Google Public Data Explorer

{{Short description|Service by Google}}

{{Notability|Products|date=April 2011}}

{{Infobox software

| name = Google Public Data Explorer

| logo = Google 2015 logo.svg

| screenshot = Insurance Trust Revenue vs Insurance Trust Expenditure.jpg

| caption = Example of an animated bubble plot.{{cite web|last1=Edwards|first1=Kerstin|title=Visualizing Data from Government Census and Surveys: Plans for the Future|url=http://www2.census.gov/govs/pubs/research_reports/data_visualization.pdf|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=20 January 2015}}

| developer = Google Inc.

| released = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2010|03|08}}

| platform = Web platform

| language count = 40

| language footnote = {{Citation needed|date=February 2018}}

| genre = Collaborative software, Data visualization

| website = {{URL|https://www.google.com/publicdata/}}

}}

Google Public Data Explorer provides public data and forecasts from a range of international organizations and academic institutions including the World Bank, OECD, Eurostat and the University of Denver.{{cite web|title=Pardee Center for International Futures Data Explorer|url=http://pardee.du.edu/google-data-explorer|publisher=University of Denver|access-date=18 January 2015}}{{cite web|title=Data Providers|url=https://www.google.com/publicdata/directory|access-date=18 January 2015}} These can be displayed as line graphs, bar graphs, cross-sectional plots or on maps.{{cite web|title=Visualize the data in a dataset|url=https://support.google.com/publicdata/answer/1100976?hl=en&ref_topic=1100638|publisher=Google Inc.|access-date=18 January 2015}} The product was launched on March 8, 2010 as an experimental visualization tool in Google Labs.{{cite web|title=Statistics for a changing world: Google Public Data Explorer in Labs|url=http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/statistics-for-changing-world-google.html|access-date=20 January 2015}}

In 2011 the Public Data Explorer was made available to everyone. The Dataset Publishing Language (DSPL) was created to be used with the platform.{{Cite web |title=People Search |url=https://radaris.com/ |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=radaris.com}} Once data is imported, the dataset can be visualized, embedded in external websites, and shared with others.{{cite web|last1=Sherman|first1=Chris|title=Visualize Your Own Information With Google Public Data Explorer|date=16 February 2011 |url=http://searchengineland.com/visualize-your-own-information-with-google-public-data-explorer-65081|publisher=Search Engine Land|access-date=19 January 2015}}

In May 2016, the addition of the Google Analytics Suite{{Cite web |title=Google Marketing Platform - Unified Advertising and Analytics |url=https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/ |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=Google Marketing Platform |language=en}} enabled the import of public or individual datasets and provided no-code data visualization tools to users.