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| Google Public Data Explorer | |
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 Example of an animated bubble plot.[1] | |
| Developer | Google Inc. |
| Initial release | 8 March 2010; 15 years ago (2010-03-08) |
| Platform | Web platform |
| Available in | 40 languages[citation needed] |
| Type | Collaborative software,Data visualization |
| Website | www |
Google Public Data Explorer provides publicdata andforecasts from a range of international organizations and academic institutions including theWorld Bank,OECD,Eurostat and theUniversity of Denver.[2][3] These can be displayed as line graphs, bar graphs, cross-sectional plots or on maps.[4] The product was launched on March 8, 2010 as an experimental visualization tool inGoogle Labs.[5]
In 2011 the Public Data Explorer was made available to everyone. The Dataset Publishing Language (DSPL) was created to be used with the platform.[6] Once data is imported, the dataset can be visualized, embedded in external websites, and shared with others.[7]
In May 2016, the addition of the Google Analytics Suite[8] enabled the import of public or individual datasets and providedno-code data visualization tools to users.
TheSDMX converter is an open source application that offers the ability to convert DSPL (Google's Dataset Publishing Language) messages toSDMX-ML, and vice versa. The output file of a DSPL dataset is a zip file containing data (in the form ofCSV files) and metadata (as anXML file). Datasets in this format can be visualized in the Google Public Data Explorer.[9]
