Tracemap – run and visualize traceroutes from probes around the world

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Hi HN,I thought it would be fun to plot a traceroute on a map to visually see the path packets take. I know this idea has been done before, but I still wanted to scratch that itch.The first version just let you paste in a traceroute and it would plot the hops on a map. Later I discovered Globalping (https://globalping.io), which allows you to run traceroutes and MTRs from probes around the world, so I integrated that into the tool.From playing around with it, I noticed a few interesting things:• It's very easy to spot incorrect IP geolocation. If a hop shows 1–2 ms latency but appears to jump across continents, the geolocation is probably wrong.• Suboptimal routing is sometimes much easier t

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