Map of the World Wide Web

Every country has its own two-letter code, such as .de for Germany and .cn for China. But not all codes are so obvious, such as .lk for Sri Lanka or .za for South Africa. This map provides a visualization of 180 of the 250 country code top level domains (ccTLDs) used by the domain name system of the World Wide Web. The country codes are aligned over the actual countries and sized in to create a visual map of the world.

Description of Unique Features: This map is unique in how it uses country codes to represent their geographic countries. In addition, the inclusion of a color-coded legend makes this map a very useful reference tool for global Webmasters.

Data Used: The database of country/region names and country code top level domains (ccTLDs) maintained by the International Assigned Numbers Authority (www.iana.org).

Byte Level Research. 2010. The Map of the World Wide Web. http://www.bytelevel.com/news/world_wide_web_map.html (accessed 6/16/2010).