people.