Gallery: Bubble map + Map + Pictorial

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Benefits & pitfalls

Benefits & pitfalls: pictorial

Using pictures to show data values can be misleading, where different images have different areas or volumes. Wider images can lead users to think that the data values are larger, even where height is the only dimension used to represent data values.

How to create your own

Create your own: bubble map

Bubble maps can be created in a range of desktop GIS applications such as MapInfo and ArcGIS.

Create your own: pictorial

Pictorial versions of standard charts can be created in a range of standard data applications such as Excel For example in Excel, setup the chart and 'Format data series -> Fill' with Pattern or texture fill, and select a file image to use as a pictorial (you'll need to have setup the image first).

Pictorial bubble map

Pictorial bubble map showing numbers of web-service users by country. The number of headsets shows the number of users, and the colour of the headsets distinguishes between active and inactive users.

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