Sometimes it’s good to remember the oldies. One of the most important network diagram in the modern history designed by researcher Paul Baran in RAND Corporation.  Baran suggested a third alternative—a distributed network—a communication network which will allow several hundred major communications stations to talk with one another after an enemy attack. (Baran, Rand Memorandum 3420-PR, CH.1) A distributed network would have no centralized switch. Each node would be connected to several of its neighboring nodes in a sort of lattice-like configuration. Therefore, each node would have several possible routes to send data. If one route or neighboring node was destroyed, another path would be available.

Sometimes it’s good to remember the oldies. One of the most important network diagram in the modern history designed by researcher Paul Baran in RAND Corporation. 

Baran suggested a third alternative—a distributed network—a communication network which will allow several hundred major communications stations to talk with one another after an enemy attack. (Baran, Rand Memorandum 3420-PR, CH.1) A distributed network would have no centralized switch. Each node would be connected to several of its neighboring nodes in a sort of lattice-like configuration. Therefore, each node would have several possible routes to send data. If one route or neighboring node was destroyed, another path would be available.

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Milton R. Cudney, The Universal System from Eliminating Self-Defeating Behaviors, 1975 (via mapsinchoate)

Milton R. Cudney, The Universal System from Eliminating Self-Defeating Behaviors, 1975 (via mapsinchoate)

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Most possible/reasonable/logical explanation about the things that happen around us. Amazing diagrams by Wendy MacNaughton.

Most possible/reasonable/logical explanation about the things that happen around us. Amazing diagrams by Wendy MacNaughton.

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Coin World Map contains approximately 3,000 coins and every continent is built out of its countries’ currencies. This map made me to think what else we can use to represent country characteristics? Faces of people? Landscape colors? Languages? I believe it’s much nicer to see image/collage-maps rather than colored thematic world maps which represents GDP or any other economic indicator. (via chartporn)

Coin World Map contains approximately 3,000 coins and every continent is built out of its countries’ currencies.

This map made me to think what else we can use to represent country characteristics? Faces of people? Landscape colors? Languages? I believe it’s much nicer to see image/collage-maps rather than colored thematic world maps which represents GDP or any other economic indicator.

(via chartporn)

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“Decode or die. Infographics applied to television”. A series of generated Scriptographer (Illustrator) visualizations on ideas about TV. Very nice printed magazine realized by collaboration of DensityDesign + Link. Check the full flickr photoset of the publication here.

“Decode or die. Infographics applied to television”. A series of generated Scriptographer (Illustrator) visualizations on ideas about TV. Very nice printed magazine realized by collaboration of DensityDesign + Link. Check the full flickr photoset of the publication here.

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Jennifer Maravillas is mapping the world. This is her Manhattan map. It’s nicely designed and color harmony looks so attractive. For more artworks you may visit her blog: frecklesofcolor. 

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