Generating world maps
So far in this chapter, we have learned about plugins that help in representing and exporting the graphs in different formats and allow users to build interactive applications with them. In this recipe, you are going to learn about a very interesting plugin called Map of Countries, which is available at Gephi Marketplace. This plugin comes in handy when you want to design or draw maps of countries in Gephi and do some more exploration on top of them.
Getting ready
In order to start playing around with this plugin, you first need to install it. Run Gephi, go to Tools | Plugins, and from there install the Map of Countries plugin from the list of available plugins, in a similar way to how you installed the plugins already covered in this chapter.
How to do it…
The following steps discuss various features that the Map of Countries plugin has to offer and what you can achieve with those features:
- Run Gephi. In the Welcome window, select New Project.
- In the Layout panel...
