Multiple figures layout

Question

I have 5 figures: A, b, c, d, e. I have a question in laying out multi-figures like below:

---------
 A | b c
 A | d e           {  A  } is a single long figure using multirow
---------             A

A is a long figure, and b, c, d and e are small square figures. I tried to use multirow to create one. But it works bad. The figures generated by my code is like this:

 --------
    | b c 
 A  | d e
 A
 --------

My code is here:

    \begin{table*}[t]
\begin{tabular}{ccc} 
\multirow{2}{*}{  
      \includegraphics[width = 0.2\textwidth]{figs/cluster/gMaps.eps}
    } &  
    \includegraphics[width = 0.2\textwidth]{figs/cluster/2.eps}
  &   
    \includegraphics[width = 0.2\textwidth]{figs/cluster/5.eps}
  \\   &  
    \includegraphics[width = 0.2\textwidth]{figs/cluster/10.eps}
  &  
    \includegraphics[width = 0.2\textwidth]{figs/cluster/20.eps}
  \\ 
\end{tabular}
\end{table*}

How can I create the layout?

Answer 1

I would suggest do create a new column type. This works with the \newcolumntype Maybe take a look at this post. In your situation this might look like this:

\newcolumntype{VC}[1]{>{\centering}m{#1}}

% write some stuf

\begin{tabular}{VC{0.2\textwidth}VC{0.2\textwidth}VC{0.2\textwidth}}
%now you should be able to do your multirow stuff

Hopefully this helps.

Answer 2

Actually, I got a solution. I use multrow{3}. The result generated is good for me. Below is the code:

\begin{figure*}[!t]

  \begin{center}
    \begin{tabular}{ccc}
    \multirow{3}{*}{\subfigure[Original Check-in Distribution]{\includegraphics[height=25em]{figs/cluster/gMaps.eps}}} & & 
\\
    & \subfigure[\( k^{+} = 2 \)  ]{\includegraphics[width=0.21\textwidth]{figs/cluster/EII_2.eps}} &   
    \subfigure[\( k^{+} = 5\) ]{\includegraphics[width=0.21\textwidth]{figs/cluster/EII_5.eps}} \\
    & \subfigure[\( k^{+} = 10 \) ]{\includegraphics[width=0.21\textwidth]{figs/cluster/EII_10.eps}} &  
    \subfigure[\( k^{+} = 20 \) ]{\includegraphics[width=0.21\textwidth]{figs/cluster/EII_20.eps}} \\
    \end{tabular}

 \caption{Clustering Result}
    \label{fig:cluster}
  \end{center}

\end{figure*}

Hope this could help other latex users.