DocumentCode
1334598
Title
Introducing Google Chart Tools and Google Maps API in Data Visualization Courses
Author
Ying Zhu
Author_Institution
Georgia State Univ., Atlanta, GA, USA
Volume
32
Issue
6
fYear
2012
Firstpage
6
Lastpage
9
Abstract
This article reports the experience of using Google Chart Tools and Google Maps in a data visualization course at Georgia State University. These visualization toolkits have many benefits but haven´t been widely used in such courses. Students found them easy to use for creating a variety of interactive data visualizations.
Keywords
Web sites; application program interfaces; cartography; charts; computer aided instruction; data visualisation; interactive systems; Georgia State University; Google Maps API; Google chart tools; data visualization courses; interactive data visualizations; visualization toolkits; Data visualization; Google; Data visualization; Google; Google Chart Tools; Google Fusion Tables; Google Maps API; computer graphics; data visualization; processing; visualization education;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0272-1716
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MCG.2012.114
Filename
6353424
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