Quote from: suntsu on February 06, 2011, 04:44:52 PM

cannot find my IP address on the map [ http://maps.google.com/maps?q=https://smsz.net/btcStats/bitcoin.kml
] and had bitcoin online for the last 4 days. does anyone know how frequently the map is refreshed ?

You may have a marker but your location appears somewhere other than where you are looking. Have you searched the KML to see if your IP Address exists?
https://smsz.net/btcStats/bitcoin.kml

Those running mining software only and not running a bitcoin node will not appear on the map.

Quote from: suntsu on February 06, 2011, 04:44:52 PM

someone suggested to have a counter to indicate how many nodes are active. that would be very useful.
related to this, does anyone have an idea how many bitcoin users there are today ?

See: http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3149.0