Almost exactly 3 years ago, in March 2007, Google acquired Gapminder’s Trendalyzer software. They have now put this technology to use and released it in the public domain.
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The Trendalyzer software allows users to access various statistics in an interactive and animated format, which is definitely much more interesting than just having to read dull details from a table. This technology is also used in motion chart gadgets, such as the Google Visualization API and Google Docs.
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Google has now launched the Public Data Explorer, which will allow users to analyse statistical data on a wide variety of subjects ranging fromunemployment rates to the fertility rates in various countries. The data is provided by reliable authorities such as the World Bank, EuroStat, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statisitics and U.S. Census Bureau.
The tool was generally expected to supplement data already available on Google Maps. While it isn’t currently available directly on Google Maps, it does make it easy and interesting to not only visualise and explore the data on a map or a graph but also to share it by embedding it or posting a direct URL to a particular data set.
The animated charts will be updated automatically so users will always receive the latest data available at the time. Users can also click on the play button to visualise the changes in data over a period of time.
@Ossama Hamed The flu trends shown on your tool are very interesting.
Does the big spike in 2008 correspond to Bird Flu?
It would be esepcially helpful if you could see news clippings for any given data point, and if you could also see data on a map, like Google does it.
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Thanks.
I don’t know if the big spike in 2008 correspond to Bird Flu, but it sure did jump a lot from 2007.
Currently we are working on having additional text displayed when hovering over a certain object in the Chart. As for maps this will take some more time. Thank you for the suggestions and good ideas.
Keep it coming.
Ossama
The following link is our new Geographical Trend Compass (Earthquake in Japan – Mag vs Depth vs Time):
http://www.epicsyst.com/test/v2/japan-earthquake
Link showing drilling feature (Parent/Child) – Just double-click on any bubble:
http://www.epicsyst.com/test/v2/drilling/
NBC presentation on TED using Trend Compass exported Videos. Now on CNN Money / Fortune (Dec 21st,2010):
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/12/21/from-laughing-to-judging-in-fifty-years-the-evolution-of-televised-emotion/