He called his collection the Internet Mapping Project. All told, Kelly received nearly 200 submissions. "I was interested in people's metaphors," Kelly told Business Insider. He was initially ...

The Opte Project, an Internet mapping initiative started in 2003 by ... allowing viewers to see how regions like Latin America have experienced explosive growth in Internet connectivity.

And if it does end up getting the green light, the project would almost certainly get held up in a slew of lawsuits, challenging it on both environmental and jurisdictional grounds. But even beyond ...

What do those look like? The Internet Map is an online project that seeks to visualize metrics like web traffic and linking between sites, and the result is a beautiful landscape of the web today.

BELOW: This map shows both the boundary ... spy a fast-moving helicopter towing what looks like a trampoline frame. Beginning Nov. 19, as part of a project contracted by the Illinois State ...