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Eurostat – Google co-operation

Learn about the collaboration between Eurostat and Google to make public data available and improve data visibility through the Public Data Explorer tool. Explore charts, maps, and animation over time with harmonized data for Europe.

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Eurostat – Google co-operation

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  1. 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

  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) Eurostat – Google co-operation

  3. 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 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 Eurostat – Google co-operation

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

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

  7. Example chart Eurostat – Google co-operation

  8. Example chart 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 Eurostat – Google co-operation

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