Visualization VocabularyDataviz vocabulary

Explanatory diagrams

The 7 annotated drawings that explain how to read a chart. Each one leads to the entries of the terms it covers.

box plot, whisker
Terms explained: box plot, whisker; Drawing: Adrien Taudière (CC0); Download: SVG, PDF
chart
Terms explained: chart; Drawing: Adrien Taudière (CC0); Download: SVG, PDF
donut chart, pie chart, polar area chart, polar coordinates, radar chart, radial bar chart, sunburst
Terms explained: donut chart, pie chart, polar area chart, polar coordinates, radar chart, radial bar chart, sunburst; Drawing: Adrien Taudière (CC0); Download: SVG, PDF
bivariate map, cartogram, choropleth map, contour map, dasymetric map, Dorling cartogram, dot density map, flow map, hexbin map, proportional symbol map, tile map, wind map
Terms explained: bivariate map, cartogram, choropleth map, contour map, dasymetric map, Dorling cartogram, dot density map, flow map, hexbin map, proportional symbol map, tile map, wind map; Drawing: Adrien Taudière (CC0); Download: SVG, PDF
thematic map
Terms explained: thematic map; Drawing: Adrien Taudière, after Dent et al. 2009, fig. 1.3, for the top of the tree (CC0); Download: SVG, PDF
alluvial diagram, alluvial plot, parallel sets, Sankey diagram
Terms explained: alluvial diagram, alluvial plot, parallel sets, Sankey diagram; Drawing: Adrien Taudière (CC0); Download: SVG, PDF
channel ranking
Terms explained: channel ranking; Drawing: Adrien Taudière (CC0); Download: SVG, PDF