Chart Types
Posts related to my documented research into the different charts types that I’ve discovered.
While I’m no longer updating the main page with new visualization methods, I’m still continuing to research into different chart types, which you can find in these posts below.
Examining the use of this ranged-focused variation of an Area Graph, along with examples.
This variation of an Area Graph is used to emphasise comparisons more than the trends.
Here’s a way of visualising a part-to-a-whole relationship changing over time
Let’s look this graph enhancement that offers more detail and context to data changing over time.
A chart for displaying the distribution of seats in a parliamentary government or election result.
Exploring what’s known about this mysterious chart type from Japan’s past.
The potential start of a new post series exploring new chart types in brief with examples.
Deciding on a chart is not as simple as identifying which can display the right number of variables, but it can be a helpful starting point.
Exploring some historical examples of Japanese data visualisation and the charts that were invented there.
An attempt at clarifying their differences.
Which chart type do I select to communicate a particular message and/or analyse the property of a dataset?
Looking at projects that have used 3D Treemaps that use extrusion to visualise an additional variable.
Continuing on at exploring 3D Treemaps, this post takes a look at Treemaps that use spheres or cyclinders in their design.
Looking through 3D Treemaps that use a cube design, such as the Information Cube, the Treecube, and the Magic Treemap Cube.
Here’s a list of different charts that can be combined with an Arc Diagram to display additional data.
Looking at: Lollipop Chart, Triangle Bar Chart, Back-To-Back Bar Chart, Progressive Bar Chart, Waterfall Chart, Change Bar Chart, Pareto Chart and more.
Here are 34 different charts that you can combine a Proportional Area Chart with.
Exploring some of the different ways Proportional Area Charts can be used.
Exploring the many variations of Isochrone Maps from both the past and present.
I wanted to document all variations of Tile Grid Maps that I’ve come across and also draw combinations that I think are possible.
