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+
+    <table border="1">
+        <thead>
+            <tr>
+                <th>NREN</th>
+                <th>Static Network Map Image</th>
+                <th>Interactive Network Map</th>
+                <th>Comment</th>
+            </tr>
+        </thead>
+        <tbody>
+            <tr>
+                <td>ACOnet</td>
+                <td>https://www.aco.net/topologie.html?L=1</td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td>AMRES</td>
+                <td>https://www.amres.ac.rs/amres/amres-infrastruktura</td>
+                <td>https://www.amres.ac.rs/amres/amres-infrastruktura</td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td>ARNES</td>
+                <td>https://www.arnes.si/en/infrastructure/</td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td>ASNET-AM</td>
+                <td>https://asnet.am/images/skhema1.jpg</td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td>AzScienceNet</td>
+                <td>https://azsciencenet.az/uploads/AzScienceNet_schem.png</td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td>Belnet</td>
+                <td>https://www.belnet.be/en/networks/belnet-network</td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td>BASNET</td>
+            </tr>
+
+            <tr>
+                <td>BREN</td>
+            </tr>
+
+            <tr>
+                <td>CARNET</td>
+            </tr>
+
+            <tr>
+                <td>CESNET</td>
+                <td>https://photonics.cesnet.cz/cs/topologie</td>
+                <td>https://netreport.cesnet.cz/netreport/</td>
+            </tr>
+
+            <tr>
+                <td>CSC</td>
+                <td></td>
+                <td>https://netmap.funet.fi/</td>
+                <td>closest to our requirement in terms of overlay and grafana</td>
+            </tr>
+
+            <tr>
+                <td>CYNET</td>
+            </tr>
+
+            <tr>
+                <td>DeiC</td>
+                <td>https://www.deic.dk/en/research-network</td>
+            </tr>
+
+            <tr>
+                <td>DFN</td>
+                <td></td>
+                <td>https://www.dfn.de/netz/</td>
+                <td>not very informative</td>
+            </tr>
+
+            <tr>
+                <td>EENet</td>
+                <td>https://www.eenet.ee/EENet/magistraalvork</td>
+            </tr>
+
+            <tr>
+                <td>FCCN</td>
+                <td>https://www.fccn.pt/media/2022/04/Mapa-de-Rede-Fibra-2022.pdf</td>
+            </tr>
+
+            <tr>
+                <td>GARR</td>
+                <td>https://www.garr.it/en/infrastructures/network-infrastructure/our-network</td>
+                <td>https://gins.garr.it/xhome_weathermaps.php</td>
+                <td>interactive map seems good way to breakdown</td>
+            </tr>
+
+            <tr>
+                <td>GRENA</td>
+                <td>https://netview.grena.ge/</td>
+                <td></td>
+                <td>login required</td>
+            </tr>
+
+            <tr>
+                <td>GRNET</td>
+                <td>
+                    <p>https://grnet.gr/infrastructure/network-and-topology/</p>
+                    <p>https://mon.grnet.gr/networkmap/?type=network&raw=True</p>
+                    <p>https://mon.grnet.gr/networkmap/</p>
+                </td>https://mon.grnet.gr/pops/</td>
+                <td>good starting point from site </td>
+            </tr>
+
+            <tr>
+                <td>HEAnet</td>
+                <td>https://www.heanet.ie/the-network</td>
+                <td>https://www.hea.net/</td>
+                <td>map an service is separately represented</td>
+            </tr>
+
+            <tr>
+                <td>IUCC</td>
+            </tr>
+
+            <tr>
+                <td>KIFU</td>
+                <td>https://kifu.gov.hu/infrastructure/</td>
+            </tr>
+
+            <tr>
+                <td>KREN</td>
+            </tr>
+
+            <tr>
+                <td>LAT</td>
+            </tr>
+
+            <tr>
+                <td>LITNET</td>
+                <td>https://litnet.lt/</td>
+            </tr>
+
+            <tr>
+                <td>MARnet</td>
+                <td>https://ukim.edu.mk/megjunarodna-sorabotka/internacionalizacija/chlenstvo-vo-akademski-mrezhi/</td>
+            </tr>
+
+            <tr>
+                <td>MREN</td>
+                <td></td>
+                <td>https://netmon.ucg.ac.me/mantra/</td>
+                <td>no map overlay</td>
+            </tr>
+
+            <tr>
+                <td>PSNC</td>
+                <td>https://pionier.net.pl/en/about-pionier/#interaktywna_mapa_sieci_pionier</td>
+                <td>neat representation on side panel</td>
+            </tr>
+
+            <tr>
+                <td>RARE</td>
+                <td></td>
+                <td>https://gfn-gp4l-rare.public.nmaas.eu/dashboards/f/ddyhkm9cflc74c/gp4l</td>
+            </tr>
+
+            <tr>
+                <td>RASH</td>
+                <td>https://www.rash.al/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/bc/a7/bca70fbc-295c-4a4b-9873-92a4a64791b3/rrjeti_i_skeme_i_geant.jpg__1280x736_q85_subsampling-2.jpg
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+
+            <tr>
+                <td>RedIRIS</td>
+                <td>https://www.rediris.es/lared/mapa.html</td>
+            </tr>
+
+            <tr>
+                <td>RENAM</td>
+            </tr>
+
+            <tr>
+                <td>RENATER</td>
+                <td>
+                    <p>https://www.renater.fr/documentation/ressources-multimedia/weathermap/metropole/</p>
+                    <p>https://www.renater.fr/documentation/ressources-multimedia/weathermap/weathermap_domtom/</p>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+
+            <tr>
+                <td>Restena</td>
+                <td>https://www.restena.lu/en/network</td>
+            </tr>
+
+            <tr>
+                <td>RHnet</td>
+            </tr>
+
+            <tr>
+                <td>RoEdunet</td>
+            </tr>
+
+            <tr>
+                <td>SANET</td>
+                <td>https://www.sanet.sk/?page_id=2388</td>
+            </tr>
+
+            <tr>
+                <td>Sikt</td>
+                <td>https://stats.uninett.no/stat-q/load-map/uninett,,traffic,peak</td>
+            </tr>
+
+            <tr>
+                <td>SUNET</td>
+                <td>http://stats.sunet.se/stat-q/load-map/SunetC-univ,,traffic,peak</td>
+            </tr>
+
+            <tr>
+                <td>SURF</td>
+                <td></td>
+                <td>https://netwerkdashboard.surfnet.nl/</td>
+                <td>inaccesible</td>
+            </tr>
+
+            <tr>
+                <td>SWITCH</td>
+                <td>https://static.www.switch.ch/sites/default/files/styles/hero_large_16_9/public/2024-10/omg.png?itok=gDXPFCmI
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+
+            <tr>
+                <td>ULAKBIM</td>
+                <td>https://stat.ulakbim.gov.tr/ulaknet/</td>
+                <td>small size poor network direction but has integration with data speed info</td>
+            </tr>
+
+            <tr>
+                <td>URAN</td>
+                <td>https://uran.ua/~eng/net-ukraine.htm</td>
+            </tr>
+
+        </tbody>
+    </table>
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 Planning, Design, etc
 =====================================
 
+.. contents:: Contents
+   :depth: 4
+   :local:
+
+
+Nominal Use Cases/Requirements
+------------------------------
+
+- replace intermapper/heat map
+
+   - availability
+   - capacity
+   - utilisation
+   - etc.
+
+- integrate with connectivity map
+
+   - visualize geant-owned data-driven info on the same map with static (manually input/managed) non-geant data
+
+- monitoring
+
+   - health of nodes/edges
+   - alarms/link state edge heat map
+
+- grid-based for fixed (e.g. our) networks
+- handle overlapping edges
+
+
+Ideas
+-----
+
+- For the Geant-managed heat maps: maybe nice to agree upon a simple grid-locked geo-node/edge approach
+
+Some R&E Samples
+----------------
+
+- ESNet - Netsage
+
+  - https://portal.netsage.global
+  - https://www.netsage.global
+  - https://github.com/GlobalNOC/globalnoc-networkmap-panel
+  - https://grafana.com/grafana/plugins/esnet-networkmap-panel/
+  - https://github.com/esnet/grafana-esnet-networkmap-panel/tree/main
+
+- Jisc - Netsight3
+
+  - https://www.jisc.ac.uk/netsight
+  - https://netsight3.ja.net/help/
+
+- SURF Netwerk Dashboard
+
+  - https://netwerkdashboard.surfnet.nl/
+
+- Reannz weathermap:
+
+  - https://weathermap.reannz.co.nz/
+
+- Funet network load map:
+
+  - https://netmap.funet.fi/
+
+- NORDUnet:
+
+  - https://stats.nordu.net/stat-q/load-map/ndn-map,,traffic,peak
+
+- Pionier/PSNC:
+
+  - https://pionier.net.pl/en/about-pionier/#interaktywna_mapa_sieci_pionier
+
+- Timemap (WP6, mainly GARR)
+
+  - https://timemap.geant.org/
+  - https://gitlab.geant.org/fabio.farina/timemap (New link https://gitlab.software.geant.org/fabio.farina/timemap )
+
+Misc Internal things
+--------------------
+
+- IS/IS-driven: http://netdash.geant.net:8080/static/isis/geantISIS.svg
+- Intermapper
+
+  - https://weathermap.geant.org/g59bce200/document/_/!index.html?REFRESH=10+Seconds
+
+- ULAKBIM
+
+  - https://stat.ulakbim.gov.tr/ulaknet/
+
+
+NRENS with their network info
+------------------------------
+
+.. include:: nren-maps.html
+
+
+FrontEnd Technologies worth exploring
+--------------------------------------
+
+- Openlayers : https://openlayers.org/
+- Leaflet : https://leafletjs.com/
+- GeoJson : https://geojson.io/#map=3.53/43.52/6.81
+
 
 High-Level Architecture
 -------------------------