Nominal Area Choropleth Maps

http://andrewgelman.com/2007/10/some_cool_graph/

 
  Nominal area choropleth maps depict nominal area which is quantitative and random. The different colors on these types of choropleth maps depict variations in data. This particular nominal area choropleth map is broken into two divisions: the political party selections per state based upon the poor voters only. The blue colored states represent the democratic party and the red colored states represent the republican party.

Climograph

https://africawiki.wikispaces.com/Rwanda+Climate

     A climograph shows how precipitation and temperature correspond during different times of the year. The precipitation is given in bar graph format and the temperature is plotted like a line graph. Together, these two characteristics create the climograph. This example shows the correspondence of precipitation and temperature for Rwanda from January to December with the rainfall measured in inches. With this type of graph, we can easily see that there is a greater amount of precipitation when there are lower temperatures in Rwanda.

Parallel Coordinate Maps

http://vis.lbl.gov/Events/SC07/Drosophila/

    These types of maps are used to show high-dimensional geometry and to analyze data that is multivariate. The above shows the parallel coordinate map of nine selected genes for all cells within the body.

Isohyets

http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/field/pastures-and-rangelands/establishment/clover/part-f---choosing-the-right-sub-clover-v

Isohyets are line that connect areas of equal rainfall amounts. These values can change over different seasons and also over longer periods. This example shows the isohyets in Southwestern Australia. With isohyets, it is easy to observe how rainfall amounts increase as we move toward the coast.

Isotachs

https://www.e-education.psu.edu/meteo241/scatterometry

     Isotachs are lines on a map that show areas of constant wind speed. Wind can also be used to track storm systems. Winds speeds at high spatial resolution through ground station is difficult and expensive, so wind speeds can now be detected through remote sensing satellites; these satellites give us a higher spatial resolution yet they do not always calculate accurate wind speeds. In this example, we can see how the winds from Hurricane Ike are depicted though using this remotely sensed data. Hurricanes create large pressure gradients in concentric circles from the eye; the isotachs are shown in the concentric circles and they show greater wind speed closer to the eye.

Isopachs

http://gulf.rice.edu/modBdel.html

     This map contains isopachs, which are lines connecting points beneath which a particular stratum or group of strata has the same thickness. This example shows the isopach of flood deposits along the Brazos River in Texas. It shows the thickness of sediment deposits from flood and uses colors to distinguish more easily between the different levels. The thickness of the deposits is measured in centimeters.

Pictograph

http://www.eriecanal.org/maps.html

     This is a pictograph: a map that conveys its meaning through its pictorial resemblance to a physical object. This example combines some of the features of a planimetric map in the way that it can show boundaries yet it also depicts what is in those bounded areas with more images. These images usually convey certain characteristics that are well known for an area. This pictograph of example of New York uses images of well known buildings.