Vislet example – OECD ageing population in Europe 1990-2008

OECD ageing population in Europe 1990-2008

Vislets – new tool to communicate knowledge by publishing statistics

Vislets:  From Professor Mikael Jern, mailto: mikael.jern@liu.se
GeoAnalytics has so far focused on visual tools that analyze and explore data to discover trends and patterns. These tools should also address challenges in support of an integrated editorial and related authoring process with the goal to advance research critical to educational production and publishing. In this context, [...]

Statistics Denmark joins NCVA as a new partner

NEWS SITE for National Center for Visual Analytics November 2009
Director Lars Thygesen, one of the initiator to the OECD eXplorer project that was the first successful Flash implementation of eXplorer in the fall of 2008, now returns to the NCVA board representing Statistics Denmark. Lars will become a valuable resource with his long experience in [...]

Talks Hans Rosling: Asia’s rise — how and when

Hans Rosling was a young guest student in India when he first realized that Asia had all the capacities to reclaim its place as the world’s dominant economic force. At TEDIndia, he graphs global economic growth since 1858 and predicts the exact date that India and China will outstrip the US. http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_asia_s_rise_how_and_when.html

In Roslings bubbling world

http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=sv&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fcio.idg.se%2F2.1782%2F1.271921%2Fi-roslings-bubblande-varld&sl=sv&tl=en
Click on the link above to get a Google Translate version of an article published 2009-11-20 16:20 in  CIO Sweden:

An even better population pyramid

Today Statistics Germany published their latest population projection until the year 2060. Together with this data the animated population pyramid was updated as well.
Most notable is a new layout that will put the assumptions right beside the pyramid and will let you switch between four different scenarios for the future (different assumptions for: fertility, life-expectancy, [...]

World Bank public data, now in Google search

From The Official Google Blog:

11/11/2009 11:00:00 AM

When we first launched public data on Google.com, we wanted to make statistics easier to find and to encourage debate based on facts rather than intuition. The day after we launched, a friend who worked at the World Bank called me, her voice filled with enthusiasm, “Did you know [...]

World Bank Data Visualizer

World bank launches an interactive visualizing tool resembling gapminder, it’s called Data Visualizer.

‘The time series used in Data Visualizer is a subset of 2009 World Development Indicators database. It contains 49 indicators for 209 countries and 18 aggregates from 1960-2007. Data includes social, economic, financial, information & technology, and environmental indicators.’
Tools allow to change the [...]

Hal Varian (Google) and Tim O’Reilly (O’Reilly Media, Inc.), “Measurables”

Gov 2.0 Summit Videos (from Google Public Sector Blog)
Monday, September 14, 2009 | 11:45 AM
If you weren’t able to make the Gov 2.0 Summit last week in DC, you’re in luck – videos of most presentations are now online.
We’ll post an update when Ola Rosling’s presentation on public data search and visualization is online.
Tim O’Reilly [...]

BetaWorks from Australian Bureau of Statistics

Julia, thanks for the link in your comment of the previous post. I hope you do not mind I display your site in this way as well!/Best regards Alf

What is ABS BetaWorks?

ABS βetaWorks is a development environment for new designs and concepts for the ABS website. βetaworks allows ABS Designers to showcase what we’re working [...]

Twitter – ABS launches TableBuilder

From Space Time Research website:
Twitter – ABS launches TableBuilder

Use TableBuilder for ad hoc analysis of Australia’s 2006 Census data, and create tables of up to 5 million cells! http://bit.ly/zzIWR
TableBuilder also works on the iPhone http://twitpic.com/fjire

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Why open standards matter

On this blog we usually showcase best practices of how to communicate statistics and keep the technological aspects of it in the background – which is the right way to do. But we also never get tired of mentioning how statistics is a basis for informed decision making and therefore a foundation for democracy. To [...]

Comparing Thematic Maps

Statistical graphics are most convincing when they allow for interesting comparisons. A pie- or bar-chart allows comparisons in one data dimension as does one map, it shows how one variable varies in different regions. But data analysis shouldn’t stop here. Diagrams like the animated population pyramid or the gapminder/trendalyzer allow comparisons in more than one [...]

Open Data Initiative – Free SuperVIEW hosting of data

From Space-Time Research blog:

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2009

Open Data Initiative – Free SuperVIEW hosting of data

Space-Time Research this week launched a new program called the Open Data Initiative at the International Statistical Institute (ISI) 2009 conference in Durban.

What is the Open Data Initiative?

The Open Data Initiative is a Web 2.0 site for disseminating public data. [...]

Datablog – News – guardian.co.uk

World carbon emissions, by country

Click on image for big picture Image: World Resources Institute
Datablog Full figures, for every country in the world
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Posted by Simon Rogers 15.15 BST

US emissions, compared to the world’s

Roll over lines to get the data. How bad are US carbon emissions? These [...]

“Rosling’s World: The best statistics you’ve ever seen” (from Swedish Television)

Hans Rosling in action. Foto: TED.com
Rosling’s World: The best statistics you’ve ever seen
Hans Rosling is a professor in international health, who has made an unlikely global success. His presentations on global development evokes laughter, rejoice and reflections. People with power, like Al Gore or Bill Clinton, ask for his advice. He wants everyone to question [...]

“Tourist Maps” of statistics on Slovenia

In Slovenia we’ve recently published the Interactive Statistical Atlas of Slovenia – an online tool for presenting statistical data on maps. It was basically developed for “tourists” (less experienced users), to help them view regional statistical data in a clear and easily understood way.
Demo: Population ageing in Slovenia

You can enter the application from the entry [...]

“Data is the New Hot, Drop-dead Gorgeous Field”

Data is the New Hot, Drop-dead Gorgeous Field (From FlowingData and New York Times)
Posted by Nathan / Aug 7, 2009 to Statistics / 1 comment
We all know this already, but it’s nice to get some backing from The New York Times every now and then. In this NYT article, that I’m sure has spread to [...]

Timetric Makes Web Data Useful with Time Series Analysis

Timetric Makes Web Data Useful with Time Series Analysis (from ReadWriteSTART)
Written by Jolie O’Dell / August 5, 2009 8:40 PM / 0 Comments
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This post is part of our ReadWriteStart channel, which is dedicated to profiling startups and entrepreneurs. The channel is sponsored [...]

Spezify: Search Engine for Visualized Statistics?

Stockholm-based startup Spezify is a visual search engine that impresses with relevant results displayed in a visual but still functional way.
Founded by Felix af Ekenstam and Per Persson, digital creatives who have over 10 years of experience in the space, Spezify arrived in beta in April and launched officially about six weeks ago. Results are [...]