About Netgraf

What Netgraf is for

Netgraf exists because the question "how are these people connected?" comes up everywhere (in a classroom, a newsroom, a boardroom, a family, a TV series) and the tools that answer it were either desktop software built for researchers or hosted platforms that make free maps public. Netgraf is the quick, private middle: draw a map in minutes, understand it with plain-language measures, and send it with a link.

How your maps are handled

• No account. Creating a map gives you two links: a view link to share and an edit link that is the only key to changing it. There is no password to reset, so keep the edit link safe.
• Unlisted and never indexed. Every map carries noindex for Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo and the major AI crawlers, and none is listed in the sitemap or in llms.txt. Link previews still work when you choose to share the link.
• Imports stay in your browser. Spreadsheets and network files are read on your device, and nothing is sent until you create the map.
• The gallery is opt in. A map appears in the public gallery only if its author publishes it there, and it still stays out of search engines. Anyone can report a published map, and enough reports take it down.
• Photos from your device never leave it. They are kept in your browser and are not uploaded, so only you see them. To show a picture to everyone who opens the link, give the person a photo URL instead.
• Describe mode uses AI. Text you write on the describe page is sent to an AI model to draft the map, which you review before anything is created. Nothing else on the site is sent to a model.

How the example maps are made

The example maps on the home page are the only maps on the site that search engines are invited to index, so they are held to a stricter standard:

• Every map states its kind: real, historical, fictional, mythological or mixed. A fictional map never claims its characters are real people.
• Maps about real and historical people cite a source for every relationship, usually a public reference work, and mark each one confirmed, reported or rumored.
• The three classic network-science datasets (Zachary's karate club, the Florentine families and Krackhardt's kite) follow the published data, and the glossary pages that use them cite the original studies.
• Maps about real people stick to public roles and documented relationships.

If you find an error in an example map, or a relationship that is out of date, please tell us and we will correct it.

Contact

Netgraf is made by Isik & Co.. Use the contact details there for corrections, questions about a map, or anything else. To report a map in the gallery, use the report button on the map itself.