| What is the Internet Weather Map (IWM) used for ? |
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| IT Professionals around the world rely on the millions of servers connected to the internet to operate flawlessly. Unfortunately, this is not a perfect world, and problems on the Internet are constantly happening, and being corrected, every moment of every day. The IWM is used to quickly scan for problems in your area, or the area you are trying to work with, so that you can be more informed of problems before they happen. | Why should I create an Account ? |
| Accounts are kept to remember your perferences about the map, and to allow you to contribute to the community by uploading data from your servers to be displayed on the map. There is no charge for an account, and your account information will be kept private. Only latency data you choose to upload to be displayed on the map will be publicly accessable. In the near future, there will extra services available to those who choose to pay a small fee. These include private mapings, proactive notications of latency, and removal of advertising. If you'd like to be notified when this service is available, please email us at info@internetweathermap.com | How can I help out ? |
| The IWM project is always looking for more data feeds. If you have a Unix/Linux computer that can run a Bash script, you can help out. Just run this script on your server from crontab, and it will do all the work in scanning and uploading the data to the IWM. For your efforts, you will be provided with a focused view of your connectivity with the Internet, as well as being able to share your findings with fellow IT profesionals. We are also looking for Bash programmers and Web Designers to help out with this project. | Who runs the IWM ? |
| The IWM is run sponsored by emailsolutions.com and PulseWise, and is fed data by volenteers around the world. Other volenteers help us by maintaining the code that collect the latency data, as well as helping us with the look and feel of the site. | Got a suggestion for us ? |
| Please give us you feedback on the site, praise as well as contructive criticism is always welcome at info@internetweathermap.com. Please remember as a volenteer effort, emails will be repsonded to as quickly as possible, but it may not be the same day. Rest assured we do read all emails. |