Lorenz Curve

A Lorenz Curve, sometimes known as an accumulative line graph, is a graph that generally is used to express inequality. Often the subject of these graphs is wealth distribution in a population. A line of equality is drawn to emphasize how severe the differential may be as you can see above.

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Population Profile

The image above is a population profile depicting the number of males in Northern Ireland in 1971. The graph spans from zero to ninety years old and in viewing the data in a graph format we are able to see the difference in the population as well as find an age where each gender has roughly the same number of individuals.

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Cartographic Animation

Cartographic animations are a great way to show changes and shifts in the Earth's atmosphere or surface over a period of time. By using both cartography and graphic art people are able to present these changes as the animation above shows the shifts of the wind velocity magnitudes on a global scale. Again a shading scale is used to capture these shifts.

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Correlation Matrix

A correlation matrix, as the name suggests, is a matrix dedicated to presenting correlations in a pair of data sets based on gathered statistical values.

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Similarity Matrix

Similarity plots compare a variety of variables to find patterns within the data collected. The plots generally are used to find similarities present in the data. The image above is such a plot showing relative commonalities between those listed along the graph.

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Climograph

Climographs are a unique way to show the weather of a certain region, including temperature and precipitation, in a graph format. They incorporate two types of graphs into one using a line graph to represent the temperature and a bar graph to represent the amount of precipitation as is shown in this climograph of Memphis, Tennessee.

http://southhill.vsb.bc.ca/Departments/Humanities/Geogpraphy/Kyle/Notes/2_Atmosphere/Interactive_climate_map/climographs/memphis.jpg

Windrose Diagram

A windrose diagram graphs the direction and speed of the wind in a certain location.  As is shown in this windrose, color is often used to indicate specific ranges of wind speed.

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