COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Peacock Maps, Inc.
Author:
Staple, Gregory C.
Author:
Slage, Irena
Author:
Burch, Hal
Author:
Cheswick, Bill
Date:
1999
Short Title:
The Whole Internet
Publisher:
Peacock Maps, Inc.
Publisher Location:
Washington, D.C.
Type:
Separate Map
Obj Height cm:
70
Obj Width cm:
102
World Area:
World
Subject:
Communications
Subject:
Internet
Subject:
Data Visualization
Subject:
Oceans; Seas
Full Title:
The Whole Internet
List No:
16294.000
Publication Author:
Peacock Maps, Inc.
Publication Author:
Staple, Gregory C.
Publication Author:
Slage, Irena
Publication Author:
Burch, Hal
Publication Author:
Cheswick, Bill
Pub Date:
1999
Pub Title:
The Whole Internet
Pub Note:
Gregory Staple coined the term “telegeography” in 1990 to describe the unprecedented new reach and impact of the world’s electronic communications networks. Rather than presaging the "death of distance", telegeography held that the rise of digital networks reflected an explosion of place (e.g., myriad new dialing codes, URLs, email addresses) that was dividing traditional social groups and splintering physical geographies of space and time .
In 1993, Staple founded TeleGeography, Inc. (TGI) to research and compile reliable country-by-country statistics on the flow of international telephone and data traffic. TGI also began to map the physical infrastructure underlying these communications streams (subsea cables, landing stations, communication satellites, tele-houses).
Building on work published by London’s International Institute of Communications (IIC), where Staple worked in the late 1980’s, TGI issued annual statistical reports with commentary detailing the volume of cross-border telecommunications traffic and network links between over 50 countries - see the reports archive at https://www2.telege…
In 1996, TGI began to publish an annual poster-size map of the world’s submarine telecommunication cables and landing stations - https://www.davidru…
Some maps also included the footprints of major satellite networks. TGI's 2025 global communications map covers the approximately 600 international subsea cable systems that make up the Internet’s principal electronic backbone - https://www.davidru…
This 2014 Medium post recounts the history of TGI’s first 25 years - https://gregstaple.…
Map and image are copyright by Lucent Technologies and TeleGeography, Inc. www.telegeography.com For copies of TeleGeography maps that are still in print, see https://shop.telege…
In 1993, Staple founded TeleGeography, Inc. (TGI) to research and compile reliable country-by-country statistics on the flow of international telephone and data traffic. TGI also began to map the physical infrastructure underlying these communications streams (subsea cables, landing stations, communication satellites, tele-houses).
Building on work published by London’s International Institute of Communications (IIC), where Staple worked in the late 1980’s, TGI issued annual statistical reports with commentary detailing the volume of cross-border telecommunications traffic and network links between over 50 countries - see the reports archive at https://www2.telege…
In 1996, TGI began to publish an annual poster-size map of the world’s submarine telecommunication cables and landing stations - https://www.davidru…
Some maps also included the footprints of major satellite networks. TGI's 2025 global communications map covers the approximately 600 international subsea cable systems that make up the Internet’s principal electronic backbone - https://www.davidru…
This 2014 Medium post recounts the history of TGI’s first 25 years - https://gregstaple.…
Map and image are copyright by Lucent Technologies and TeleGeography, Inc. www.telegeography.com For copies of TeleGeography maps that are still in print, see https://shop.telege…
Pub List No:
16294.000
Pub Type:
Separate Map
Pub Height cm:
70
Pub Width cm:
102
Image No:
16294000.jp2
Authors:
Peacock Maps, Inc.; Staple, Gregory C.; Slage, Irena; Burch, Hal; Cheswick, Bill
