http://flowingdata.com/2009/04/28/google-adds-search-to-public-data/ Strength in Numbers Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:35:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://flowingdata.com/2009/04/28/google-adds-search-to-public-data/#comment-30559 Anton Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:16:01 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1529#comment-30559 Cool! Cool!

]]> http://flowingdata.com/2009/04/28/google-adds-search-to-public-data/#comment-28748 vozome Mon, 04 May 2009 13:29:05 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1529#comment-28748 Imagine the outcry if google announced they would restrict (non-data) search to non-copyrighted content. That's what they are proposing to do with data. That's ridiculous. You shouldn't need to access the data to index it. other problem. What you get is a curve. getting the dataset behind it is another headache. It doesn't solve a problem, it shows off something they know how to do (charts out of tabular data, big deal). Imagine the outcry if google announced they would restrict (non-data) search to non-copyrighted content. That’s what they are proposing to do with data. That’s ridiculous. You shouldn’t need to access the data to index it.
other problem. What you get is a curve. getting the dataset behind it is another headache. It doesn’t solve a problem, it shows off something they know how to do (charts out of tabular data, big deal).

]]> http://flowingdata.com/2009/04/28/google-adds-search-to-public-data/#comment-28462 Cool Tool: Google Public Data Search | The Big Picture Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:15:51 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1529#comment-28462 [...] came across this very cool tool (hat tip: Flowing Data) that allows you to sift through public data [...] [...] came across this very cool tool (hat tip: Flowing Data) that allows you to sift through public data [...]

]]> http://flowingdata.com/2009/04/28/google-adds-search-to-public-data/#comment-28448 Jason May Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:03:46 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1529#comment-28448 So far I'm not impressed with Google's offering. Nathan's right on the mark when he says that "availability of data" is the important aspect here. And Google doesn't do anything here: no download, no link to the data, no analytics. So far I’m not impressed with Google’s offering. Nathan’s right on the mark when he says that “availability of data” is the important aspect here. And Google doesn’t do anything here: no download, no link to the data, no analytics.

]]> http://flowingdata.com/2009/04/28/google-adds-search-to-public-data/#comment-28443 Google Adds Search to Public Data on Datavisualization.ch Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:02:31 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1529#comment-28443 [...] hand (see Google Visualization API), so I think the datasets will be visualized in an adequate way.Read source on FlowingData var addthis_options = 'email, favorites, twitter, digg, delicious, google, live, myspace, [...] [...] hand (see Google Visualization API), so I think the datasets will be visualized in an adequate way.Read source on FlowingData var addthis_options = ‘email, favorites, twitter, digg, delicious, google, live, myspace, [...]

]]> http://flowingdata.com/2009/04/28/google-adds-search-to-public-data/#comment-28438 Matt Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:58:14 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1529#comment-28438 Nice. I definitely will applaud anytime finding and plotting data gets easier. Nice. I definitely will applaud anytime finding and plotting data gets easier.

]]> http://flowingdata.com/2009/04/28/google-adds-search-to-public-data/#comment-28435 Nathan Yau Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:17:16 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1529#comment-28435 @Michael - for now. it'll be interesting to see how this affects sites like numbrary, many eyes, swivel, etc @Michael – for now. it’ll be interesting to see how this affects sites like numbrary, many eyes, swivel, etc

]]> http://flowingdata.com/2009/04/28/google-adds-search-to-public-data/#comment-28433 Michael E Driscoll Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:00:53 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1529#comment-28433 Jason May's Numbrary, at http://www.numbrary.com, provides a similar service, and with a broader swath of data sets. Jason May’s Numbrary, at http://www.numbrary.com, provides a similar service, and with a broader swath of data sets.

]]> http://flowingdata.com/2009/04/28/google-adds-search-to-public-data/#comment-28410 Jon Peltier Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:55:39 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1529#comment-28410 They don't seem to provide a mechanism to export data data files for independent analysis (though they do include links to their sources). They don’t seem to provide a mechanism to export data data files for independent analysis (though they do include links to their sources).

]]> http://flowingdata.com/2009/04/28/google-adds-search-to-public-data/#comment-28392 Imee Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:42:24 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1529#comment-28392 I just recently tried this new feature of Google out. I think it's pretty cool, and very convenient. It could help with people doing serious research about unemployment, or even just feed at-home curiosities. I haven't seen the graph thumbnail just yet though. I just recently tried this new feature of Google out. I think it’s pretty cool, and very convenient. It could help with people doing serious research about unemployment, or even just feed at-home curiosities. I haven’t seen the graph thumbnail just yet though.

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