[atlas] Map-based visualisations for Atlas data

On 08/12/15 09:50, Robert Kisteleki wrote:
> 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.

Experiments with external platforms like CartoDB do work though:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/emileaben/visualising-network-outages-with-ripe-atlas

(figures 2)

but just animation without other info is quite hard to follow (at least
for me), so i think adding more information ( like figure 4 ) is very
helpful if you want to make stuff more then a gimmick.

cheers,
Emile