Visualization Types

Visualization Types

Visualization Types denotes the variety of different representational forms available to express.

Categorizing visualizations in not an exact science and there are several possible dimensions

• The nature of the data (temporal, categorical, numerical etc.)
• The relationships between different data dimensions
• The mapping from data space into visualization space
• Aesthetic choices in constructing the represenation
• The objective of the visualization

Catalog

An indicative list:

• Line Graphs
  • Line Plot
  • Area Graph
  • Stacked Area Graph
  • Kagi Chart
• X-Y Plot
  • Scatterplot
• Bar Charts
  • Bar Chart
  • Stacked Bar Graph
  • Multi-set Bar Chart
  • Box and Whisker Plot
  • OHLC Chart
  • Bubble Chart
  • Bullet Graph
  • Candlestick Chart
• Radial Charts
  • Radar Chart
  • Radial Bar Chart
  • Radial Column Chart
  • Spiral Plot
  • Pie Chart
  • Sunburst Diagram
• Distributions
  • Density Plot
  • Violin Plot
  • Error Bars
• Histograms
• Contingency Tables
  • Marimekko Chart
  • Mosaic Chart
• Diagrams
  • Arc Diagram
  • Brainstorm (Mind Map)
  • Chord Diagram
  • Flow Chart
  • Illustration Diagram
  • Network Diagram
  • Sankey Diagram
  • Timeline
  • Tree Diagram
  • Venn Diagram
• Tables
  • Calendar
  • Gantt Chart
  • Heatmap
  • Stem & Leaf Plot
  • Tally Chart
  • Time Table
• Maps/Geographical
  • Bubble Map
  • Choropleth Map
  • Connection Map
  • Dot Map
  • Flow Map
• Other / Specialty
  • Population Pyramid
  • Circle Packing
  • Donut Chart
  • Dot Matrix Chart
  • Nightingale Rose Chart
  • Parallel Sets
  • Pictogram Chart
  • Parallel Coordinates Plot
  • Point & Figure Chart
  • Span Chart
  • Stream Graph
  • Proportional Area Chart
  • Treemap
  • Word Cloud