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title: TiddlyMap
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# TiddlyMap
TiddlyMap is a TiddlyWiki plugin that turns your favourite personal note taking software in a wiki-concept-map hybrid. Yes, you will be able to do both: drawing maps and putting down knowledge in a wiki way. TiddlyMap will allow you to visually link and create wiki topics in order to create clickable graphs, e.g. concept maps or dependency graphs. Moreover it will automatically visualize your topic structures so you get an immediate grasp of topics and relations.

- http://tiddlymap.org/
- https://github.com/felixhayashi/TW5-TiddlyMap
- https://visjs.org/

Vis.js is used for graph visualization and manipulation. Vis.js is a dynamic, browser based visualization library actively developed and maintained by a team of great developers working at Almende B.V.

The library is designed to be easy to use, handle large amounts of dynamic data, and enable manipulation of the data – visjs.org

## Best Practices
!! Try to keep your maps small
Small maps are faster to process by TiddlyMap and are generally easier to work with.
If a map becomes to big, try to [[outsource nodes into another view|Copy & paste nodes between views]]!

!! Use a small set of generic edge types in your wiki
This means: avoid creating different [[Edge types]] that are highly synonymous like //has created//, //authored//, //created by//, //creator of//. Instead stick to one name that is most suitable and generic. The same goes for [[Node types]].

!! Prefer generic node styles over specific node styles.
With all the [[different styling levels|Styling Nodes]], you'll save yourself some time if you use global styles whenever possible, especially global group styles. For example, if you have tiddlers that represent pieces of literature, then create a //node group// that adds a book icon to all these nodes – instead of styling all literature nodes individually.

## Live View
TiddlyMap is shipped with a special view called the live view. This view shows you the surrounding neighbourhood of the tiddler that is currently focussed in TiddlyWiki's story river.

## Navigation
TiddlyMap adds a whole new concept of navigation. You can navigate to topics be using the doubleclick on the displayed nodes. You may also enable the single click option in the System configuration.

