Comments on: Gapminder for Excel

By: Walter Jacques

Walter Jacques — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:19:28 +0000

Jon, nice work! I’ve wondered if the Gapminder software effects could be duplicated in Excel, and I thank you for showing that it can. The interpolation for smooting is brilliant! I looked at the chart and couldn’t figure out how you directly specified the data range for the chart, though. Also, I’d like to plot data for several states, which are in turn divided into ten different regions (so the regions would have different colored bubbles). Where in the data set would you accommodate for the different regions to discern between the bubble colors?

Thanks!

Walter

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:47:14 +0000

Tyler -

Thanks for the report. Sometimes my htaccess file is rewritten and the older permalinks are incorrectly resolved. I suspect it’s my host doing it. They’re ultra restrictive on what they allow me to do.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:32:19 +0000

Hi Jon. The link for Gapminder for Excel II doesn’t seem to be working.

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 03:30:31 +0000

Eric - Great idea. Stay tuned this week for a new post named Gapminder For Excel II. Note: the post will be at that link in a couple days. I need to finish it up nicely.

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 01:07:01 +0000

Wonderful code. so simple and so clever.
I adopted it.

One thing is missing for me… the possibility to keep track of the way the bubble is moving… like a footprint.

any idea of how we can spot on the graph each interpolations (i mean not each but the main ones…)

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:52:57 +0000

Thanks Sarah, I’ll have to check that out. (I’ve fixed your link.)