On IBM developerWorks today I saw Social-networking open source visualization aids, which may be of interest to some:

"Social-networking data analysis can help you understand content, connections, and opportunities for your personal and business associations. This article presents tools and code to extract key components of your social network using the Twitter API to chart, geolocate, and visualize your social-networking data."

"This article is a proof-of-concept that shows how to build applications to visualize your interconnections and influence. Graph common subject-matter keywords in your discussions and create geographical maps of your friends' locations. The code presented here relies on Perl, Graphviz, the Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA) plot-latlong, and the Google Chart API to create helpful visualizations to analyze your social networks."

As usual with developerWorks articles, a feedback form is provided at the end.

Martin

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