Why use GraPL?

Solutions to many problems

GraPL is the ideal tool for generating graphs for home, school, college, and business. In this section of the site we have brought together some examples of charts produced using GraPL to solve real problems. You can use this section to get an idea of what GraPL can do, and to help you develop ideas of how to use it in your own projects.

Home

Fuel consumption - This chart shows the fuel economy of our Rover from new.
Rainfall - GraPL can be used to plot the data from a simple weather station at home.

Education

This section contains many examples of how GraPL can be used to help students and teachers concentrate on their data, whilst letting the computer draw the graphs.

Paper aeroplanes - As this experiment examining the drop time of various paper aeroplanes shows, it is often easiest to see trends in data by drawing a chart.
Error bars - To correctly interperet experimental data you must take into account errors. Now GraPL makes adding error bars as simple as plotting any other data.
Population pyramids - Using GraPL population charts look good, and are simple to produce.
Rainfall - Illustrates GraPL's ability to summarise large data sets into easy to use graphs.
Kite charts - Compare multiple series with one common axis.
Distribution charts - GraPL is not limited to simple charts, you can even use it to draw maps!
Response surfaces - Visualising mathematical formulae is important in understanding their behaviour. This example illustrates how the mathematical functions in GraPL can be used to plot functions.
Box volume - This shows how GraPL can help when applying mathematical formulae to specific problems.

Business

Mobiles - Mobile phone subscribers in the UK 1998/1999.
Crude oil production - An examination of crude oil production in the Middle East in 1999.
Checkweigher data - An example of how GraPL can be used to analyse machines in a production line.