[ddj] data-driven-journalism Digest, Vol 17, Issue 7

Mon Aug 27 11:44:54 UTC 2012

Good day everyone,

I ran across a new online data analysis start-up that might come in handy
for those of you not fond of SPSS et al:

https://www.statwing.com/

Although still in BETA, the demo looks very promising.

Best regards,
SV

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>    1. Fwd: [NICAR-L] web-scraping software - list on Google Docs
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>    2. PDF to Excel (or Numbers, or Google Spreadsheet)
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>    3. Re: PDF to Excel (or Numbers, or Google Spreadsheet) (Tommy Kaas)
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> From: Liliana Bounegru <bounegru at ejc.net>
> Subject: [ddj] Fwd: [NICAR-L] web-scraping software - list on Google
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> Hello everyone,
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> I thought this list of scraping software and tools might be useful to some
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> Best,
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> From: Ed Ramthun <ERamthun at afscme.org>
> Date: 26 July 2012 14:08
> Subject: [NICAR-L] web-scraping software - list on Google Docs
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> Scott Wilson of http://screen-scraper.com/ has created a useful comparison
> of web-scraping software and posted it as a public doc on Google Docs:
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> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsaY3Pb1lTh1dERtbWtTN0U3REgtYlNld0stV0NCV1E#gid=0
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> From: Diana Assennato Botello <lamajavestida at gmail.com>
> Subject: [ddj] PDF to Excel (or Numbers, or Google Spreadsheet)
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> Hey guys, yesterday I needed a good converter from PDF to Google
> Spreadsheet.
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> I tried this online free service <http://pdftoexcelonline.com/> to create
> an xls.
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> The conversion was not that bad, but I was wondering if you guys have any
> recommendation for a newbie.
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> Thanks!
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> Diana
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> From: Tommy Kaas <tommybirchkaas at gmail.com>
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> Hi Diana
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> What works depends a lot on the quality of the pdf.
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> I have had some luck with: www.cometdocs.com
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>
>
> I also have the free xpdf on my computer ? you have to run it from the
> command line.
>
> http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/
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> (An old manual from IRE: *http://tinyurl.com/8e5sfs7)*
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> * *
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> If the pdf file is created be scanning a page and saving it as a ?picture?,
> none of these tools will do. Then you must use an OCR application. There
> are a number of tools. I have had most luck with ABBYY FineReader. It
> costs, but it?s possible to download a free trial version:
> https://store.abbyyeu.com/cgi-bin/dlreg/ml=EN?ID=FR11PETB**
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> * *
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> Good luck,
>
> Tommy
>
> 2012/8/27 Diana Assennato Botello <lamajavestida at gmail.com>
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> > Hey guys, yesterday I needed a good converter from PDF to Google
> > Spreadsheet.
> >
> > I tried this online free service <http://pdftoexcelonline.com/> to
> create
> > an xls.
> >
> > The conversion was not that bad, but I was wondering if you guys have any
> > recommendation for a newbie.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Diana
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> > http://diana.assennato.eu/
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