DLGs, or Digital Line Graphs, are very similar to DRG's, however instead or useing the raster, 'dot' or pixel style of creating a GIS image, these use 'line' or vector data to create their representation. Below is a perfect example of an image created using the very populat ArcGIS system, specifically ArcView, which can create both raster and vector images.
Found - http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-471/graphics/omeara/fig3.jpg
This blog is a map catalog in which I am displaying fifty different types of maps and a tid-bit of information that looks into the purpose of the map!