Eurostat – Google co-operation Sabine Gagel, Eurostat unit F2 sabine.gagel@ec.europa.eu UNECE Work Session on Gender Statistics Session III – New tools for data visualisation and dissemination 27 April 2010
Some history of the co-operation 2007: Google starts experimenting with ways of making public data available to users 2009: Google contacts Eurostat to find out if they can use and visualise Eurostat data Harmonised data for Europe Free of charge Joint work on 2 projects Google public data explorer How to improve the visibility of Eurostat figures by placing them at the top of search results in the Google search engine (under development) 27 April 2010 Eurostat – Google co-operation
Google public data explorer (1) http://www.google.com/publicdata/home Experimental visualisation tool in Google Labs Data exploration, visualisation Charts, maps Animation over time Currently available datasets Eurostat, World Bank, OECD, US Census bureau, etc. http://www.google.com/publicdata/directory 27 April 2010 Eurostat – Google co-operation
Google public data explorer (2) Co-operation Eurostat = data provider Google = tool provider Google selects datasets based on analyses of anonymous search logs Three Eurostat datasets available in the Google tool Monthly unemployment Harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) Minimum wages Planned to add more datasets to the public data explorer 27 April 2010 Eurostat – Google co-operation
Google public data explorer (3) Example chart 27 April 2010 Eurostat – Google co-operation
Google public data explorer (3) Example chart 27 April 2010 Eurostat – Google co-operation
Example chart 27 April 2010 Eurostat – Google co-operation
Example chart 27 April 2010 Eurostat – Google co-operation
Google public data explorer (4) Gains for Eurostat Google tool provides links to the Eurostat website Higher visibility through multiplier function Number of visits to Eurostat’s website increased Weakness No influence on the way the data are presented This is true for all information providers that re-use Eurostat data 27 April 2010 Eurostat – Google co-operation