Information Architects Japan has just released the updated version of their 2007 Web Trend map. This provides an amazing visual record of where the biggest sites on the web are, and how they inter-relate with each other.

The analysis also includes descriptions of how sites are faring (using cool weather icons), and an indication of which “Web” they belong to. The Wall Street Journal is listed as “Web 0.5″, MSN is listed as “Web 1.0″ and popular social media sites Flickr and WordPress were listed as “Web 2.5″.

Its definitely worth a look to get a better idea of just how your digital world is connected to itself… and to you. The map has been released in several formats, I for one am going to try out the very cool OS X Screensaver version.