Data Visualizations

Andrew Tran
October 7, 2015

Types of Data Visualizations

Caveat: These are types of static (as in not interactive) data visualizations

1D/Linear

Table / List of items

Usually not visualized

1D/Linear

Table / List of items

2D/Planar (expecially geospatial)

Choropleth

2D/Planar (expecially geospatial)

2D/Planar (expecially geospatial)

Cartogram

2D/Planar (expecially geospatial)

Cartogram resources

2D/Planar (expecially geospatial)

Dot distribution map

2D/Planar (expecially geospatial)

2D/Planar (expecially geospatial)

Proportional symbol map

2D/Planar (expecially geospatial)

2D/Planar (expecially geospatial)

contour/isopleth/isarithmic map

2D/Planar (expecially geospatial)

contour/isopleth/isarithmic resources

2D/Planar (expecially geospatial)

dasymetric map

2D/Planar (expecially geospatial)

dasymetric map resources

3D/Volumetric

3D/Volumetric

Resources

Temporal

Timeline

Temporal

Timeline resources

Temporal

Fever chart (time series)

Temporal

Temporal

Connected scatter plot

Temporal

Temporal

Gantt chart

Temporal

Steam graph/ThemeRiver

Temporal

Steam graph/ThemeRiver resources

Temporal

Arc diagram

Temporal

Arc diagram resources

Temporal

Polar area/rose/circumplex chart

Temporal

Polar area/rose/circumplex chart resources

Temporal

Sankey diagram

Temporal

Sankey diagram resources

nD/Multidimensional

Category proportions, counts

nD/Multidimensional

Pie charts

nD/Multidimensional

nD/Multidimensional

Histogram

nD/Multidimensional

Histogram resources

nD/Multidimensional

Word cloud

nD/Multidimensional

nD/Multidimensional

unordered bubble chart/bubble cloud

nD/Multidimensional

unordered bubble chart/bubble cloud resources

nD/Multidimensional

Bar chart / Radial chart

nD/Multidimensional

nD/Multidimensional

Tree map

nD/Multidimensional

nD/Multidimensional

Relationships between variables

nD/Multidimensional

Scatter plot

nD/Multidimensional

nD/Multidimensional

Bubble chart

nD/Multidimensional

nD/Multidimensional

Line chart (fever chart)

nD/Multidimensional

nD/Multidimensional

Step charts

nD/Multidimensional

Step charts resources

nD/Multidimensional

Area chart/stacked graph

nD/Multidimensional

Area chart/stacked resources

nD/Multidimensional

Heat map

nD/Multidimensional

Heat map resources

nD/Multidimensional

Slopegraph

nD/Multidimensional

Slopegraph resources

nD/Multidimensional

Sparklines

nD/Multidimensional

Sparklines

nD/Multidimensional

Sparklines resources

nD/Multidimensional

Radar/spider chart

nD/Multidimensional

Box and whisker plot/candlestick chart

nD/Multidimensional

Box and whisker plot/candlestick chart

nD/Multidimensional

Small multiples

nD/Multidimensional

nD/Multidimensional

Small multiples - LATimes

What a year of #drought looks like. #california #thirsty #map #gif

A video posted by Los Angeles Times (@latimes) on

nD/Multidimensional

Small multiples - LATimes

nD/Multidimensional

Small multiples resources

Network

Chord diagram

Network

Chord diagram