{"id":40003,"date":"2021-04-28T11:15:58","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T10:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infinitymaps.io\/the-alternative-to-mind-map-and-whiteboard\/"},"modified":"2021-04-28T14:10:47","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T13:10:47","slug":"the-alternative-to-mind-map-and-whiteboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infinitymaps.io\/en\/the-alternative-to-mind-map-and-whiteboard\/","title":{"rendered":"The Alternative to Mind Map and Whiteboard"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"40003\" class=\"elementor elementor-40003 elementor-33901\" 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data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-61fed11c eh_base eh_base--third qwe-container qwe-pb-xlarge elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"61fed11c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-51384693 qwe-col-12 qwe-offset-md-2 qwe-col-md-8\" data-id=\"51384693\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-286dfa98 asd-mb-250 asd-mb-lg-400 elementor-widget elementor-widget-dqe-heading\" data-id=\"286dfa98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"dqe-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title ew_heading ew_heading--variant ew_heading--variant-1-main ew_heading--align-center elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"ew_heading__main\">The Alternative to Mind Map and Whiteboard<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fe0a852 ew_post-meta elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"5fe0a852\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-b11837f elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/infinitymaps.io\/en\/author\/infinityhq\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-user\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tInfinityHQ\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-b01a78b elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/infinitymaps.io\/en\/2021\/04\/28\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-calendar-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>April 28, 2021<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-fd3c5bf elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"about\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-tags\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/infinitymaps.io\/en\/category\/mapping-en-2\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Mapping<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/infinitymaps.io\/en\/category\/methods\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Methods<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/infinitymaps.io\/en\/category\/tools-en\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Tools<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5c8db11d qwe-container elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5c8db11d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-73f998c9 qwe-col-12\" data-id=\"73f998c9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b454b9a ew_image-featured elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3b454b9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"863\" src=\"https:\/\/infinitymaps.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/infinitymaps-blog-conceptmap-1536x863.png\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-33445\" alt=\"Photo of a woman pinning notes on a whiteboard to create a mind map.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/infinitymaps.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/infinitymaps-blog-conceptmap-1536x863.png 1536w, https:\/\/infinitymaps.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/infinitymaps-blog-conceptmap-300x169.png 300w, 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-47304f94 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"47304f94\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3dc31385\" data-id=\"3dc31385\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-280abd07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-dqe-spacer-medium\" data-id=\"280abd07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"dqe-spacer-medium.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner ew_spacer-medium\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-67779f24 qwe-container qwe-container--narrow elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"67779f24\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-77604de8 qwe-col-12\" data-id=\"77604de8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29e6a6bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29e6a6bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mind mapping is probably the best-known brainstorming tool, but it quickly reaches its limits in terms of overview and flexibility. Concept maps, pinboards and note boxes have compensated some of the mind map\u2019s disadvantages, but they still do not offer the desired overview while maintaining the details of more complex topics. Infintiy Maps, an efficient and creative alternative to mind map tools, solves the drawbacks of the previous methods, and helps you to visualize your thoughts and projects.<\/p><h3>Mind map<\/h3><h4>Limited in size and in depicting relations<\/h4><p>Beyond linear thinking, mind mapping quickly sparks off new ideas. But when it comes to larger and complex topics, a mind map can quickly become confusing. Furthermore, the stable but also rigid tree structure only allows hierarchical, and therefore vertical relationships. Mind maps leave out relational structures between items, horizontal structures, so to speak, although they are usually crucial in regards of content. As a result, reality can only be mapped inadequately, and the focus on just one key term as the main topic can restrict the flow of ideas.<\/p><h3>Concept Map<\/h3><h4>Key elements are not decernable<\/h4><p>While mind maps tremendously lack horizontal cross-connections, concept mapping inherents this feature as its core strength. It focuses on representing the relationships between concepts by using arrows. These arrows are usually annotated with a verb that explicitly defines the relationship. In this manner, the connections can be read as simple sentences. Although these labels clearly illustrate the nature of the individual connections, the networks can also quickly become confusing in the process of growing. The graphical, intuitive representation of a topic is therefore restricted, and it is re-verbalized with the consequence that the creative flow of ideas can break off. Moreover, the networks lack any hierarchy, which makes identifying a higher-level structure very difficult.<\/p><h3>Whiteboard<\/h3><h4>Detailed knowledge falls by the wayside<\/h4><p>The so-called spatial hypertext is a simple and widespread principle of visual representation of content, which is for instance mostly used with pin boards, note boards, online whiteboards or walls with sticky notes. In comparison to mind maps and concept maps, spatial hypertext completely dispenses with the explicit representation of relations. Instead, the relations between items of content are simply illustrated by their spatial arrangement. The closer items relate to each other in terms of content, the closer they are placed on the board. Conversely, greater distance means less connection from a content perspective. Terms and concepts can therefore easily be structured into clusters. This provides a lot of space for the development of new ideas, but precise details concerning the relationships between items cannot be represented.<\/p><h3>Note box<\/h3><h4>A lot of information, no overview<\/h4><p>Another approach is the slip box, which operates without any graphic visualization. Both in its classic form and in its digital counterpart, such as Evernote or OneNote, large amounts of notes can be collected. However, they are often stored there without any structure. The depiction of relations and links can only be done in the form of references on the cards, but a superordinate structure of the relationships is never visible.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-72146e3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"72146e3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-010fa5d\" data-id=\"010fa5d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24bbdf7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-dqe-spacer-medium\" data-id=\"24bbdf7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"dqe-spacer-medium.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner ew_spacer-medium\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-894f864 ecl_image-text qwe-container asd-bg-shape-01-top asd-bg-g-gray-f5 asd-pb-medium elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"894f864\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5f6a2409 qwe-col-12 qwe-col-lg-6 qwe-order-1 qwe-order-lg-0\" data-id=\"5f6a2409\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f41054a ecl_image-text__image elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f41054a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/infinitymaps.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/app-3-1024x770.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-33558\" alt=\"Illustration of an Infinity Map.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/infinitymaps.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/app-3-1024x770.png 1024w, https:\/\/infinitymaps.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/app-3-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/infinitymaps.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/app-3-768x577.png 768w, https:\/\/infinitymaps.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/app-3-1536x1154.png 1536w, https:\/\/infinitymaps.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/app-3-600x451.png 600w, https:\/\/infinitymaps.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/app-3.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2e5ce26 qwe-col-12 qwe-offset-lg-1 qwe-col-lg-5\" data-id=\"2e5ce26\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-198993b qwe-metahead elementor-widget elementor-widget-dqe-heading\" data-id=\"198993b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"dqe-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title ew_heading elementor-size-11\"><span class=\"ew_heading__main\">The alternative Mapping Software<\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f4ca346 elementor-widget elementor-widget-dqe-heading\" data-id=\"1f4ca346\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"dqe-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title ew_heading elementor-size-3\"><span class=\"ew_heading__main\">iMapping<\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65cb549a asd-mb-200 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"65cb549a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The iMapping method, on which the Infinity Maps knowledge management software is based, combines the advantages of the four methods described above: The digital knowledge map is infinitely expandable and always remains clear. Using the nesting function, hierarchies are efficiently mapped, just as with the mind map. But with the help of the zoom, details can be viewed as well as the big picture. Even complex knowledge networks, which are missing in mind mapping and quickly lead to visual chaos in concept mapping, remain easy to grasp with Infinity Maps.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ccb8b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-dqe-button\" data-id=\"3ccb8b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"dqe-button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/infinitymaps.io\/en\/signup\/\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button asd-btn asd-btn-main asd-btn1-main asd-btn--medium\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Sign up free<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mind mapping is probably the best-known brainstorming tool, but it quickly reaches its limits in terms of overview and flexibility. Concept maps, pinboards and note boxes have compensated some of the mind map\u2019s disadvantages, but they still do not offer the desired overview while maintaining the details of more complex topics. 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