Tools

Browse these tools designed to mashup  BC data. Play with them and see how they work. Combine them with your own ideas and develop apps – like maps, charts, graphs, and diagrams – to present data in a way that’s more useful for you.

In your search for data and interesting ways to mash it up, you might want to look at other data catalogues and web resources, or connect with people working on similar projects – share your ideas and creations with them.

GeoCommons

Build gorgeous maps in just minutes using GeoIQ's simple workflow and quick exploration capabilities. Animate your data through time and space with our one-click temporal analysis. See trends and predict impacts. Share and embed your visualizations on Facebook, Twitter, and embed them in your blog.

Google Fusion Tables

Google Fusion Tables is a modern data management and publishing web application that makes it easy to host, manage, collaborate on, visualize, and publish data tables online.

iMapBC

Use this tool to gain access to over 500 natural resource map datasets hosted by the BC Geographic Warehouse. You can view the data in an interactive mapping environment; put together map layers of interest; upload your own map data; and produce maps that can be printed or emailed to others.

ProtoViz

Use this data visualization graphical toolkit to create custom views of data with simple marks such as bars and dots. It is free and open-source, provided under the BSD License. It uses JavaScript and SVG for web-native visualizations; no plugin is required (though you will need a modern web browser)! Although programming experience is helpful, Protovis is mostly declarative and designed to be learned by example.

StatPlanet

A browser-based interactive data visualization and mapping application. Use it to easily and rapidly create visualizations from simple Flash maps to advanced infographics.