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22 free tools for data visualization and analysis. You may not think you've got much in common with an investigative journalist or an academic medical researcher. But if you're trying to extract useful information from an ever-increasing inflow of data, you'll likely find visualization useful -- whether it's to show patterns or trends with graphics instead of mountains of numbers, or to try to explain complex issues to a nontechnical audience. There are many tools around to help turn data into graphics, but they can carry hefty price tags. The cost can make sense for professionals whose primary job is to find meaning in mountains of information, but you might not be able to justify such an expense if you or your users only need a graphics application from time to time, or if your budget for new tools is somewhat limited.

If one of the higher-priced options is out of your reach, there are a surprising number of highly robust tools for data visualization and analysis that are available at no charge. Data cleaning. 8 Terrific Web Tools for Finding and Creating Data Visualizations. April 9, 2014 I got an email yesterday from a teacher asking about web tools that her students can use to create mapped data sets and visual representations of data.

I went ahead and compiled the list below featuring some of the best web tools for this purpose. Besides enabling you to create data visualizations, these web tools also contain galleries and libraries of already made visualizations that students can use in their projects. 1- Statplanet StatPlanet (formerly StatPlanet Map Maker) is a free application for creating interactive maps which are fully customizable. This is one of my favourite data visualization tools. Create more than 30 chart types. MapStory empowers a global community to organize knowledge about the world spatially and temporally. Creately is another good tool to visually represent your data.

HeatmapTool is a service for creating spectacular and accurate representations of your data. 8- ChartsBin. Infoactive. iCharts. Hohli. Hohli Online Charts Builder New version: Try new version of Charts Builder, it based on new Google Charts API Load From Image URL: Chart Data can't equal to original, but very similar to it.

Only for images on chart.apis.google.com Chart Type: 3D Pie charts Lines Bar charts Pie charts For Pie Charts with labels choose 1000x300 or 800x375 size Venn diagrams Scatter plots Radar charts Chart Size: 320x240 Horizontal 1000x300 800x375 600x500 320x240 Vertical 300x1000 375x800 500x600 240x320 Square 546x546 400x400 300x300 200x200 Chart Ads: Data: Should be consists only positive numbers, use minus one (-1) for missing value, separated by coma, space or semi(,; ), e.g.: 23, 432, 456, 341 For Lines (pairs): Input data as x-axis and y-axis coordinates, e.g.: x1,y1, x2,y2, x3,y3 Title: Use a pipe character (|) to force a line break in title.

Background: Chart is ready you can save it as image Right click on the chart Select "Save image as" Save the image to your computer © 2011 Charts Builder. Developed by Anton Shevchuk. Easel.ly. FluxVFX After Effects TemplatesFlux. Piktochart. Visual.ly. Infogr.am.