Box plot

www.physics.csbsju.edu/stats/box2.html

A boxplot is graph that shows groups of numerical data. It shows central location, average, and measures of dispersion. Above is an example of a boxplot.

Histogram

www.leanmanufacturingconcepts.com/LeanTool_TQ...

A Histogram shows tabulated frequencies in order o analyze the variations of data within the intervals of the variables. This histogram is showing defects in distribution weekly.

Parallel coordinate graph

rosuda.org/mondrian/Mondrian.html

A Parallel coordinate graph is a that plots each variable on a vertical axis and is connected by a set of points. They can be used to show different relationships among different variable on the vertical axis plotted. This graph shows the relationships of the the ingredients of olive oil.

Triangular plot

http://addictedtor.free.fr/graphiques/RGraphGallery.php?graph=76

A Triangular plot graphs three different variables that add up to one piece of information. The variable are often some type of terrain and are in a triangle form. This graph shows soil textures defined as proportions of clay, sand, and silt.

Windrose

www.climate.washington.edu/climate.html

A Windrose is a graph typically used by meteorologists to show wind speed and the direction of the wind for a certain area.The graph is circular and shows the wind speeds blowing in certain directions. This Windrose shows wind speeds in Knots in Washington state.

Climograph

www.washburn.edu/.../tfry/Climate%20article.htm

A Climograph is a graph that can give a depiction of the monthly precipitation and temperature conditions for a given area or region. The bar graph shows the precipitation and the line graph shows the temperature. This graph shows precipitation and temperature in Moscow, Russia.

Population profile

camellia.shc.edu/.../statisticsassign.htm

A population profile or population pyramid shows age and sex distributions for a given region. It uses a vertical and horizontal scale to show the percent of population and the age class. This graph is a 1998 Census population graph of Mobile County, Alabama.

Scatterplot

psyc.queensu.ca/~frostlab/sun98.html

A Scatterplot is a line graph that is able to show how strong or weak a certain type of data is relative to another type of data that is being compared. If the dots are close together, the relationship is strong and if the dots are spread out, the relationship is weak. This graph shows the actual breaking point relative to the start of the breaking process in bicycle riders.

Index value plot

www.techmind.org/blog/index.html

An index value plot is a graph that can be visualized and works to compare a historical average, or index value to a certain number of subsequent values. This graph shows stock market trends by using an index value, then showing plotted daily values to ultimately find a trend.

Accumulative line graph or Lorenz curve

www.sarpn.org.za/documents/d0000990

A Lorenz Curve is a graph that is unique in that it gives a worded and graph view of the actual amount of something and the amount of something if it were equally distributed. It uses an x and y axis and is often used for income and poverty. The above graph shows the poverty trends in South Africa.

Bilateral graph

www.msl.ri.cmu.edu/projects/teleop/

A bilateral graph is much like a line graph in the way it is plotted. The main difference is that a bilateral graph can show positive and negative information or data as well. This graph shows the amount of control of the human risk with the use of computers.

nominal area choropleth map

www.leelasstudio.com/html/frenchisee_decesion...

A nominal area choropleth map in which the variables or data shown are only given as nominal data and do not rank or show the data in ordinal form. This map is a map of India and shows the locations of an Indian Company in no particular order.

Unstandardized Choropleth Map

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_ancestry

An unstandardized map is a choropleth map that gives data that is divided up but not ranked or correlated to any type of statistics, actual numbers, or percentages. This map shows the ancestral descent of most of the people in each state of the United States. Blue is for German, Orange for Mexican, purple for English and so on.

Standardized choropleth map

https://courseware.e-education.psu.edu/courses/geog484/L06_cg.html

A Standard Choropleth map shows data aerially with divisions or borders to separate it. It will give the data in some type of unit that is usually averaged out. This map shows the United States population in 1999.

Univiariate Choropleth Map

www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2007/oct/07_0091.htm

A Univariate map is one that only shows one set of data. This map shows the location of counties in which poverty rates are at least two standard deviations lower than the national mean and comes from a national census website.

Bivariate choropleth maps

www.geocities.com/stevejford/new_page_2.htm

A bivariate choropleth map displays 2 variables on a single map by combining two different sets of graphic symbols or numbers. The above image shows land use, life expectancy, and GNP per capita in Africa in 1989.

Unclassed Choropleth Map

http://www.mapresso.com/screenshots.html

An unclassed choropleth map does not classify the data, but simply show as many different colors as there is areal units. This map shows different economic breakdowns of the regions such as economy, education, population, and so on.

Classed choropleth maps

www.ilstu.edu/~jrcarter/Geo204/Choro/

A classed choropleth map is an aerial map that breaks that colors on the map into a specific and small number, usually four, that give a data range for that area corresponding to the quantity of data in the color key. The map above shows the amount of males to females in the United States from the Census statistics in 2000.

range graded proportional circle map

http://www.d.umn.edu/geog/cartfolder/HTML%20Pages/Map-Types.htm

A range graded proportional circle map is a map that uses circles to show data that are divided into groups with the idea to make the size of the circle to correlate directly to the quantity for that data given in the symbol key. The above map shows population in Europe.

Continuously variable proportional circle map

www.lib.utexas.edu/.../west_germany_ind_1972.jpg

A continuously variable proportional circle map is a map that uses circles to show variables in the sizes of the data given. This particular map shows major industries in West Germany by using the different size Circe's.

DOQQ map

www.pasda.psu.edu/tutorials/arcgis/doq.asp

A DOQQ is a digitized image of an aerial photograph corrected for displacements caused by camera angle and relief with a purpose of creating true geographic proportions. DOQQ is abbreviated for Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quadrangle. The above image is from a Pennsylvania spatial data website.

DEM map

www.humboldt.edu/.../350_maps_airphotos.html

A dem is a digital elevation model, and is a digital representation of ground surface topography or terrain using raster grid or triangle irregular network. This image is from a Geomorphology website and is over Chittenden, California.

DLG map

www.outintheboonies.com/Tosohatchee/

DLG stands for Digital Line Graph and are digital vector representations of cartographic information. In other words, a geological survey map used to show themes like roads, rivers, railroads, etc. The above map is a DLG map that shows hiking trails, camping sites, and other information from the Tosohatchee wildlife management area.

DRG map

www.tccycling.com/reports/tahoe/stanford-paig...

DRG is short for Digital Raster Graphic. A DRG is a digital representation of a hard copy USGS Standard Series Topo map. DRG's are sometimes created by scanning the original hard copy map and then georeferencing the image so that it has positional coordinates and can be used in mapping applications. They are also refreshed on an annual basis. The above map is of Auburn state recreation area and is a DRG map.

Isopleth Map

www.weathernotebook.org/features/winters.html

An Isopleth map is a map that uses lines or colors to represent similar regional aspects, or areas with equal value of a certain dimension. Those dimensions may include temperature, elevation, rainfall, and so on. This map is of the United States and Canada and shows mean annual snowfall.

Isopach Map

pubs.usgs.gov/.../USGS_3D/ssx_txt/petrol.htm

An isopach is a line on a map drawn through points of equal thickness of a certain unit of area. The above map is from a oil field in Powder River Basin, in Wyoming and Montana. The map shows the amounts of a certain type of Sandstone called Sussex "B".

Isohyet Map

www.irrigation.gov.mm/water/climateandrainfal...

An Isohyet is a line drawn on a map in order to connect points that have equal amounts of rainfall. The maps above show the precipitation of Myanmar in millimeters. The map comes from an irrigation website with conversation about agriculture and cropping in relation to rainfall.

Isotachs

www.spc.noaa.gov/.../thompson/3may99/waf.htm

Isotachs are lines on a map connecting points of equal wind speed. The map above shows the Midwestern to western United States and Southwest Canada with some isotachs and wind speeds written with the isotachs.

Isobar lines

www.weatheronline.co.uk/reports/wxfacts/Isoba...

Isobars represent lines of constant pressure and on surface maps they can represent stational pressure readings reduced to sea level in order to eliminate the effects of the different heights of reporting stations. This surface map shows isobars as well as highs, lows, trough's, and ridge's.

Lidar mapping

coralreefs.wr.usgs.gov/mapping_lidar.html

Lidar mapping is commonly used for acquiring high resolution topographic data that uses airborne laser ranging with light detection. This image is of South Moloka's reef tract which is a reef in the pacific.

Doppler Radar

atoc.colorado.edu/.../weather/charley/index.htm

Doppler radar image's have a smaller range than other radar images because they use a higher pulse frequency. Although the range becomes smaller, they are able to measure higher wind speeds than a normal radar can handle. This is an image over the Tampa Bay, Florida area using Doppler Radar.

Black and White aerial photo

ndep.nv.gov/hwad/hwadb27c.htm

In contrast to colored photography, black and white are less expensive to produce and store and the black and white photos tend to have a little bit of a sharper image. This is a photo taken from Hawthorne, Nevada where the government had to inspect old underground piping because it was hazardous and outlines potential plans to fix the problems.

Infrared Aerial Photo

www.salomonkroonenberg.nl/wetenschap.html

Infrared aerials photos or any infrared for that matter are displayed with a sensitivity to infrared light. They use an infrared filter to let all of the light except the visible light through to the spectrum. This is what causes it to look red. This photo is from the coal fires in XingJiang, China.

Remote Sensing/Google Earth

http://wdssii.nssl.noaa.gov/geotiff_new/

This image is a remote sensing map shown on Google Earth from a severe weather monitoring website. This particular map is a continuous radar of the United States. The map is real time and can be used to forecast bad weather and potentially catastrophic disasters for preparation.

Cartographic Animation

www.3dnworld.com/gallery.php?user=CHanson

A cartographic animation is a map that tries to show a visual image that would be difficult to show on a still image. The main goal is to show the depiction of change in the map. They usually show change over time and can be temporal or non temporal. This is a map of Galveston, Texas that shows a storm surge of 20 feet or so.

Statistical Map

www.eia.doe.gov/neic/graphs/maps.htm

A statistical map uses mostly colors and shading in order to portray the statistical breakdown of information it is targeting. The map is usually broken down into separate units with colors that correspond directly to a stat key to indicate what the colors mean. In this statistical map of the United States, average revenue per killowatthour is shown and relates to a key to indicate the differences in each state.

Cartogram

www.poorandstupid.com/2004_11_07_chronArchive.asp

A Cartogram distorts a maps shape and size in order to portray a certain variable or measurement. In this map of the United States the electoral votes are broken down by state. The states with more electoral votes are bigger and the states with less are small. The colors show rather the states are more Republican or Democratic.

Flow Map

mundi.net/maps/maps_014/

A flow map is a map that shows the movement of just about anything. It can be people, goods, disease, communications traffic, and so on. This particuliar map shows the flow of telephone traffic between countries in Europe. The map uses different thickness in the red lines to show how much volume of telephone traffic is traveling between those countires.

Isoline Map of Europe

echo.epfl.ch/VICAIRE/mod_1b/chapt_2/text.htm

An Isoline map is basically a topographic map that uses mostly contour lines to show things such as amount of rainfall, rock thickness, windspeed, air pressure among other things. This is a map of part of Europe and show the amount of rainfall, how long it lasts, and how intense it is. It would be called a isohyets type of isoline. They are used quite a bit in meteorology.

proportional circle map

www.geog.ucsb.edu/.../proportional_symbols.html

A proportional circle map is a map that gives information on different data such as population size or density by using different size circles. This is a map of Europe from 2004 and shows how many Internet users there are in certain areas of Europe. The bigger the circles are the more Internet users there are in that area and the smaller the circle, the less there are in that area.

choropleth map

www.ilstu.edu/~jrcarter/Geo204/Choro/Tom/

A choropleth map is a thematic map that is shaded to a certain degree of darkness relative to the density of the information that it is trying to present. For example, this map of Florida shows the percent of Hispanics per county. The darkest green is 35.7 to 57.3 percent and correlates to the map as Dade and a few other South Florida Counties. The lightest shade is 1.5 to 3.9 percent and most of the Northern and some central counties are in this range.

Dot Distribution Map

www.mulchblog.com/2008/04/
A Dot Distribution Map is really a Thematic Map that uses dots to indicate distribution and the density of population of a particular area off the map. This map shows the recipients of disaster relief payments in 11 or more of the last 21 years. The dark dots represent more payments.

Propaganda Map

fanonite.org/2008/02/11/gaza-wipe-it-off-the-map/

A propaganda map is a map that tries to persuade the people that see it to believe what the map is trying to say. It often has to do with politics, and often during some type of tension or war between different countries. This particular has to do with one of the oldest standing conflicts in human history. Arabs and Jews! The link to the story will give the details, but this is basically a pro-Arab point of view and persuasion.

http://geo.haifa.ac.il/~bargal/book-kkl.htm

Hypsometric map of France

www.maps.com/map.aspx?pid=1316

A hyspmetric map is a map that looks to show contours with shading and tinting. This particular map is of France and the green, orange and beige contrasts are the shaded colors used.

PLSS Map of Franklin County, Alabama

www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~alfrankl/landmapfr...

This is a map of Franklin County, Alabama from a website that is used for tracing ancestry and roots. The map itself gives a breakdown of the different townships and Ranges. PLSS, or Public Land Survey Systems are basically a series of separate surveys. They are broken down from medians, townships, sections, and lots. Their purpose is to divide and describe land in the United States.

Cadastral map from 1912

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amungula_Parish,_Murray
A Cadastral map is usually the "joining" together of different survey plans by the cartographer. They are used for the administration of land to show ownership of parcels. This particular map is of Bherwerre Parish in St. Vincent in New South Whales. It shows the boundaries of the Parish before 1915 and what portions were transferred to Commonwealth of the Jervis Bay Territory after 1915.

Thematic map Province in Philippines

www.nscb.gov.ph/.../Maps/Poverty.htm

This is a thematic map of the Province of Leyte. It shows the breakdown of crime against property by different shades of colors for the different areas and a corresponding number to match the values. A thematic map is a map that emphasizes an imparticular statistic or geographic element. In contrast to a thematic map, a typical reference map would usually show less specifics of a larger number of different geographic distributions.

Topographic Map of Tajikistan

This is a topographic map of the country Tajikistan. A topographic map is a map that shows the relief of elevation and depth. The purpose in contrast to a planimetric map is to show vertical and horizontal features of the terrain on the map. In this map, to the upper right hand corner is a scale to reference just how many meters the elevation is in certain areas of Tajikistan.


http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/tajikistan_topographic_map