[RIPE Atlas Ambassadors] Deploying RIPE Atlas probes in more locations and networks

On 24/08/15 11:27 pm, Vesna Manojlovic wrote:
> Dear ambassadors,

Hi Vesna:

> 
> You’ve helped us do a great job in distributing RIPE Atlas probes to
> many networks and regions of the world, but we still have work to do!
> There are a few ways to find out exactly where we need your help:
> 
> 1) Networks with the most users and fewest probes
> 
> In order to increase topological diversity, it would be good to "target"
> the users of the networks that don’t have a lot - or any - coverage.
> 
> This RIPE Labs article lists the top 20 ASNs:
> https://labs.ripe.net/Members/emileaben/improving-ripe-atlas-coverage-what-networks-are-missing
> 
> 
> Or you can see the raw-text table here, sorted by the network size:
> http://sg-pub.ripe.net/emile/atlas_eyeball_coverage.txt
> 

Emile's work is really valuable and much appreciated. Is it possible to
have a date of generation on that file? It seems to be the same as few
months ago, considering we have deployed probes in the last two months
that increase coverage.

> 
> 2) Comparing population density with the distribution of RIPE Atlas probes
> 
> Emile Aben used CartoDB to plot, population and probe density on the
> same map:
> https://emileaben.cartodb.com/viz/3caa5144-823e-11e4-8025-0e018d66dc29/public_map
> 
> 
> https://labs.ripe.net/Members/emileaben/distribution-of-ripe-atlas-probes
> 
> 3) Comparing coverage between countries
> 
> This map shows the percentage of probes per country:
> https://atlas.ripe.net/results/maps/density/
> 
> Whichever method you choose, we trust your instincts and your knowledge
> of the local community to make the right decision and give probes to the
> best people!

We have a different method, that uses address space to determine which
ASNs are relevant to cover.

The eyeball method works for ISP that serve customers, but not for those
that provide transit. Our methodology, that picks a BGP table dump and
calculates the ratio of /24 versus number of probes helps us to have
more coverage and to quickly identify targets.

Cheers,

> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Vesna
> on behalf of the Measurements Community Building team
> 
> _______________________________________________
> RIPE-Atlas-Ambassadors mailing list
> RIPE-Atlas-Ambassadors at ripe.net
> https://www.ripe.net/mailman/listinfo/ripe-atlas-ambassadors

-- 
Sebastian Castro
Technical Research Manager
NZRS Ltd.
desk: +64 4 495 2337
mobile: +64 21 400535