Windrose

A windrose is used mostly by meteorologist. It helps to tell them the wind speed and direction of a weather pattern in an area.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Wind_rose_plot.jpg

Climograph

A climograph is a graph that shows the rainfall and temperature of a specific region over the course of a certain time period and for a certain place.

http://arsc.arid.arizona.edu/migratory/case_studies/mazatlan-climograph.jpg

Population Profile

This map shows the percent change in population in each of the 50 states. The darker the shade of then the higher the percent change.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/2000-census-percent-change.png

Scatterplot

A scatterplot is used to show the results of data using 2 variables. A trend line is usually drawn to try and make the data a little easier to explain.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Oldfaithful3.png

Lorenz curve

It is used by many economists to explain wealth and social inequality. It can be used to show what proportion of the households hold what percent of the wealth.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Lorenz-curve1.png

Bilateral graph

A bilateral graph uses 2 or more variables and shows their overlap. If you add all of the variables together they will equal the whole in each year. In this graph it shows what happened to all of the trainees and experts in this specific company.

http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/oda/category/environment/pamph/2001/image/1_3.gif

Standardized choropleth map

This map shows the distribution of cervical cancer among women in areas. The brighter the color the more cases.

http://www.geovista.psu.edu/VIT/images/cervicalCancer_valueByAlpha.jpg