A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods
The Periodic Table of Visualization Methods , hosted by the impressive Swiss Visual Literacy project, is the most comprehensive visualization taxonomy I have seen.
It divides visualisations into…
- Data,
- Information,
- Concept,
- Strategy,
- Metaphor, and
- Compound Visualizations.
Each of these is then classified as a…
- process or
- structure visualization,
… and further subdivided into whether they show…
- detail,
- overview, or
- detail and overview,
… and whether they support
- convergent or
- divergent thinking.