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February 17, 2004

geography of Orkut profiles: visualization

Dunno where this came from, but it's a fun visualization of Orkut members in the NY region based on long/lat. It seems as though folks are already scraping Orkut....

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Posted by zephoria at February 17, 2004 7:19 PM | TrackBack

Comments (8)

Liz:

Not just NY area; you can put in *any* zip. Haven't tested it for lat/long outside the US yet.

Posted by Liz | February 17, 2004 7:26 PM

Posted on February 17, 2004 19:26

Ryan Schultz:

danah, there was an Orkut announcement posted by the software's maker:
http://s89693428.onlinehome.us/blog/archives/000216.html

--Ryan.

Posted by Ryan Schultz | February 17, 2004 11:05 PM

Posted on February 17, 2004 23:05

Randy:

Is this an Orkut sanctioned activity? If not I am interested how this fello got a hold of all of the names, and zip codes.

Posted by Randy | February 18, 2004 9:46 AM

Posted on February 18, 2004 09:46

Randy:

Is this an Orkut sanctioned activity? If not I am interested how this fellow got a hold of all of the names, and zip codes.

Posted by Randy | February 18, 2004 9:47 AM

Posted on February 18, 2004 09:47

Patrick:

Personal names and city names are readily visible in orkut (if the user is using their real name and location)

I don't think it would be too hard to make a bot that harvested these from the search page.

Posted by Patrick | February 18, 2004 12:57 PM

Posted on February 18, 2004 12:57

sean:

Seems like these datawhorehouse folks are up to other sorts of fun:

http://www.datawhorehouse.com/anapop.html

But what use is this? So many people who use POP3 clients leave them on most of the time, even when they're sleeping or at the grocery store or what not...

Posted by sean | February 19, 2004 8:10 PM

Posted on February 19, 2004 20:10

uucee:

Previously some Bay Area zip codes were missing, but now they're back on the map.

Posted by uucee | February 25, 2004 4:30 AM

Posted on February 25, 2004 04:30