Tracking a BitTorrent Swarm in Google Earth

Tracking a BitTorrent Swarm in Google Earth | TorrentFreak

With the plugin for you can lookup the client that is used by each peer, what percentage of the file they downloaded so far, and their exact location. Currently it only shows seed and peers for torrents that contain the word “Borat”.

I can’t really tell how accurate the stats for the are. It looks like Poland, the country where p2pmonitor.com originates, is overrepresented. Apart from this, it is fun to see where all the bits and pieces come from, and it makes you realize how a actually is.

It would even be better if you were able to hook it up to your own client, so you can pay leechers a visit if their share ratio is not what it’s supposed to be. Perhaps an idea for a future release of this tool?


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