[Yr7-10it] Google Labs, Public Data Explorer

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

This seems interesting ..

 http://www.google.com/publicdata/home

Google Labs: Data visualizations for a changing world

​The Google Public Data Explorer makes large datasets easy to explore, 
visualize and communicate. As the charts and maps animate over time, the 
changes in the world become easier to understand. You don't have to be a 
data expert to navigate between different views, make your own 
comparisons, and share your findings. 

Explore the data

Students, journalists, policy makers and everyone else can play with the 
tool to create visualizations of public data, link to them, or embed them 
in their own webpages. Embedded charts and links can update automatically 
so you’re always sharing the latest available data. 

Here’s an example of an embedded visualization: ​This chart correlates 
life expectancy and number of children per woman for most economies of 
the world. The bubble sizes show population, and the colors represent 
different regions of the world. You can also click on the play button to 
see data change over time. The Explore data link in the bottom right 
corner brings you to the explore tool that lets you play with the data by 
highlighting regions, switching variables, or even adjusting the scale. 

Learn more by visiting our FAQ and checking out our tutorial ..

​This is a Google Labs project, which means it's work in progress. 

We are making it available now to gather feedback, but also to get in 
contact with public data providers who want to try publishing some data 
on this new platform. If you have data that deserves a broader audience, 
please tell us about it. 

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Cheers Chris,
(via a tweet)
Steve Loosley