1. Eurostat – Google co-operation
Sabine Gagel, Eurostat unit F2
UNECE Work Session on Gender Statistics
Session III – New tools for data visualisation and dissemination
27 April 2010

2. 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

3. Google public data explorer (1)
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.
27 April 2010
Eurostat – Google co-operation

4. 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

5. Google public data explorer (3)
Example chart
27 April 2010
Eurostat – Google co-operation

6. Google public data explorer (3)
Example chart
27 April 2010
Eurostat – Google co-operation

7. Example chart
27 April 2010
Eurostat – Google co-operation

8. Example chart
27 April 2010
Eurostat – Google co-operation

9. 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