Is there a list of types of graphs, charts and diagrams somewhere?

January 9, 2009 11:30 AM

Has someone made a list of all the types of charts/graphs/visualization types say from the books by Bretin / Tufte / Tukey etc? Wikipedia has something similar here: Diagrams or Charts. The idea is a simple list of graph names/techniques that one can quickly scan through while planning an infoviz. Anyone?
posted by whiterussian to science & nature (4 comments total)

The Periodic Table of Visulations
posted by MeatLightning at 12:01 PM on January 9 [1 favorite has favorites]

Information Design Patterns.
posted by barchan at 12:41 PM on January 9 [1 favorite has favorites]

It’s not a list, but you should check out Information Graphics: A Comprehensive Illustrated Reference. It’s 400+ pages of examples.
posted by Jasper Friendly Bear at 8:06 PM on January 9

It’s not a list, but you should check out Information Graphics: A Comprehensive Illustrated Reference. It’s 400+ pages of examples.

Came here to suggest the same thing. This book is bound to give you some ideas.
posted by tickingclock at 8:32 PM on January 9