New presentation tool at Google
It took me four months to mention the earlier new tool from Google. Now, Gapminder has my attention. Here's the latest from the Gapminder/Google affiliation. This has the potential to be a valuable teaching tool or a way to improve student presentations.Google launches Data Explorer
Google Public Data Explorer, a new powerful visualization tool that lets you explore, visualize and share data in a “Gapminder-like” manner, was launched by Google [the week of March 8].
The new tool lets you explore data from a number of data providers such as World Bank, EuroStat, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statisitics and U.S. Census Bureau through “Bubble-charts”, maps, bar- or line charts, that you can share on your blog, web page or other media.
Three years ago, Google acquired Trendalyzer – the technology behind Gapminder World – from Gapminder. Since then, they have launched Motion Chart (a gadget that lets you make charts from you own data) and a public data search function that make it easier to find public data in a normal google search.
The new Public Data Explorer is still a Google Labs-project, which means that it is till work in progress. We hope that more data providers will make their data available through this technology to increase the use of data in the general discussion about the world.
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posted by Ken Wedding @ 7:54 AM
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Ossama Hamed of Epic Systems, a company in Egypt, left a comment for this entry about his product, "Trend Compass."
He described it this way, "TC is a new concept in viewing statistics and trends in an animated way by displaying 5 axis (X, Y, Time, Bubble size & Bubble color) instead of just the traditional X and Y axis."
It sounds like Gapminder.
The samples on EpicSystems web site seem to be beta demos.
I think they're selling their services, not offering a tool you and your students can use, like Gapminder and Google do.
You can check it out for yourself at http://www.epicsyst.com
Let us know if you find out more.
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