[atlas] Map-based visualisations for Atlas data

Hi,

On 2015-12-05 14:43, Baptiste Jonglez wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is there a way to reuse and adapt the code for the maps available here?
> 
>   https://atlas.ripe.net/results/maps/
> 
> It could be interesting to have a generic map-based visualisation, where
> all probes matching a certain set of conditions would be displayed.
> 
> Possible applications include:
> 
> - monitor IPv6 deployment for an AS, by displaying all probes matching
>   "asn_v6 = XX".  It would probably be useful to also display probes
>   matching "asn_v4 = XX", as a baseline, using a different color
> 
> - monitor DNS resolver outage geographically, by matching on system tags
>   like "resolving A doesn't work".
> 
> - match on user tags, like "IXP" or "core", to monitor deployment of Atlas
>   at specific locations/types of networks.

There's some development needed, but it'd be possible to add a generic map
that is filterable by probe tags (and other filters present today). What we
cannot do today is doing this historically, as that'd require keeping track
of probe tag status for all probes at arbitrary points in time.

> In all those examples, the "time slider" functionality would be extremely
> useful, to see the evolution over time.  It could be even nicer if the
> slider could move automatically, so as to provide nice animations.

The time travel functionality is available on all maps (unless we forgot
some :-) where the measurement is/was ongoing.

We tried doing animations / movies and while it's not impossible, it's
extremely resource intensive both on the server and the client side (for 9K
probes...). It's possible to do it as a gimmick, but we don't see it as a
realistic public service.

Regards,
Robert

> Is all this currently feasible, and if not, would it be hard to implement?
> 
> Thanks,
> Baptiste
>