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Data Appeal: A new way to visualize data in Google Earth

July 27, 2011

As we’ve seen over the years, Google Earth is an amazing tool for data visualization. We’ve shown you tools for visualizing census data, CO2 emissions and a variety of other items.
DataAppeal is a new data visualization company that is doing some neat stuff. They allow you to upload XLS files, which are then converted into 3D models and/or animations. The resulting models are quite well-done, as seen here:
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Because they’re a young company and are still building our their product, it’s entirely free to use right now. That will likely change in the future, but hopefully they’ll continue to provide a free option.
Their tool is already being used in mainstream publications, such as this article in the Globe and Mail a few months back.
Nadia and her team have put together a solid tool, and it’ll be fun to see how it develops in the coming years. If you build any interesting items with this system, leave a comment below and show it off to everyone.

About Mickey Mellen

Mickey has been using Google Earth since it was released in 2005, and has created a variety of geo-related sites including Google Earth Hacks. He runs a web design firm in Marietta, GA, where he lives with his wife and two kids.

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  1. Phil says

    July 27, 2011 at 12:26 pm

    I enjoyed the freudian slip in this article.



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