The topography will help you direct your movement through the different layers of WebMap by helping you to locate the most attractive Web sites. We are the cartographers of the World Wide Web, and we are trying to create an experience that is both easy and fun. Sites are located within categories, based on the Open Directory Project. Web sites are located logically within a category, based on their content. The closer two sites are in content, the closer they appear physically on WebMap.
Icons represent individual Web sites.
With a single click, you can open any icon on the map. There are several kinds of icons, such as icons that represent the most popular Web sites, favorites, search results and Web sites that you can choose to shortcut on the map for personal customization. If you frequently visit a Web site deep within the map, it will float up automatically to the higher levels so that you don't need to zoom in to find it. In this respect, the map customizes itself to your needs. We chose to use characteristic polygons rather than rectangles because cognitive psychology studies have shown that people remember strange shapes more readily than squares and rectangles.