Dec 19

Google Charts

Tag: General, Technology — Josh @ 9:32 pm

I ran across this tidbit today. Google has made it’s charting API public.  Using the service, you can display several types of graphical charts on your own web page by passing parameters to the API url. For example, putting “http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=p3&chd=s:hW&chs=250x100&chl=Hello|World” in an img tag, you get the below chart.
Google Chart - Simple     
 A more complex example:

Google Chart - Complex 

Ignoring all the “practical” uses for this tool, I have to wonder: Could this be the next ASCII Art? 

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