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Benefits & pitfalls: line chart

Line-charts imply that data is continuously changing. If your data is discrete you might consider a bar-chart instead.

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Create your own: area chart

Area charts can be created in a range of standard data applications such as Excel.

Language usage chart

Charts the usage of certain phrases over time on historical and contemporary sources.

Average rating: 2 (1 votes)

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Line area graph

This visualisation presents the number of foreign high school students in the US in 2008 and contrast it with the number of US students going abroad. The total volume of students is represented by the area covered by the lines.

Average rating: 5 (6 votes)

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Map and line chart showing Napoleon's retreat from Moscow

Famous visualisation showing Napoleon's advance on Moscow (in brown), and subsequent retreat (in black). The x,y co-ordinates show the armies position over time, with the width of the line representing the size of Napoleon's army. The line-chart at the bottom shows the temperature during the retreat. Note the catastrophic crossing of river Stultienska on November 28th, with the temperature at -20 'Reamur' (-16 Celsius).

Average rating: 9.5 (14 votes)

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