Gephi

This page is the agenda and resources from the Gephi Social Network Mapping workshops on 4/8/13 and 4/9/13

[|General How to Use Gephi Tipsheet]


 * Introduction - What is Gephi? Why social network mapping? Examples of social network maps**
 * Facebook network - Tipsheet on how to map your own facebook network
 * Social Network of Alexander the Great


 * Step 1 - Gathering your data**
 * [|Gephi Edge Table Example] (excel file)
 * [|Gephi Node Table Example] (excel file)

//Once you have entered your data you will need to save both excel files in comma separated (CSV) format. IMPORTANT: Google Docs version of Excel does not seem to work properly with Gephi.//


 * Step 2 - Importing to Gephi**
 * How to import CSV files to Gephi
 * [|Example Document from "Healthy Start" by Etgar Keret] - Edges
 * [|Example Document from "Healthy Start" by Etgar Keret] - Nodes

//Note: You will need to be sure to tie your edge data and node data to the proper tables in Gephi.// //Also you will need to import your Nodes before your Edges or you'll end up with duplicate nodes that have no labels.//


 * Step 3 - Visualizing the map**

Once your data is properly imported you will need to press the "Overview" button in the top left. Then you will want to use the Layout options to choose an algorithm to display your map.
 * [|Visualizing the Data tipsheet]