The Hierarchical Mapping Technique, best described in the measures section of the validation included here, enables the collection of information about social network structure using a concentric circles diagram.

Kenen and Preters designed the Colored Ecological and Genetic Relational Map (CEGRM), a pictoral map used to organize information about client relationships with biological and non-biological kin, for use in genetic counselling research with members of families with suspected risk of cancer or late-onset inherited disorders.