Questions about mapping a system

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Hello all.

In the memories, I saw an article on system mapping--(this one, I believe)--and I thought that I would ask about experiences with mapping one's system.

The larger group has tried several of the methods listed there and they've been interesting to complete. However, they didn't give much insight on how the system was laid out or how it worked. We can make lists or tables or design a book of everyone, and it hardly helps. The family tree wasn't as helpful, because not all of us have split, but we got some information from it.

Recently, however, we discovered Inkscape Vector Illustrator--(I imagine that many vector illustration programs would work similarly)--and decided to use that for a map. Now these circles represent the main group with its levels of closeness (green), as well as the connection with the other world (blue/purple).

And finally, that brings me to my questions. Have you mapped your system? If yes, why? Have you been successful, and how do you define success? And also, how did you map it?

--Andras