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Gapminder Desktop launched
Now you can use Gapminder World – with all its indicators – from your own computer, even when you have no Internet. Just download and install the brand new Gapminder Desktop.
Free data from the World Bank
Yesterday (April 20, 2010) the World Bank reveiled that it will offer free access to a huge amount of development statistics. This bold and longly awaited step to liberate the data gives students, researchers, designers, journalists and organizations access to important statistics.
Google launches Data Explorer
Today Google launched “Public Data Explorer”, a new powerful visualization tool that lets you explore, visualize and share data in a “Gapminder-like” manner. It lets you explore statistics and create “Bubble-charts”, maps, bar- or line charts, to share on your blog or web page.
A brand new Gapminder.org
As you can see, Gapminder’s web site has got a facelift, but also some helpful new features. Here are the most important new features that will help you explore the world with Gapminder.
Rosling on “100 top global thinker”-list
Hans Rosling, founder and director of Gapminder, is one of the world’s “100 most important global thinkers” of 2009, according to Foreign Policy Magazine.
Visualizing Swedish development aid
Using Googles Motion Chart and tools from IBM, we have tried to visualize the data on Sweden’s development aid. The graphs can be found under Gapminder Labs.
Asia’s rise – Hans Rosling at TEDIndia in new video
At TEDIndia, the first ever TED-conference in Asia, Hans Rosling spoke about the rise of Asia and showed how the region has developed over the last 150 years.
Open Lecture with Hans Rosling (in Swedish)
Monday 23 November, Hans Rosling will give an open lecture at Uppsala University. The title of the lecture is “Civil War, Aid, Competition and Latte – a fact based view on four types of countries”.
New: Country graphs in Google search
From today, a simple google-search for certain development indicators from the World Bank directly generats a graph in a one-box.
New bubble graph: Gapminder Agriculture
Which country has the biggest grain production? Who produce most fruits, vegetables, nuts, coffee or other crops? And who raises most sheeps, cows, or other livestock?
Now you can see agricultural production in a complete new Gapminder Graph. With data from FAO, we have collected over 700 indicators to show how agricultural production has changed over the last 45 years.
