<s>
A	O
small	B-Application
multiple	I-Application
(	O
sometimes	O
called	O
trellis	B-Application
chart	I-Application
,	O
lattice	B-Application
chart	I-Application
,	O
grid	O
chart	O
,	O
or	O
panel	B-Application
chart	I-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
similar	O
graphs	O
or	O
charts	O
using	O
the	O
same	O
scale	O
and	O
axes	O
,	O
allowing	O
them	O
to	O
be	O
easily	O
compared	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
multiple	O
views	O
to	O
show	O
different	O
partitions	O
of	O
a	O
dataset	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Muybridge	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
produce	O
many	O
more	O
examples	O
of	O
small	B-Application
multiples	I-Application
showing	O
animal	O
locomotion	O
through	O
the	O
medium	O
of	O
stop-motion	O
photography	O
,	O
including	O
boys	O
playing	O
leapfrog	O
and	O
a	O
bison	O
cantering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Superintendent	O
of	O
the	O
US	O
Census	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
its	O
creation	O
,	O
Walker	O
was	O
determined	O
to	O
modernize	O
the	O
Census	O
collection	O
and	O
analysis	O
methods	O
and	O
used	O
the	O
Atlas	O
to	O
present	O
the	O
final	O
data	B-General_Concept
set	I-General_Concept
using	O
unprecedented	O
visual	O
forms	O
,	O
including	O
many	O
beautiful	O
examples	O
of	O
small	B-Application
multiples	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
graphic	O
is	O
innovative	O
in	O
its	O
use	O
of	O
both	O
a	O
treemap	O
display	O
and	O
a	O
latticed	O
layout	O
of	O
small	B-Application
multiples	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Small	B-Application
multiples	I-Application
are	O
a	O
popular	O
technique	O
in	O
cartographic	O
design	O
for	O
multivariate	O
mapping	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
the	O
small	B-Application
multiple	I-Application
chart	O
,	O
each	O
panel	O
uses	O
the	O
same	O
underlying	O
two-dimensional	O
space	O
,	O
but	O
in	O
this	O
case	O
that	O
is	O
a	O
geographic	O
space	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
common	O
use	O
of	O
small	B-Application
multiples	I-Application
is	O
to	O
show	O
change	O
in	O
spatial	O
patterns	O
over	O
time	O
,	O
as	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
an	O
animated	O
map	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
tests	O
of	O
the	O
effectiveness	O
of	O
each	O
method	O
have	O
generally	O
concluded	O
that	O
they	O
have	O
distinct	O
advantages	O
,	O
with	O
animation	O
being	O
better	O
for	O
seeing	O
trends	O
,	O
especially	O
movement	O
,	O
and	O
small	B-Application
multiples	I-Application
being	O
better	O
for	O
making	O
comparisons	O
between	O
times	O
.	O
</s>
