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Google Image Chart Creator: Create Various Charts & Images That Are Embeddable

Umar — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 03:01:42 +0000

Are you looking for a web app to create an embeddable pie chart? Or perhaps an embeddable bar graph? Any type of embeddable chart or graph you are thinking of creating, Google Image Chart Creator can help.

Google Image Chart Creator is a free to use web service that lets you create wonderful charts and images. These images cover map diagrams, pie charts, graphs, line plots, and many others.

All you have to do is click on the image type you want to create. Next you start entering the data values. These include the chart’s title, size, data styles and points, and various others depending upon the type of chart you have created.

As you enter these values, the chart preview that appears on the right pane gets updated. From here you can get the direct URL of the image from where it can be downloaded in the PNG format. You also get the chart’s HTML code that can be used for embedding on your blog or website.

Features:

A user-friendly web service.
Lets you create charts and images.
Covers a wide variety of images.
Lets you enter detailed data values.
You can download chart image in PNG format.
Provides embeddable code for chart.
Similar tools: ChartGo, ChartPart, HohliCharts, ChartTool and Charts.

Check out Google Image Chart Creator @ http://imagecharteditor.appspot.com (By Umar from AllThatIsApple)

Online Function Generator: Plot Multiple Functions Online & Share Or Download The Graph

MOin — Thu, 19 May 2011 19:01:41 +0000

Science and mathematics students often have to deal with equations and their graphical plots. While there are powerful desktop applications dedicated to this purpose, a quick web service for this task is the brilliant OnlineFunctionGenerator.

Online Function Generator is a simple to use web tool that lets you plot multiple functions on the same graph. You keep on adding equations and the tool keeps on plotting them with different colors. The input text format is the same as in MATLAB and other popular math programs. Resultant graphs can be downloaded as JPG images; alternatively you can obtain the direct URL for the graph and share it with people online.

Features:

A user-friendly web service.
Lets you plot functions online.
Supports multiple functions.
Assigns different colors to each function plot.
Generates a unique URL for each plot.
Lets you download the graph image.

Check out OnlineFunctionGenerator @ www.onlinefunctiongrapher.com (by MOin from ThumbPress)

Google Public Data Explorer: Visualize & Share Your Data Online

TehseenBaweja — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 19:01:46 +0000

Have you done lots of research to gather data but don’t think your charts and diagrams are powerful enough to convey the message? Google Public Data Explorer helps you with that by letting you upload that data and create powerful visualizations. The data you upload needs to be in the DSPL format, an XML based format designed by Google.

Once you upload, the tool creates various visualizations including a pie chart, line chart, map chart and bubble chart. The charts are interactive; hovering over any point will display its details and each chart can be customized for more specific or broader results. Readers can adjust colors as well as data size of elements in the chart and if you are the official publisher of the data, you can have it appear in the public directory.

Features:

Create visualizations for your data online.
Includes various interactive and customizable charts.
Readers can customize the display, link to the charts and even embed them on the web.
Sign in with your Google account.

Visit Google Public Data Explorer @ www.google.com/publicdata/home [Via Google]

GoGoPlot: Track Anything With Cool Graphical Plots

Umar — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 23:01:01 +0000

Simple graph plotting can be helpful in a number of ways. For instance you could plot the frequency of your gym visits, record your daily mood level or plot a particular body part’s pain to show to your doctor. With all of this data plotted, its analysis becomes very easy. Enter GoGoPlot.com, it is a tool that helps you track anything with cool graph plots.

GoGoPlot is a free web service that lets you plot anything. Because the service intends to keep things simple, it does not have extensive plotting features.

You can create “˜topics’ which are individual graphs. For each topic you plot one point daily. The value of each plot can be anything from 0 to 10. The daily plotted points are then joined by straight lines. You can choose to show multiple topics simultaneously and visually compare them.

Apple device owners can get GoGoPlot’s free iPhone app and record plots from their handset for convenience. Other features of the site such as entering multiple daily plots or viewing your data as a list can be obtained by subscribing to the site’s paid services.

Features:

A web service that plots data.
Extremely simple to use.
Can be used in a variety of ways to record and later analyze your plots.
The free package lets you record only one value per day.
Similar tools: ChartGo, ChartPart, HohliCharts, ChartTool and Charts.

Check out GoGoPlot @ www.gogoplot.com and its iPhone app @ http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gogoplot/id348875199?mt=8

Tracked: Comprehensive Database of Businesses & People

abhijeet — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:05:52 +0000

If you are into tracking companies, stock and executives then there couldn’t be a better and comprehensive site than Tracked.com for that purpose. The site, which was launched recently, features a huge database of businesses and their employees, their financial information, latest news about them, their stock growth and value, key people, insider trades, compensation and much more.

You can create a free account to track and organize this data, make business connections, check what your connections are tracking, share messages publicly or privately and set up watch lists of companies and people. Certainly an awesome site for professionals and for those who want to track the latest happenings in the corporate world (US only).

Features:

Online database of companies and people.
Neat user interface. Data organized clearly along with charts and graphs.
Lots of information about executives you won’t find elsewhere.
Create an account to track and organize specific data.

Check out Tracked @ www.tracked.com (via TechCrunch) (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

ChartsBin: Check out Interesting Charts Online

abhijeet — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:41:34 +0000

ChartsBin is a nice web resource which hosts colorful and interactive charts created from different demographic data sets sourced through various research reports. Most of the charts are really interesting, here’s some examples:

Worldwide Driving Orientation by Country

Major Religions of the World Ranked by Number of Adherents

All Nobel Prize Winners by Country

The homepage shows the latest charts, and you can also see the highest rated, most viewed and the most discussed charts. The interesting charts can be easily embedded on blogs and websites. You could also comment on the stats, rate the charts and search for specific charts via keyword or categories. Powered by open source software, this site would find love among those who like stats and graphs. They also plan to introduce features like ability to download data sets and submit statistics to the site soon.

Features

Interactive charts based on demographic data.
Charts can be embedded on any blog or website.
Search for charts or browse charts by categories and tags.
Rate and comment on charts.
Similar tools: DataMasher, ManyEyes, Cynergy Systems Map and VisualEconomics.

Check out ChartsBin @ www.chartsbin.com (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

Walk or Bus? Find out whether walking or taking a bus is faster

abhijeet — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:46:59 +0000

Walk or Bus is an online chart by the website VisualMotive which tells you whether you should board a bus or just walk to your destination so that you can reach there faster. Assuming that an average speed of a bus to be 15 miles per hour and that of a human to be 3 miles per hour, it applies the rule of thumb – “if you have N blocks to travel, you should only wait for the bus if it is less than N minutes away” to make the calculations. If you think you walk faster then there’s also a separate symbol showing the man who can walk a mile in 15 minutes.

Features

Calculate if you can walk or take a bus to your destination to reach faster.
Chart based on speed of bus, your walking speed, distance and minutes left for the bus to arrive.
If you walk faster, there’s a separate symbol on the chart for you.

Check out Walk or Bus? @ visualmotive.com/walk-or-bus/ (via Lifehacker) (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

SlickPlan: Create Beautiful Visual Sitemaps Online

Kaly — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:05:18 +0000

SlickPlan is a web app that comes very handy when you need to create visual sitemaps and flowcharts. You can use it for your web development projects or any other project where visual maps are needed. SlickPlan provides an online editor which is really easy to use. Simply add pages and organize by assigning them to a parent categories, all your changes are simultaneously reflected on a visual map.

Once the sitemap or flowchart is finished, it can be saved online, exported as PDF and shared as HTML with others. The service is free and doesn’t put any restrictions on the number of sitemaps users can create.

Features:

Generate professional looking sitemaps and flowcharts.
There is no limit on the number of maps you can create.
Easy to use online editor.
Save created sitemaps online, exports as PDF, or share via direct link.
Free, registration required.
Try a demo account here.
Similar tools: LovelyCharts, ProductPlanner and LucidChart.

Check out SlickPlan @ www.slickplan.com

ChartGo: App For Graphing & Charting Online

Srikanth AD — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:18:53 +0000

ChartGo gives you the ability to create bar graphs, excel graphs, line graphs, area graphs and pie charts. Very useful web app to do your graphing & charting online. You can either create a custom graph or choose one from sample graphs and edit them according to your needs.

First, paste the data in the ‘Graph Data’ area. After that customize graph settings including its dimensions, axis titles, line specific settings, back color and layout. Click on the ‘Creat Graph’ button. When the graph is ready, you can print it out, email it to someone or bookmark it for further reference.

Features:

Create graphs,bar graphs, line graphs, area graphs and pie charts online.
Customize the graph settings and style to your liking.
Print, email or bookmark graphs.
Direct link to the graph is also provided.
Similar tools: ChartPart, HohliCharts, ChartTool and Charts.

Check out ChartGo @ www.chartgo.com (by Srikanth AD from Techonaut )

VisualEconomics: Complex Economic Data Sets on Easy-To-Understand Charts

azim — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:42:18 +0000

If all the numbers and percentages you hear in the financial news about government spending, consumer debt, deficits etc., doesn’t make much sense to you, now you can better grasp this information at VisualEconomics.com. It makes complicated economic and financial data easy to digest and compare through accessible charts and graphs.

Just browse through charts and compare your own financial situation on debt, spending habits and other metrics against national averages and view other fun facts.

“How the average U.S. consumer spends their paycheck”

Features:

Interesting and fun economic facts
View complicated economic stats on easy-to-understand charts and graphs
Provided by CreditLoan.com

Check out VisualEconomics @ www.visualeconomics.com