Email Mapping Project June 25 - July 2, 2002 Background: The purpose of the email mapping project was to track the distance around the world and the number of people one email message could reach in one week. The original email was sent on June 25, 2002 to 20 recipients. Recipients were asked to respond with their city, state, and country in which they are located at the time they recieve the email. It was also requested that they send the email on to 3 new recipients. Click here to read the original email message Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Final Results

June 25, 2002 North America--USA South America Denver, Colorado Brookfield, Illinois Chicago, Illinois(4) Forest Park, Illinois Lake Bluff, Illinois Western Springs, Illinois Indianapolis, Indiana (5) New Orleans, Louisiana Kirksville, Missouri Las Vegas, Nevada New York, New York Portland, Oregon Houston, Texas Buenos Aires, Argentina 21 Responses on day one. 7 Responses from original recipients of the email. Back to Top

June 26, 2002 North America-- USA and Canada Europe Asia Los Angeles, California Portola Valley, California Evergreen, Colorado Hilo, Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii Boise, Idaho Des Plaines, Illinois Naperville, Illinois Palos Hills, Illinois Paxton, Illinois Carmel, Indiana Evansville, Indiana Terre Haute, Indiana Lexington, Kentucky (2) New York, New York (3) Milford Center, Ohio Charleston, South Carolina Dallas, Texas Houston, Texas Sayner, Wisconsin Nassau, Bahamas Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada Dubrovnik, Croatia Dubai, Nepal Latipur, Nepal 28 Responses on day two. 2 Responses from original recipients of the email. Back to Top

June 27, 2002 North America--USA Lousiville, Kentucky St. Louis, Missouri 2 Responses on day Three. 0 Responses from original recipients of the email. Back to Top

June 28, 2002 North America--USA and Canada Fort Collins, Colorado Wilmington, Deleware Tampa, Florida Chicago, Illinois (2) Plainsboro, New Jersey Portland, Oregon Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada 8 Responses on day Four. 2 Responses from original recipients of the email. Back to Top

June 29, 2002 North America--USA Mrtyle Beach, South Carolina 1 Response on day Five 0 Responses from original recipients of the email. Back to Top

June 30, 2002 North America--USA Europe Indianapolis, Indiana London, England, United Kingdom 2 Responses on day Six. 1 Response from an original recipient of the email. Back to Top

July 1, 2002 North America--USA Europe Australia Oakland, California Tampa, Florida (2) Chicago, Illinois (3) Topeka, Kansas Hillsborough, New Jersey Fairfax, Virginia Glasonbury, England, United Kindom Townsville, Queensland 11 Responses on day Seven. 0 Responses from original recipients of the email. Back to Top

July 2, 2002

North America--USA Europe Oakland, California Brooklyn, New York Cincinnati, Ohio Solon, Ohio Dallas, Texas Copenhagen, Denmark London, England, United Kingdom Porrino, Galicia, Spain 8 Responses on day Eight. 0 Responses from original recipients of the email Back to Top

Final Results Total Number of Emails Total Number of Emails from 20 Original Recipients Total Number of Continents Total Number of Countries Total Number of States in the USA Total Number of US Cities 82 12 5 9 and the US Virgin Islands 21 45 Back to Top