Gephi: increase maximum magnification
I want to use gephi to build a huge network with ~ 5.500 notes. I would like to see more of the network structure, so I use Force Atlas with a lot of repulsion. Unfortunately, at some point when I zoom out, a mystical square appears, which seems to be the gephis network window size limit:
Is there a way to increase this value? I would like the schedule to expand. Surprisingly, an Internet search did not help answer this question. Thank!
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There is no easy way to change the available coordinates in Gephi.
5,500 nodes is a small network for Gephi. Even with over 200,000 nodes, Gephi has no problem displaying the network structure.
Some suggestions:
- Disable the edges of the Graph window because they obstruct viewing. It looks like your graph already shows the structure, but there are so many edges that you cannot see it.
- Reduce the size of the node.
- Use the ForceAtlas2 layout algorithm, which is an improvement over ForceAtlas.
- Set a smaller scale if you click the boundaries of the available coordinates.
- Try the OpenOrd layout algorithm. It is great for large nets and supports the cutting edge.
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This was answered on the Gephi Facebook group, I suppose I cannot find it now. You hit a wall here because your graph has reached the maximum / minimum coordinates that a node can take. If you think about it, it's a square and you can't go beyond that, unfortunately.
I was surprised that you are using such a large repulsion with such a small graph, but then I saw that your graph is quite tight, so I assume that you were trying to push the nodes apart. The problem is that the graph is such that you probably won't be able to get rid of the clutter.
I would try to play with the size of the nodes using a spline, see here , section 3.2, and then run ForceAtlas2 or OpenOrd again, followed by ForceAtlas2.
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