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| − | == Fulfilling the Promise of Open Data - Over 3 Billion Live Data Series == | + | <br>== Fulfilling the Promise of Open Data - Over 3 Billion Live Data Series ==<br><br /><p> |
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Today's Web is filled with <b><i>Open Data</i></b> - hundreds of authoritative, original data sources, freely accessible to everyone. | Today's Web is filled with <b><i>Open Data</i></b> - hundreds of authoritative, original data sources, freely accessible to everyone. | ||
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Before dataZoa, the actual <i>practice</i> of using Open Data sources was time-consuming, messy and painful. A major portion of time was wasted on "data drudgery"; cleaning, aligning, pasting, re-typing and such. All before any real thought or analysis could begin. | Before dataZoa, the actual <i>practice</i> of using Open Data sources was time-consuming, messy and painful. A major portion of time was wasted on "data drudgery"; cleaning, aligning, pasting, re-typing and such. All before any real thought or analysis could begin. | ||
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dataZoa solves this problem head-on, with its radically simple <b>Drag, Build, and Share</b> approach. | dataZoa solves this problem head-on, with its radically simple <b>Drag, Build, and Share</b> approach. | ||
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The <i>promise</i> of Open Data is that we can actively incorporate these sources into our day-to-day business and policy decisions. | The <i>promise</i> of Open Data is that we can actively incorporate these sources into our day-to-day business and policy decisions. | ||
| − | </p><h3 class="Gmt15 Gfss">For people who work with Open Data:</h3><i>datazoa's Mission is to Erase the Pain and Fulfill the Promise of Open Data</i> | + | </p><br /><h3 class="Gmt15 Gfss">For people who work with Open Data:</h3><br /><i>datazoa's Mission is to Erase the Pain and Fulfill the Promise of Open Data</i><br /><br>== dataZoa in brief... ==<br><br /><div class="Gdib"> |
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It all starts with dataZoa's path-breaking dZ-Dot <div class="Gdib Gvam GCgreendot20" style="cursor: inherit;"></div> browser add-on. | It all starts with dataZoa's path-breaking dZ-Dot <div class="Gdib Gvam GCgreendot20" style="cursor: inherit;"></div> browser add-on. | ||
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The add-on precedes you as you visit any of hundreds of supported sites, cleans up the available data, and places the dZ-Dot next to it, showing that it's ready to <b>Drag</b> into your dataZoa account. | The add-on precedes you as you visit any of hundreds of supported sites, cleans up the available data, and places the dZ-Dot next to it, showing that it's ready to <b>Drag</b> into your dataZoa account. | ||
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Once you've dragged data into your account, you can <b>Build</b> calculations, displays and dashboards, freely inter-mixing any and all data sources as you see fit. | Once you've dragged data into your account, you can <b>Build</b> calculations, displays and dashboards, freely inter-mixing any and all data sources as you see fit. | ||
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At any point, you can <b>Share</b> your work, with a simple SMS or email message, blog posting or formal website display. | At any point, you can <b>Share</b> your work, with a simple SMS or email message, blog posting or formal website display. | ||
| − | </p><div class="Gorbox Grnd3 Gw75" style="margin: 0 auto; margin-bottom: 1.5em; border-thickness: 2px;"><b>Importantly,</b> as the real-world data changes, your data, computations and displays all change with it, updating automatically.</div> | + | </p><br /><div class="Gorbox Grnd3 Gw75" style="margin: 0 auto; margin-bottom: 1.5em; border-thickness: 2px;"><b>Importantly,</b> as the real-world data changes, your data, computations and displays all change with it, updating automatically.</div><br /><br>== Drag, Build and Share... ==<br><br /><h3>Drag: Open Data from around the Web</h3><br /><li>Choose among billions of supported data series</li><br /><li>Mix data from hundreds of authoritative data sites</li><br /><li>Drag the data once, stay current forever</li><br /><li>Upload and mix-in your own data.</li><br /><p> |
| − | == Drag, Build and Share... == | + | |
| − | <h3>Drag: Open Data from around the Web</h3><li>Choose among billions of supported data series</li><li>Mix data from hundreds of authoritative data sites</li><li>Drag the data once, stay current forever</li><li>Upload and mix-in your own data.</li><p> | + | |
dataZoa's unique dZ-Dot offers access to billions of public data series.<br> | dataZoa's unique dZ-Dot offers access to billions of public data series.<br> | ||
For example, this screenshot <a centerpop_pic="/img/dZDot_BLS.png"><img style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; " src="/img/camera66_grey.png"><img style="position: fixed; z-index: 9999; top: 125px; left: 50%; transform: translate(-50%, 0px); border: 2px solid black; border-radius: 6px; display: none;" class="DZCenterPop" alt="Visual for /img/dZDot_BLS.png" src="/img/dZDot_BLS.png"></a> shows the dZ-Dot in place at the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. | For example, this screenshot <a centerpop_pic="/img/dZDot_BLS.png"><img style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; " src="/img/camera66_grey.png"><img style="position: fixed; z-index: 9999; top: 125px; left: 50%; transform: translate(-50%, 0px); border: 2px solid black; border-radius: 6px; display: none;" class="DZCenterPop" alt="Visual for /img/dZDot_BLS.png" src="/img/dZDot_BLS.png"></a> shows the dZ-Dot in place at the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. | ||
| − | </p><h3>Build: Calculations, Displays and Dashboards</h3><li>Powerful Formulas - Calculations <a centerpop_pic="/img/help/calc1.png"><img style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; " src="/img/Retort.png"><img style="position: fixed; z-index: 9999; top: 125px; left: 50%; transform: translate(-50%, 0px); border: 2px solid black; border-radius: 6px; display: none;" class="DZCenterPop" alt="Visual for /img/help/calc1.png" src="/img/help/calc1.png"></a> that handle time series naturally, update automatically, feed other calculations. | + | </p><br /><h3>Build: Calculations, Displays and Dashboards</h3><br /><li>Powerful Formulas - Calculations <a centerpop_pic="/img/help/calc1.png"><img style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; " src="/img/Retort.png"><img style="position: fixed; z-index: 9999; top: 125px; left: 50%; transform: translate(-50%, 0px); border: 2px solid black; border-radius: 6px; display: none;" class="DZCenterPop" alt="Visual for /img/help/calc1.png" src="/img/help/calc1.png"></a> that handle time series naturally, update automatically, feed other calculations. |
<ul style="line-height: 1.0em; list-style: none;"> | <ul style="line-height: 1.0em; list-style: none;"> | ||
<li>For example, build a regional composite of commuter data from three separate States.</li> | <li>For example, build a regional composite of commuter data from three separate States.</li> | ||
<li>Your dZCalculation blends the three sources into a regional composite, which in turn can feed other calculations.</li> | <li>Your dZCalculation blends the three sources into a regional composite, which in turn can feed other calculations.</li> | ||
</ul> | </ul> | ||
| − | </li><li>Rich Displays - | + | </li><br /><li>Rich Displays - |
Tables <a centerpop_pic="/img/help/Table1.png"><img style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; " src="/img/Table.png"><img style="position: fixed; z-index: 9999; top: 125px; left: 50%; transform: translate(-50%, 0px); border: 2px solid black; border-radius: 6px; display: none;" class="DZCenterPop" alt="Visual for /img/help/Table1.png" src="/img/help/Table1.png"></a>, | Tables <a centerpop_pic="/img/help/Table1.png"><img style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; " src="/img/Table.png"><img style="position: fixed; z-index: 9999; top: 125px; left: 50%; transform: translate(-50%, 0px); border: 2px solid black; border-radius: 6px; display: none;" class="DZCenterPop" alt="Visual for /img/help/Table1.png" src="/img/help/Table1.png"></a>, | ||
Charts <a centerpop_pic="/img/help/Chart1.png"><img style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; " src="/img/3d bar chart.png"><img style="position: fixed; z-index: 9999; top: 125px; left: 50%; transform: translate(-50%, 0px); border: 2px solid black; border-radius: 6px; display: none;" class="DZCenterPop" alt="Visual for /img/help/Chart1.png" src="/img/help/Chart1.png"></a>, | Charts <a centerpop_pic="/img/help/Chart1.png"><img style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; " src="/img/3d bar chart.png"><img style="position: fixed; z-index: 9999; top: 125px; left: 50%; transform: translate(-50%, 0px); border: 2px solid black; border-radius: 6px; display: none;" class="DZCenterPop" alt="Visual for /img/help/Chart1.png" src="/img/help/Chart1.png"></a>, | ||
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<li>As the State data changes, the calculation and the display update automatically to reflect the new reality.</li> | <li>As the State data changes, the calculation and the display update automatically to reflect the new reality.</li> | ||
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| − | </li><li>Live Dashboards - to offer a complete narrative | + | </li><br /><li>Live Dashboards - to offer a complete narrative |
<ul style="line-height: 1.0em; list-style: none;"> | <ul style="line-height: 1.0em; list-style: none;"> | ||
<li>Combine key displays, along with captions, weblinks, videos <a centerpop_pic="/img/help/dZBoard1.png"><img style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; " src="/img/camera66_grey.png"><img style="position: fixed; z-index: 9999; top: 125px; left: 50%; transform: translate(-50%, 0px); border: 2px solid black; border-radius: 6px; display: none;" class="DZCenterPop" alt="Visual for /img/help/dZBoard1.png" src="/img/help/dZBoard1.png"></a>.</li> | <li>Combine key displays, along with captions, weblinks, videos <a centerpop_pic="/img/help/dZBoard1.png"><img style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; " src="/img/camera66_grey.png"><img style="position: fixed; z-index: 9999; top: 125px; left: 50%; transform: translate(-50%, 0px); border: 2px solid black; border-radius: 6px; display: none;" class="DZCenterPop" alt="Visual for /img/help/dZBoard1.png" src="/img/help/dZBoard1.png"></a>.</li> | ||
</ul> | </ul> | ||
| − | </li><h3>Share: With friends, colleagues, or the world at large</h3><li>SMS <a centerpop_pic="/img/help/SMSDialog.png"><img style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; " src="/img/Lightning_iPhone.png"><img style="position: fixed; z-index: 9999; top: 125px; left: 50%; transform: translate(-50%, 0px); border: 2px solid black; border-radius: 6px; display: none;" class="DZCenterPop" alt="Visual for /img/help/SMSDialog.png" src="/img/help/SMSDialog.png"></a> or Email <a centerpop_pic="/img/help/EmailDialog.png"><img style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; " src="/img/Lightning_E-mail.png"><img style="position: fixed; z-index: 9999; top: 125px; left: 50%; transform: translate(-50%, 0px); border: 2px solid black; border-radius: 6px; display: none;" class="DZCenterPop" alt="Visual for /img/help/EmailDialog.png" src="/img/help/EmailDialog.png"></a> live Charts or Tables in one click</li><li>Publish Displays and Dashboards to Websites and Blogs</li><li>Share <a centerpop_pic="/img/help/DivData1.png"><img style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; " src="/img/shareable.png"><img style="position: fixed; z-index: 9999; top: 125px; left: 50%; transform: translate(-50%, 0px); border: 2px solid black; border-radius: 6px; display: none;" class="DZCenterPop" alt="Visual for /img/help/DivData1.png" src="/img/help/DivData1.png"></a> Data, Displays and Dashboards privately - You have complete control over who can see your work</li><li>Feed Spreadsheets automatically - send a dataZoa display to a Spreadsheet and it becomes an integrated part of your workflow</li>== A closer look at your dataZoa Account... ==== Your dataZoa account offers: ==<li><b>Your own live, updating data collection:</b> A single, uniform, cost-effective way to work with Open Data. You now spend the majority of your time thinking, evaluating and disseminating valuable information rather than sorting through it and preparing it.</li><li><b>Live data in your pocket:</b> dataZoa tables and charts can be quickly composed into public or private <i>dZBoards</i>.<br>Share and view these dashboards on iPhones, iPads, Android devices and PCs.</li> | + | </li><br /><h3>Share: With friends, colleagues, or the world at large</h3><br /><li>SMS <a centerpop_pic="/img/help/SMSDialog.png"><img style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; " src="/img/Lightning_iPhone.png"><img style="position: fixed; z-index: 9999; top: 125px; left: 50%; transform: translate(-50%, 0px); border: 2px solid black; border-radius: 6px; display: none;" class="DZCenterPop" alt="Visual for /img/help/SMSDialog.png" src="/img/help/SMSDialog.png"></a> or Email <a centerpop_pic="/img/help/EmailDialog.png"><img style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; " src="/img/Lightning_E-mail.png"><img style="position: fixed; z-index: 9999; top: 125px; left: 50%; transform: translate(-50%, 0px); border: 2px solid black; border-radius: 6px; display: none;" class="DZCenterPop" alt="Visual for /img/help/EmailDialog.png" src="/img/help/EmailDialog.png"></a> live Charts or Tables in one click</li><br /><li>Publish Displays and Dashboards to Websites and Blogs</li><br /><li>Share <a centerpop_pic="/img/help/DivData1.png"><img style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; " src="/img/shareable.png"><img style="position: fixed; z-index: 9999; top: 125px; left: 50%; transform: translate(-50%, 0px); border: 2px solid black; border-radius: 6px; display: none;" class="DZCenterPop" alt="Visual for /img/help/DivData1.png" src="/img/help/DivData1.png"></a> Data, Displays and Dashboards privately - You have complete control over who can see your work</li><br /><li>Feed Spreadsheets automatically - send a dataZoa display to a Spreadsheet and it becomes an integrated part of your workflow</li><br /><br>== A closer look at your dataZoa Account... ==<br><br /><br>== Your dataZoa account offers: ==<br><br /><li><b>Your own live, updating data collection:</b> A single, uniform, cost-effective way to work with Open Data. You now spend the majority of your time thinking, evaluating and disseminating valuable information rather than sorting through it and preparing it.</li><br /><li><b>Live data in your pocket:</b> dataZoa tables and charts can be quickly composed into public or private <i>dZBoards</i>.<br>Share and view these dashboards on iPhones, iPads, Android devices and PCs.</li><br /> |
Revision as of 12:03, 12 December 2016
== Fulfilling the Promise of Open Data - Over 3 Billion Live Data Series ==
Today's Web is filled with Open Data - hundreds of authoritative, original data sources, freely accessible to everyone.
Before dataZoa, the actual practice of using Open Data sources was time-consuming, messy and painful. A major portion of time was wasted on "data drudgery"; cleaning, aligning, pasting, re-typing and such. All before any real thought or analysis could begin.
dataZoa solves this problem head-on, with its radically simple Drag, Build, and Share approach.
The promise of Open Data is that we can actively incorporate these sources into our day-to-day business and policy decisions.
Contents
For people who work with Open Data:
datazoa's Mission is to Erase the Pain and Fulfill the Promise of Open Data
== dataZoa in brief... ==
It all starts with dataZoa's path-breaking dZ-Dot browser add-on.
The add-on precedes you as you visit any of hundreds of supported sites, cleans up the available data, and places the dZ-Dot next to it, showing that it's ready to Drag into your dataZoa account.
Once you've dragged data into your account, you can Build calculations, displays and dashboards, freely inter-mixing any and all data sources as you see fit.
At any point, you can Share your work, with a simple SMS or email message, blog posting or formal website display.
Importantly, as the real-world data changes, your data, computations and displays all change with it, updating automatically.
== Drag, Build and Share... ==
Drag: Open Data from around the Web
dataZoa's unique dZ-Dot offers access to billions of public data series.
For example, this screenshot <a centerpop_pic="/img/dZDot_BLS.png"><img style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; " src="/img/camera66_grey.png"><img style="position: fixed; z-index: 9999; top: 125px; left: 50%; transform: translate(-50%, 0px); border: 2px solid black; border-radius: 6px; display: none;" class="DZCenterPop" alt="Visual for /img/dZDot_BLS.png" src="/img/dZDot_BLS.png"></a> shows the dZ-Dot in place at the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Build: Calculations, Displays and Dashboards
- For example, build a regional composite of commuter data from three separate States.
- Your dZCalculation blends the three sources into a regional composite, which in turn can feed other calculations.
Tables <a centerpop_pic="/img/help/Table1.png"><img style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; " src="/img/Table.png"><img style="position: fixed; z-index: 9999; top: 125px; left: 50%; transform: translate(-50%, 0px); border: 2px solid black; border-radius: 6px; display: none;" class="DZCenterPop" alt="Visual for /img/help/Table1.png" src="/img/help/Table1.png"></a>,
Charts <a centerpop_pic="/img/help/Chart1.png"><img style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; " src="/img/3d bar chart.png"><img style="position: fixed; z-index: 9999; top: 125px; left: 50%; transform: translate(-50%, 0px); border: 2px solid black; border-radius: 6px; display: none;" class="DZCenterPop" alt="Visual for /img/help/Chart1.png" src="/img/help/Chart1.png"></a>,
LatestValues <a centerpop_pic="/img/help/latestvalues1.png"><img style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; " src="/img/percent.png"><img style="position: fixed; z-index: 9999; top: 125px; left: 50%; transform: translate(-50%, 0px); border: 2px solid black; border-radius: 6px; display: none;" class="DZCenterPop" alt="Visual for /img/help/latestvalues1.png" src="/img/help/latestvalues1.png"></a>,
even scrollable dataBlocks <a centerpop_pic="/img/help/dataBlock1.png"><img style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; " src="/img/LRScroll.png"><img style="position: fixed; z-index: 9999; top: 125px; left: 50%; transform: translate(-50%, 0px); border: 2px solid black; border-radius: 6px; display: none;" class="DZCenterPop" alt="Visual for /img/help/dataBlock1.png" src="/img/help/dataBlock1.png"></a>
- Put the authoritative State data alongside your new regional composite into a chart or table.
- As the State data changes, the calculation and the display update automatically to reflect the new reality.
- Combine key displays, along with captions, weblinks, videos <a centerpop_pic="/img/help/dZBoard1.png"><img style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; " src="/img/camera66_grey.png"><img style="position: fixed; z-index: 9999; top: 125px; left: 50%; transform: translate(-50%, 0px); border: 2px solid black; border-radius: 6px; display: none;" class="DZCenterPop" alt="Visual for /img/help/dZBoard1.png" src="/img/help/dZBoard1.png"></a>.
== A closer look at your dataZoa Account... ==
== Your dataZoa account offers: ==
Share and view these dashboards on iPhones, iPads, Android devices and PCs.
