Gapminder Releases Desktop Version

Hans Rosling's awesome visual statistics on the Gapminder site just got more accessible for everyone. The most requested feature on their web site was a desktop version for those times when you don't have the web or can't rely on it - like in a classroom, or for a presentation. Well, they've just released a desktop version which is just brilliant - probably even easier to use than the web version.

Here's a quick map looking at CO2 emissions since 1820 - interesting graph to track by the way.

The easy to use help file looks like this

If you haven't seen Gapminder, you should. It is a great discussion starter for mathematics, statistics, philosophy, geography, social sciences, science ...

And if you haven't seen Hans' TED talks - they too are just incredible. Here's his 2007 talk I've referred to before ..

Chartle - Great online charts

Chartle can deliver a wide range of charts which you can then embed in your website.

Here is an example of the type of chart that Hans Rosling has made famous in his analysis of UN data on his awesome gapminder web site. This simple data set looks at 4 sets of English and Maths scores over 4 years for 3students. The dynamic way the data points move make this type of visualisation quite useful.



I'm thinking of using this to do my annual analysis of achievement data for students over time - so hope that I can find an easy Excel import option. Looks to be a useful tool.