Hi,
Weinheimer Jim <j.weinheimer_at_aur.edu> wrote:
> I discovered an excellent presentation about a new project of Google's called "Google Public Data Explorer," which works with live statistical data held on the sites of the IMF, Eurostat and other organizations. Google does not store these statistics locally, but takes them and does some amazing things with them. The presentation is at http://fora.tv/2010/04/18/Logan_Symposium_Google_Public_Data_Explorer and the tool is http://www.google.com/publicdata/home
Finally! This is the cross-over from GapMinder, that brilliant
software from Hans Rosling (do a serach for his TED presentations;
pure brilliance!). This will shake up the statistical blind. :)
Compare GDP per kapita vs. infant mortality rates will give you a
reality-check ;
http://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9_&ctype=m&strail=false&nselm=s&met_s=ny_gdp_mktp_kd_zg&hl=en&dl=en#ctype=m&strail=false&nselm=s&met_c=sp_dyn_imrt_in&met_s=ny_gdp_pcap_cd&idim=country:NOR:AGO&ifdim=country&hl=en&dl=en
I love this stuff! (The learning opportunities, not the sad facts
hidden in statistics ...)
> This may make searching different languages rather strange ("per" may mean several different things in other languages), but this is not to detract from a fabulous new tool, and more important for us: perhaps a tacit recognition from Google that some kind of authority control may be useful and necessary.
The GapMinder software have some basic tenants of semantic technology
that convert metrics to meaning, and that's why a lot of data can make
more sense than it traditionally meant. Sure, not perfect (yet), but
certainly pointing out the future.
Regards,
Alex
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