Facebook network mapping

Ton Zijlstra points me towards the SNS application I have been waiting for 3 years for. Someone has twigged that not only can you build social network maps from social networking software - but that this can be useful for individuals too.

Jack Vinson has also picked up on this and comes up with some good upgrade suggestions:

• navigate my network's connections (see their wheels), mostly for fun
• merge the wheels of a limited number of people, again for entertainment

This isn't a full-blown social network mapping application - in effect it only models an ego-centric network (modelled around me in the example below). Where is might become interesting is to map the members of a particular group or network and those immediately related to them - i.e. those who might be potential members of that group...