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A New Google News Data Visualization, with Source

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the kerry-bush-index-down-saddam-index-holding dept.

migurski writes "For those who liked the Newsmap, this new data visualization experiment focuses on time-based views of Google's news service, showing the ebb and flow of people and places covered, with archives back to February. All source code is available under a Creative Commons license, for those who like to play."

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  1. Looks Cool by powera · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It sure looks neat, but I'm not sure what use it will have. If the server dies, it has red and green bars that correspond to when a term (such as George Bush) is in the Google News "Making News" category. It probably is more useful over a long-term scale though, so I think we'll have to wait for it to be really useful.