Common mind maps

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A Buzan-style mind map

Since Tony Buzan made mind maps popular, the term has come into increasingly common use. Now, information maps that have been variously referred to as business maps, visual maps, idea maps, information maps, spidergrams, spider diagrams and bubble diagrams are commonly referred to as “mind maps”.

A mind map according to common usage (≈spidergram)

Where there is a need to make a clear distinction between mind maps that follow Buzan’s guidelines and digrams that are commonly called mind maps, the terms Buzan mind maps and Common mind maps are used. The Information map types article shows examples.

A detailed comparison of the two types is given in Common mind maps or Buzan mind maps?

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