| Clipped from: Google launches tool for searching public data | Relevant Results - CNET News |
Google launches tool for searching public data
Google Public Data Explorer went live Monday, accompanied by the requisite blog post. The site takes public data regarding schools, population, crime, and even names to construct charts and graphs that help illustrate trends.
| Clipped from: Official Google Blog: Statistics for a changing world: Google Public Data Explorer in Labs |
Statistics for a changing world: Google Public Data Explorer in Labs
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With the Data Explorer, you can mash up data using line graphs, bar graphs, maps and bubble charts. The visualizations are dynamic, so you can watch them move over time, change topics, highlight different entries and change the scale. Once you have a chart ready, you can easily share it with friends or even embed it on your own website or blog. We've embedded the following chart using the new feature as an example:
This chart compares life expectancy and the number of births per woman over the last 47 years for most economies of the world. The bubble sizes show population, and colors represent different geographic regions. Press the play button to see the dramatic changes over time. Click "explore data" to dig deeper
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| Clipped from: So how bad is the economy? Google Public Data Explorer tells all -- in vibrant color | Top of the Ticket | Los Angeles Times |
So how bad is the economy? Google Public Data Explorer tells all -- in vibrant color
As if the constant headlines about high unemployment rates and phone calls from siblings about jobless nephews weren't enough, Google has stepped in to provide some neat graphs and tables showing the wretchedness of our economy.
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More examples
 | In the 1960's, families were big and life expectancy was low. Since then, families have gotten smaller, and life expectancy longer, in most countries. Data from: World Development Indicators - World Bank |
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 | Some California counties have seen a huge increase in personal income per capita since 1969 Data from: GDP and Personal income of the U.S. - U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis |
 | STD's change since 1984 Data from: Sexually Transmitted Diseases in the U.S. - CDC/NCHHSTP |
 | Unemployment rate for men has caught up with unemployment rate for women in the European Union Data from: Unemployment by sex and age - Eurostat |
Sources:
- Google launches tool for searching public data | Relevant Results - CNET News
- Official Google Blog: Statistics for a changing world: Google Public Data Explorer in Labs
- Google - public data
- Google - public data
- So how bad is the economy? Google Public Data Explorer tells all -- in vibrant color | Top of the Ticket | Los Angeles Times
