Prefix Atlas Xbox

A UWP/Xbox Dev Mode dashboard for exploring RouteViews BGP prefix reachability as a visual network weather map.

What it does

• queries RouteViews prefix reachability data
• visualizes observed AS-path reachability
• distinguishes corridor-shaped prefixes from high-fanout prefixes
• shows RPKI state, collector coverage, raw AS-path count, and RouteViews peer observations
• runs as a UWP app for Xbox Dev Mode and desktop testing

Current visual modes

• Corridor view: used when RouteViews observations converge through a meaningful AS-path corridor
• Fanout path-depth view: used when observations are broadly distributed and no upstream corridor dominates

Important data semantics

• RouteViews observations are not traffic volume
• line width/counts are RouteViews observation counts
• endpoint ticks are RouteViews reporting-peer observations
• tick color is RouteViews collector group
• ASNs are authoritative; AS names are display labels
• RPKI not-found is not the same as invalid
• fanout path strands show RouteViews AS_PATH observations, not popularity/customer count

RouteViews API politeness

• one explicit search equals one prefix query
• 5-minute in-memory prefix cache
• request gate around one request per second
• collector list fetched once per session
• node inspection uses already-fetched data and does not trigger extra API calls

Demo prefixes

• 128.223.0.0/16 — corridor-shaped example through Link Oregon
• 1.1.1.0/24 — high-fanout / mostly one-hop example
• 8.8.8.0/24 — high-fanout example

Build / Run

• IDE: Visual Studio 2022
• Platform: UWP/XAML
• Target: x64 Debug verified
• Deploy: Xbox Dev Mode or desktop local machine

msbuild PrefixAtlas.csproj -p:Platform=x64 -p:Configuration=Debug -t:Build

Screenshots

Screenshots coming soon.

Status

Prototype / portfolio project.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.