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 earlier this week. It lets you explore data from a data providers such as World Bank, EuroStat, and U.S. Census Bureau and create “Bubble-charts”, maps, bar- or line charts, to share on your blog or web page.
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.
New and improved Gapminder World Most new features can be found in Gapminder World, the on-line graph that displays the development for [...]
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.
How can Swedish bi- and multilateral development cooperation be visualized?
The illustrations help answer questions such as:
- How does Sweden allocate resources to UNDP and other UN organizations over time?
- How much of the development cooperation by SIDA is allocated to Education?
- … and within Education, or any other sector, which countries and regions are the main recipients?
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.
» See video here
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”.
The lecture is given in Swedish and moderated by the science journalist Jan-Olov Johansson
Date: Monday 23 November, 2009
Time: 19:00 – [...]
Back in April Google launched a search function for US public data with interactive graphing. Today, Google has made this feature much more useful with the inclusion of 17 indicators from the World Bank, including the number of internet users, life expectancy, and a host of other indicators for most of the world’s countries.
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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.
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