[okfn-discuss] [Fwd: Re: Open Economics and Data Packaging: some thoughts and questions]

Mon Jan 14 21:42:36 UTC 2008

 From Jason May:

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The data store sounds a little like what I'm attempting to do with  
numbrary.com.  I don't have an explicit focus on economic data, but so  
far that's the majority of the content on the site.

My primary focus recently for Numbrary has been to mine some of the US  
government agencies that produce economic data.  So far I've pulled  
down chunks of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic  
Analysis, and Federal Reserve.

Regarding data visualization, it looks like you've followed the same  
path as I have with AJAX charting toolkits.  I've experimented with  
Plotr, which is a PlotKit clone.  You should have a good look at what  
Swivel and Many Eyes are doing.  There are also some strong Flash  
toolkits, e.g. http://www.amcharts.com/

Cheers,
-Jason

Jason May
Numbrary
jmay at pobox.com
408-204-1186

On Jan 14, 2008, at 6:06 AM, Jonathan Gray wrote:

> Rufus Pollock wrote:
>> One part of our Open Economics project (http:// 
>> www.openeconomics.net/) involves maintaining a data store:
>>   http://www.openeconomics.net/store/
>> Corresponding data is stored in subversion:
>>   http://knowledgeforge.net/econ/svn/trunk/data/
>
> Just before Christmas I was in touch with Jason May at Numbrary, who  
> is also interested in this kind of thing:
>
>  http://numbrary.com
>
> Jason: it would be great if you could forward to the list some of  
> the experiences you've had with Numbrary and your thoughts about the  
> data visualisation libraries that are out there!
>
> It would be great to get a good discussion going on this...
>
> Jonathan