How to Visualise Worldbank Data with Google Maps

Connotea Imports 2012-07-31

Summary:

"As interfaces for open datasets from political and societal institutions become more and more available, the possibilities for easy and uncomplicated data visualization are expanding in very promising ways. With a little programming knowledge, or a bit of support, journalists and bloggers are able to back up the conclusions in their articles with facts in a illustrative way, using diagrams or maps. Even further, they can create, demonstrate, or underline interrelations through the integration of different datasets, using programming interfaces. Very active in offering such programming interfaces (APIs) is the Worldbank, which provides an API for querying indicators relevant for describing the world’s development status, like birth rates, CO2 emission levels, and education expenditure...."

Link:

http://blog.okfn.org/2010/07/23/how-to-visualise-worldbank-data-with-google-maps/

From feeds:

Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » Connotea Imports

Tags:

oa.new oa.data oa.south oa.geo oa.mashups oa.visualizations

Authors:

petersuber

Date tagged:

07/31/2012, 17:23

Date published:

07/26/2010, 14:02