MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-- Last week, I stopped by Alon Halevy's office to learn how to visualize large data sets onto a map. Halevy, who heads the Data Group at Google Research, walked me through the ...

What do you think of when you see the words "Microsoft Excel?" For many, it's "cells," "numbers," and "formulas." However, there's much more to the program than that! You can also create stunning 3D ...

Big Data is great for geeks, but most normal people don’t get a kick out of looking at huge tables of data (Excel junkies excluded). Factual, which is an open database wiki, just added some tools to ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

Google announced a mapping tool for small businesses. Dubbed “Google Maps Engine Pro,” the new software allows users to easily create maps based on any set of data they want, such as sales data, ...

Spatial analysis platform Carto has raised a $61 million Series C round. Many companies collect a ton of data with some location element tied to it. Carto lets you display that data on interactive ...

Government is learning what open data means one step at a time. And on June 11, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) took a large step forward in its own open data efforts by releasing a new ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. How do you visualize data? As tons of little atom-like pieces whizzing through the air? Or is it more like a huge spreadsheet that you’re ...

Q. Can you suggest any quick ways to help data stand out in large tables of information? Not dashboards, but something within the tables themselves to allow for quick recognition of patterns without ...

In San Marcos, Texas, some roadways remain impassable due to the recent flooding. FEMA's new data visualization tool lets people explore historic federal disaster declarations by state, county, hazard ...