# What's a good piece of software for mapping contact networks?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-piece-of-software-for-mapping-contact-networks/325734>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 11, 2005, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-piece-of-software-for-mapping-contact-networks/325734 "2005-10-11T11:16:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![zhlf210](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c4cdca/32.png) [@zhlf210](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zhlf210)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-piece-of-software-for-mapping-contact-networks/325734/1 "2005-10-11T11:16:11Z")

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Many of my business contacts know each other from different jobs, projects etc in the past. I’d like somehow to be able to produce a visual representation of these networks, showing links between people.

Can anyone recommend any software that could help with this? Any suggestions gratefully received.

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**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-piece-of-software-for-mapping-contact-networks/325734/2 "2005-10-11T22:49:05Z")

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[Mindmanager?](http://www.mindjet.com/us/)

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**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-piece-of-software-for-mapping-contact-networks/325734/3 "2005-10-11T23:39:03Z")

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Microsoft Visio

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**Author:** ![zhlf210](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c4cdca/32.png) [@zhlf210](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zhlf210)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-piece-of-software-for-mapping-contact-networks/325734/4 "2005-10-12T12:00:50Z")

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Thanks guys