New bubble graph: Gapminder Agriculture

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1. Dirk Enneking

   October 16, 2009 at 8:12 pm | Permalink | Reply

   I really enjoyed Hans Rosling’s talk in Gent Sept 09 and am now trying to figure out how he got the stats into bubbles.

   Trendalyzer mutated into a google gadget “motion chart”. So far so good.

   However, Google is rather cryptic about using this feature. Their gadget wants to be configured.

   Now you announce bubbling up ag stats. Great, but where are the links to verify your claim?

   All a bit difficult to navigate for the uninitiated. Any chance of publishing where they can be found more easily?

   A good old fashioned software package for downloading would be much appreciated instead of all this up in the cloud stuff.

   Cheers

   Dirk

   Dear Dirk, thank you for your questions.

   “Now you announce bubbling up ag stats. Great, but where are the links to verify your claim?” I’m not sure I understand, links to the agriculture graph? They are posted in this very blog-post. Just click on any of the examples and they will take you there.

   “All a bit difficult to navigate for the uninitiated. Any chance of publishing where they can be found more easily?” – Yes you are absolutely right. We are working on a much better navigation for Gapminder World and sub-graphs. A system where you can choose to navigate on your own (as you do now) or browse through examples-graphs chosen by Gapminder. Stay tune at gapminder.org for some necessary updates shortly.

   “A good old fashioned software package for downloading would be much appreciated instead of all this up in the cloud stuff.” – Again, we want to make you happy Kirk, we are working on that and a downloadable version will also be available shortly.

   /Staffan, Gapminder

2. SG

   October 18, 2009 at 2:03 pm | Permalink | Reply

   Any idea when economic data will be updated for beyond 2005? Last few years have been dramatic in terms of relative economic movement among nations and it will be interesting to get a visual on that.

3. Mario Zinger

   October 19, 2009 at 12:00 am | Permalink | Reply

   Hans:

   Gapminder is excellent, I learn a lot with it, and the new Agriculture Graph also, but WHY DID YOU OMIT FORESTRY? It is one of the largest agricultural activities in the world.

4. Dirk Enneking

   October 20, 2009 at 9:08 pm | Permalink | Reply

   Hi Staffan

   Thanks for your explanations.

   The ag examples are easy to find. The graphics are great. Best is the interactivity, though I am having difficulties tracking down the links to the rest of the Ag 700 indicators.

   Do they exist yet?

   Cheers

   Dirk

   Hi Dirk, yes sorry if I misunderstood you. Yes, they do exist, open the graph (e.g. click on one example above) then simply click the indicator name on one of the axis to change it to something different. There you find all of the different indictors.

   Good luck!

   /Staffan

5. Dirk Enneking

   October 21, 2009 at 10:36 pm | Permalink | Reply

   Hi Staffan

   That hint about the axes did the trick. Amazing. Thank you very much. Cheers Dirk

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