Points Grapher: Cartesian & Polar Coordinates Plotter

Use our free online Cartesian and polar point grapher to create point and line graphs with either Cartesian or polar coordinates. This unique point plotter allows users to rotate axes, enabling the graphing of points in oblique coordinate systems.

About the Point Grapher

This online point grapher (aka coordinate plotter or point plotter) is designed to plot points in a plane. You'll provide the points as ordered pairs—with a simple format as described below.

A User-Friendly Cartesian & Polar Point Grapher

Our integrated Cartesian and polar point plotter makes graphing simple in both Cartesian and polar coordinate systems. To graph points giveb by ordered pairs (a,b), just enter them as a,b;

These pairs can represent points in either Cartesian coordinates or polar coordinates, and our plotter will graph them based on the coordinate system you choose.

By default, points are plotted in the Cartesian coordinate system. However, simply select the Polar checkbox, and our coordinate grapher will seamlessly switch to its built-in polar coordinate system. This means the components of your ordered pairs will be treated as polar coordinates—typically represented as (r,θ)—and plotted accordingly.

Our polar point plotter offers maximum flexibility, accepting angles (θ) in radians, degrees, or grades—which you can easily select.

In addition, the plotter supports axis rotation, letting you graph points in oblique coordinate systems for even more versatility.

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Cartesian Point Plotter: Graph points with Cartesian coordinates.
Point grapher: Plot points and form line graphs in Cartesian coordinate system.
Oblique Cartesian (Parallelogrammatic) Points Plotter: Graph points with coordinate axes rotated.
Oblique point grapher: Plot points and form polylines (polygon) in oblique (parallelogrammatic) Cartesian coordinate system.
Polar Points Plotter: Graph points with polar coordinates.
Polar point grapher: Plot points and create line graphs in polar coordinate system.
Oblique Polar Points Plotter: Graph points with polar axis rotated.
Oblique polar point grapher: Plot points and form line graphs in oblique polar coordinate system.
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Instructions for Using the Point Plotter

Tips - as you type:

  • pi is replaced by π.

MouseMatics: Find out how to use your mouse to rotate axes, change scales, and translate coordinate systems.

Entering Points into Point Plotter

To use our online Cartesian and polar point plotter, simply enter the points (a1,b1),(a2,b2),... as a1,b1; a2,b2; ... In other words, separate the coordinates of each point by a comma and the points themselves by a semicolon (note that parentheses are excluded); blank spaces are optional. The last semicolon is optional (see the note below).

You can use constant expressions such as 1/2+sin(π/3) for point coordinates.

Connecting Points

The point grapher allows you to connect the points with line segments to form line graphs or polygons by pressing the Connect button. This toggle button will connect the points in the focused expression box. Press it again to Unconnect the points.

Note: When connecting the points, if the last point is followed by a semicolon, the point plotter will connect it to the first point—forming a (closed) polygon.

Point Graph in Oblique Cartesian Coordinate System

One of the most intriguing features of our point grapher is its unique ability to rotate axes. The standard Cartesian coordinate system, typically referred to as the rectangular coordinate system, employs two perpendicular axes: one horizontal and one vertical. By rotating these axes, we create a Cartesian coordinate system where the axes can intersect at any angle. This is called an oblique Cartesian coordinate system or parallelogrammic Cartesian coordinate system. This naming is due to the parallelograms formed by grid lines, which are parallel to the corresponding axes.

While many texts use Cartesian coordinate system and rectangular coordinate system interchangeably, we specifically use the full term rectangular Cartesian coordinate system to distinguish it from the oblique Cartesian coordinate system that we introduce.

Our point plotter allows for unique exploration of how point graphs appear in this generalized Cartesian coordinate system, which we refer to as the oblique Cartesian coordinate system (or simply the oblique or parallelogrammic coordinate system).

By accommodating oblique axes, our point grapher offers fresh perspectives for data visualization and analysis, particularly in fields like physics, engineering, and geometry, and game development—where non-orthogonal coordinate systems help streamline complex problems.

Point Graph in Oblique Polar Coordinate System

In the standard polar coordinate system, the polar axis is drawn horizontally. However, our polar point grapher allows you to position it at any angle and orientation by rotating the polar axis. This enables you to plot any set of points in an oblique polar coordinate system.

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