Web Trend Map 3
We have completely run out of WTM3 posters. However, if you’re still interested in getting your hands on a Web Trend Map, Version 4 is out.
It was featured by The Guardian, WIRED, Le Monde, Corriere, kottke, Boingboing, Techcrunch, Mashable, Valleywag and literally thousands of blogs. We are happy to announce that the coolest gift for geeks, the A0 poster of the 2008 Web Trend Map (841mm x 1189mm / 33.25in x 46.75in), is now up for grabs:
Want a Lick of the Ice Cream?
Of course, we’d like you to enjoy our hard work in a format that suits you best, so we offer the map in the following formats for you to download and enjoy for free:
- Clickable Startpage with daily updated iA surf tips
- Big, A3 PDF (8MB, printable)
- 1600 x 1024 Wallpaper
- 1440 x 900 Wallpaper
- 1024 x 768 Wallpaper
A Closer Look
The map pins down nearly 300 of the most successful and influential websites to the greater Tokyo area train map.
Different train lines correspond to different web trends such as innovation, news, social networks, and so on.
The Forecast
We’ve brought back the weather forecast from version 2 and incorporated it along the main Yamanote train line.
Brand Experience
The bottom layer includes a rating of brand experience analogous to restaurant experience. It illustrates our perception of user experience and brand management of the main stations. We studied the usability, user value, and interface (simplicity, character, and feedback), and rated each site on a scale of eating at various types of Japanese restaurants.
Order the A0 Poster
These large and beautiful posters are US$55 each (shipping included). We ship anywhere in the world. Only 1,000 have been printed but 664 have been pre-ordered, so get yours while supplies last. To claim yours today, order through our PayPal link.
Great news!! Congratulations! Cool! Amaizing! Hard work! Spain is present with El Pais and El Mundo
PDF: Sorry, I put the file in the wrong directory. Now the final printable PDF version IS online. Sumimasen.
Great work! And I would LOVE to print the PDF…
Looking forward to getting it!
I can’t seem to buy it!? Paypal keeps on saying there isn’t enough information on the product?
Salamat! Congrats for a job well done… This will be installed perfectly in my wall. ;)
@Aaron: Strange. We get plenty of orders. Does anyone else have Aaron’s problem? Can you send me a screenshot?
Amazing work!!
Great work! Thank you very much!
Very nice, but there are a few minor issues.
1) The site is called “Daily Kos”, not “Daily KOS”.
2) Similarly, you’ve got “Om Malik” written as “OM Malik”.
3) The Arabic text for Al-Jazeera is wrong. Generally speaking, Adobe products need specific Arabic versions to be able to render Arabic text correctly. There is a workaround though, so shoot me an email if you need help getting it fixed.
Thanks! Just ordered it :)
Love the clickable map!
I just want to know what put Disney in Nishiogikubo. The eclectic character of my old neighborhood surely deserves something more along the lines of a Lord of the Rings fan message board.
WOW! Expensive, but worth it! I’ll be waiting by the door for mine.
Thanks guys!
One question though…
Why, oh why did you use Helvetica?
This is a nice representation of the most respected web trends and destinations. Good job. Thank you.
There more diverse the services get, the more difficult it is to keep up with what is out there. The visual representation is a good answer to the problem.
What remains a challenge is to keep the map current and to keep an eye on emerging services and trends that set off as tomorrow’s big thing. For that I really like the weather forecast approach.
Love the idea. Spot on homage to the London Transport map.
There are lots of funky groupings, inclusions, and omissions. Where’s the data that drove the design decisions?
Go 2D. The London Transport works well; why make the map harder to trace?
Toss the Brand experience and Forecast. Concentrate on the creamy middle; nail the main story.
With so many “content rail lines”, it’s difficult to even 1 really good story out of the map. Will chopping them down to a key 5 make it rock?
Open source the data… and the production artwork. Designers and engineers across planet earth will take more cuts on it, give you more feedback and data, and thus increase your and the map’s value and impact.
Keep on rockin, Juhan
Thanks for your little free lecture, there Juhan. ;-) The first and the second version were 2d. But we felt that it was time to move ahead. As far as sharing the data and the method. Nah. We’ll keep that right here. We give out enough stuff for free. I don’t worry about the popularity either, I worry about the server.
Very nice.
It has much more artistry than the blogosphere and internet interconnectivity graphs that occasionally pop up in Technology Review, Wired.com, and elsewhere.
A great pedagogic aid.
I shall absorb it as wallpaper for a time and decide if the poster is a sensible leap forward.
Otherwise: beautiful!
this is VERY cool! I just ordered one! I’m happy to see you guys using PayPal - hope it works well for you guys!
My AO map arrived today! So exciting, and it is now on my wall and looking fabulous. I love it…
My map arrived today… but the cardboard tube was crushed in the middle and the map is damaged. I’m so sad :(
@Milus: Because the map is so big and rolls into a long tube, sometimes tubes can break under the hands of rough postmen. But we replace all damaged maps for free if you send us a picture.
Tried to open the Big, A3 PDF (8MB, printable). Failed and error message “There was an error opening this document” Is the PDF file corrupted?
@Serene: It works on our machines. Maybe you need to update Acrobat Reader?
Nice work!
Although, the paypal link doesn’t work for me either, not enough information on the product message as well :(
Man its Great.. nice visualization
Is there any more details about this web trend map?
Geert&Jenny, what other details do you need? Link that doesn’t work: The link to order the poster doesn’t work, if you have Javascript disallowed. Can’t fix that as it’s a Paypal process problem.
A very good idea. Important web sites like a berlin subway plan :-)
Hey, you can add German weekly Die Zeit to your list of media coverage! They have featured the map in their internet special, which is how I got here. Really cool visualization! All of the important websites are included, and the idea is really creative. One little criticism: you’ve spelled Al- Jazeera the wrong direction. The letters are correct, but as Arabic is written from left to right they’re in reverse order. It should look like this: الجزيرة But thanks for this plan of internet innovation!
@myself: I meant Arabic is written from right to left, of course ;) same mistake as you!
Great work! I have got a copy of the picture. Thanks a lot!
Wonderful concept! Look forward it being hung up as the only copy on the island of MALTA!
Have a look at http://www.gallerisation.co.uk/ for more bizarre underground maps
Why aren’t there any health related websites such as google.com/health ?
@David: Take a guess – Google Health was released 1 week ago. It might make it into the next version if it becomes popular enough. Best Oliver
Tremendous job you did!
Very useful, thank you so much
Nice map.
For the PDF version, would be great if you could make the site names clickable, so they take you to that site.
I think ApartmentTherapy is pretty darn big. They should be up there somewhere too.
Yeah! awesome work! Great idea excellent execution. Regards.
Don’t ’spose I could checkily request a 1,920 x 1,200 version, to prettify my new 24″ iMac..?
The 1,600 version just looks too smeary and lo-fi when you stretch it to fit.
I think a very nice and cool idea, yeah it has some failures, but really does any of you think about doing it? no.. right.. so lets supported it, instead of messing with it.
It’s so nice! Thanks a lot!
..and how about a zoomy version made with Seadragon, or like http://www.zoomism.com
Thanks — just bought one for the office!
Print ordered - great job guys!
PS Any chance of a wallpaper version for a 30″ screen!? :-)
@JonMoss: ZUIs are the future. Unfortunately it’s still quite difficult to do HTML-Standards compliant ZIUs ;-)
@ “I think ApartmentTherapy is pretty darn big. They should be up there somewhere too.”
Go for a wiki version of this map - hey, isn’t this a great idea!
Crawling the internet with live traffic and popularity data for each of the sites, populating and updating a central database that backs an app just like that of Google Maps - it’s not the earth this time!
I love creativity that highlights data in new and interesting ways. What you guys have done with this chart is just awesome. Data can be beautiful if done right.
The maps a brilliant idea and well executed.
Thanks a lot guys.
Great work. Amazing. I send the link to all my contacts and suddenly received a lot of good feedback.
Great work! Can imagine the effort that’s gone into this.
And you’ve spelt SlideShare with the correct camel case, whoo!
oh, nice work, web 2.0 in china is growing up forward