Pitney Bowes MapInfo Professional - Manual (Page 145)

• 3D Floating Cube - Each value being measured, such as population, is displayed as a cube. The
value is indicated by the placement of the cube in the graph. Cubes that have higher values appear
to float within the graph.
• 3D Floating Sphere - This graph is the same as the 3D Floating Cube, except that each value being
measured is displayed as a sphere.
• 3D Line - The values being measured for a category, such as a country or a city, are displayed as a
continuous line across the axis. The line will dip and spike according to the values.
• 3D Pyramid - Each value being measured is displayed as a 3-dimensional pyramid. This graph is
based on a bar graph-the higher the value, the taller the pyramid.
• 3D Round - This graph is the same as the 3D Bar graph, except that the values are displayed as
cylinders instead of bars.
Area Graphs
Area graphs display cumulated totals as numbers or percentages over time. You view your graph series
as an area, where the area from the X axis to the plot line of the data series is filled in with a pattern or
color. You can choose from the following templates:
• Clustered - A clustered area graph draws area risers overlapping each other to show the absolute
relationship between data series.
• Percent - The percent area graph is an area version of a pie graph whose parts total 100%. Each
group calculates the percent of the total required for each series. The axis goes from 0 to 100%.
• Stacked - The area risers are stacked on top of each other. The axis is the cumulative total of all the
groups.
Bar Graphs
Bar graphs display proportional relationships over time by using horizontal or vertical bars, whose lengths
are proportional to quantities.
• Clustered - The clustered bar graph is a side-by-side group of bars. This is the standard type of
two-dimensional graph.
• Percent - The percent bar graph is a bar-graph representation of a pie graph. Each group calculates
the percent of the total required for each series. The axis goes from 0 to 100%.
• Stacked - The stacked bar graph displays stacked groups of bars. Each stack is made up of all series
in this group, added up to obtain a total. The axis is the total value of the cumulative points.
Bar charts are more accurate than pie charts, because distances are more accurately estimated than
areas. Do not use bar graphs for:
• Comparisons. Instead use one-dimensional scatterplots.
• Larger data sets. Instead, use line charts.
Bubble Graphs
Bubble graphs plot values on an X-Y axis and compare a third value, Z, by the size of the markers in
the graph. The bubble graph requires three values per marker, X, Y, and Z, in that order. Another way
to think of it is that the graph is an X-Y plot where the marker size depends on a third value, Z.
Column Graphs
Column graphs display observations over time or under different conditions. This type of graph is effective
with smaller data sets.
• Clustered - Each group of columns for a category are clustered together.
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Chapter 6: Graphing Your Data