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Le kit du parfait iReporter. Accessoires, applis, prix, conseils... #iPad #journalisme. La boîte à outils du journaliste web #journalisme #web #multimédia #storify. Data visualisation DIY: our top tools | News. What data visualisation tools are out there on the web that are easy to use - and free? Here on the Datablog and Datastore we try to do as much as possible using the internet's powerful free options. That may sound a little disingenuous, in that we obviously have access to the Guardian's amazing Graphics and interactive teams for those pieces where we have a little more time - such as this map of public spending (created using Adobe Illustrator) or this Twitter riots interactive.

But for our day-to-day work, we often use tools that anyone can - and create graphics that anyone else can too. So, what do we use? Google fusion tables This online database and mapping tool has become our default for producing quick and detailed maps, especially those where you need to zoom in. You get all the high resolution of google maps but it can open a lot of data - 100mb of CSV, for instance. This excellent tutorial by Google's Kathryn Hurley is a great place to start. Tableau Public Google spreadsheet charts. Refine - Google Refine, a power tool for working with messy data (formerly Freebase Gridworks) Welcome - the Data Hub. Home - datacatalogs.org.