June 11, 2006
GapMinder: development statistics for normal people
I’m a big fan of Edward Tufte. Most normal people don’t get as excited by data visualisation as much as I do. So what kind of tools can Web2.0 provide to help make some of the more critical data more accessible?
Developed and managed by the Gapminder Foundation in Sweden (and hosted by Google), Gapminder presents a wide range of statistics in support of the Millenium Development Goals. Presenting statistics in an engaging way is difficult at the best of times, but Gapminder does it, with charts and maps. It’s easy to use, less easy to understand, and hard to beat.
Filed under Databases, Development, Web by Paul Currion
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[…] Like Paul Currion, I’m interested in the visualisation of information - ways to represent complexity so as to make very large datasets more easier to navigate and comprehend. This is something that InfoShare experimented with in its early days through a tool called Semantic Navigator by ISX Corporation for Groove Virtual Office, that never got beyond the experimental stage, but was a phenomenally powerful tool that could work with massive databases to siphon relationships that would not be immediately evident. […]
humanitarian.info @ 10:43 pm
[…] statistics can be fascinating and, in some cases, change the way that you see the world, then watch an amazing presentation by Hans Rosling on GapMinder. Filed under Development by Paul Currion Permalink • Print […]