title: Graphing a very large graph in networkx
body: <p>I am attempting to draw a very large networkx graph that has approximately 5000 nodes and 100000 edges. It represents the road network of a large city. I cannot determine if the computer is hanging or if it simply just takes forever. The line of code that it seems to be hanging on is the following:</p>
  
  <pre><code>##a is my network
  pos = networkx.spring_layout(a)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is there perhaps a better method for plotting such a large network?</p>