I tried out the LinkedIn Maps feature over the weekend.  It creates a graphical representation of your LinkedIn network and attempts to organize your contacts in a logical fashion.   I was pleasantly surprised with how well it managed to capture and catalog the different segments of my contact group.  It was also very interesting to note how evenly dispersed my groups are between the jobs I have held and the different roles I play today.  It would be an interesting experiment to see how this overlays with a mapping for Facebook and Twitter contacts.  I believe Twitter would have a higher focus on Gov2.0 contacts and Facebook would be much more diversified given the worldwide contacts made through Gov2.0 and MuniGov initiatives and the fact that I have a lot of “non-work related” friends as well.

If you haven’t yet, check out LinkedIn Labs for your own network map or any of the other experimental tools they’ve got cooking over there.