Graphics
Below are the newer IDL Graphics functions introduced in IDL 8.0:
ARROW: Draws an arrow as an annotation to an existing graphic.
AXIS: Adds an axis to an existing graphic.
BARPLOT: Plots data as a series of rectangular bars.
BOXPLOT: Plots data as a series of box and whiskers plots.
BUBBLEPLOT: Plots (x, y) data and their magnitudes as a series of circles.
COLORBAR: Adds a colorbar annotation to an existing graphic.
COLORTABLE: Defines a custom color table.
CONTOUR: Draws a 2D contour plot for a 2D array of data.
ELLIPSE: Adds an ellipse annotation to an existing graphic.
ERRORPLOT: Draws a line plot, with error bars surrounding each vertex.
FILLPLOT: Draws two line plots and fills the area between the lines.
GETWINDOWS: Retrieves a specific graphic window or all graphics windows.
IMAGE: Displays image data in a graphics window.
LEGEND: Adds a legend to 2D or 3D plots.
MAP: Displays map data in a graphics window.
MAPCONTINENTS: Overlays map boundaries on a map in a graphics window.
MAPGRID: Plots a map graticule (or grid) onto an existing IDL map graphic.
PLOT: Draws a line plot of vector arguments.
PLOT3D: Draws a 3D plot of vector arguments.
POLARPLOT: Creates a plot using the polar coordinates R and Theta.
POLYGON: Adds a polygon annotation to an existing graphic.
POLYLINE: Plots a series of lines as an annotation to an existing graphic.
SCATTERPLOT: Plots two-dimensional data as a series of points.
SCATTERPLOT3D: Plots three-dimensional data as a series of points.
STREAMLINE: Draws a streamline plot.
SURFACE: Draws a 3D surface for a 2D array of data.
SYMBOL: Adds a symbol (with an optional text label) to the current IDL graphic at the x,y location.
TEXT: Adds a text annotation to the current graphic.
VECTOR: Draws a plot of either vectors or wind barbs.
VOLUME: Displays a visual representation of a three-dimensional array of data.
WIDGET_WINDOW: Creates a graphics widget.
WINDOW: Creates an empty graphics window.