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.
New Google feature: “public data search”
Google has just launched a new search feature that makes it possible to search and compare public data in an interactive graph. In this first version, data for unemployment, for all US states and districts, are available and the results are very interesting: Click this link to see and investigate US unemployment rate Also read Read more …
Upload data
Please contact Gapminder if you or your organization has data that might be interesting to display in Gapminder World or a similar graph. Please explain the type of data you have and how it was collected and we will see how and if it can be displayed in a Gapminder graph. Typically such a display Read more …
Chimpanzees know better?
A lecture from Google Zeitgeist 2007. Hans Rosling uses Gapminder World to shed light on differences in the way we live.
History
Gapminder Foundation was founded in Stockholm by Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund and Hans Rosling on February 25, 2005. The initial activity was to pursue the development of the Trendalyzer software. This software unveils the beauty of statistical time series by converting boring numbers into enjoyable, animated and interactive graphics. The current version of Trendalyzer Read more …
10 Years In, 10 Years Out
OIL, HIV, CO2, USD. – Four topics, four acronyms. Full lecture with Hans Rosling from 2008.
