If you know me, you know that I LOVE CHARTS! So obviously I was pleased to learn that Google has just released an API for making charts – pie charts, bar charts, venn diagrams, scatter plots, and line charts.
Here’s a test chart I made showing the holdings of the UM library as of 2006 (note: I rounded and simplified the categories). Its fairly easy to do – you just link to an image that is called via a URL, plug your chart type and data into the URL, and the graphic will be dynamically generated for you.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
So, there are no more excuses for showing tables and tables of boring stats – put it in a chart!
[Link: Google Chart API]
