Mapping ICANN

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ICANN is an international organisation, but how international is it really?

If reading lists with lots of text is hard work, then maybe a more visual representation of the same data might be easier to digest.

ICANN have made available a collection of maps that show a wealth of information about the domain world:

* the number of accredited registrars there are and the countries in which they are located;
* board and staff representation by nationality;
* ccTLD agreements;
* ccTLD financial contributions;
* the countries in which the 29 ICANN meetings have been held so far;
* the global areas that the Regional Internet Registries cover;
* the general location of root servers based on publicly available information;
* root zone Whois information;
* support for IDNs at TLD registries;
* registrations for the current San Juan meeting.

The new maps section on the ICANN site is fascinating!

By Michele Neylon

Michele is founder and managing director of Irish domain registrar and hosting company Blacknight. Michele has been deeply involved in domain and internet policy discussions for more than a decade. He also co-hosts the Technology.ie podcast.

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