Timeline

  • 2011

    • October:
    • August:
      • StatPlanet World Bank 2.0 released
        • Added search;
        • Updated interface;
        • Added 25 new map regions;
        • Updated political map boundaries;
        • Fixed an issue with indicator description popups not always appearing on roll-over.
      • World Bank EdStats using StatPlanet

      May:

      • StatPlanet Map Maker 2.4 released
        • Support added for alternate time units (e.g. months, weeks, quarters);
        • Support for multiple map layers, e.g. to show changing boundaries over time;
        • Indicator popup can now include mean, standard deviation, range, and the highest and lowest country/map regions for the selected indicator;
        • Data sources can now be specified by indicator as well as by category;
        • New customization options 
          (add a map title, set the height of the top interface (indicator/graph/country selection panels), add 'average' marker inside indicator bars, set graph label size, select data format: csv or txt);
        • Improved interface.
      • StatPlanet Plus 2.4 additional features:
        • Drag-and-drop cities and other points of interest onto your map;
        • Custom Flash map added;
        • Shapefile version now also supports proportional symbol maps.
      • New language translations:
        • Russian translation, courtesy of Andrey Loschilov.
        • Danish translation, courtesy of Peter Erbs-Maibing, Research Centre for Prevention and Health, Denmark.
        • Greek translation.
      • Download
      • Read more (StatPlanet 2.4 User Guide)
    • April:
    • February:
      • StatPlanet Plus updated: added USA version, fixed problem with loading some shapefile maps, as well as an issue in displaying international character sets. Added new international character sets.
      • Portuguese (Brazilian) translation added, courtesy of the Instituto Centro de Vida.
    • January:

    2010

    • December:
      • StatPlanet Map Maker 2.3 released*
        - Improved & easier map legend customization. Copy/paste map customizations from StatPlanet into the StatPlanet Data Editor;
        - Visualization: animated time-series graph; bullet graph option;
        - Text labels added automatically for custom maps with drag-and-drop positioning in StatPlanet;
        - New customization options;
        - Simplified data structure (data.csv), with settings in a separate file (settings.csv). 
        * For those updating from an older version: note that there is an extra column in v 2.3 (the first column). If you are copying data from a previous version, you need to paste the data one column further.
      • StatPanet Data Editor 1.4 released:
        - additional customization options (see sheet 'Settings');
        - improved data importing. 
      • IFPRI's Food Security Case Maps released in partnership with StatPlanet: Mapping Food Security & Climate Change Scenarios.
      • GDX2StatPlanet released. (GDX = GAMS Data Exchange). GAMS is a high-level modeling system. Read more. 
    • November:
    • May:
    • April:
      • New data added: Language, Political, and Environment (Elevation extremes, Waste).
    • March:
      • StatPlanet Map Maker 2.2 released
        - new graph types: bullet graph and scatterplot trails graph;
        - USA map added;
        - various interface improvements.
      • StatPlanet Lite released:
        - support for loading GIS shapefiles
        - world and USA maps included;
      • StatPanet Data Editor 1.3 released: 
        - additional customization options (see sheet 'Settings');
        - scatterplot bubble colors can now be defined in the custom regions section 
        (see sheet 'Data', column 'G').
      • New data added (Agriculture, Digital Divide and Health).

  • 2009:

    • December:
    • October:
      • StatPlanet Map Maker 2.1 released:
        - customizable map legend:
        • create qualitative maps;
        • set custom map values, labels and colors for each indicator.

        - new options to create a more customized map application by personalizing the color scheme and interface.

      • StatPanet Data Editor 1.2 released:
        - improved interface for easier editing;
        - improved detection and reporting of errors.
    • September:
      • StatPlanet 2.0 - offline / downloadable version released. 
        - over 250 world development indicators;
        - modify appearance and settings by editing settings.csv.
    • August:
      • StatPlanet Map Maker 2.0 released:
        - option to insert your own Flash map using the included template (.FLA);
        - new interface & features (see below);
        - more options to customize the appearance.
      • New data added (economy and education enrolment indicators).

      July:

      • StatPlanet World Map 2.0 released:
        - new and improved interface;
        - new graph options: resize graph window, select x and y indicators;
        - time slider added with play button to animate changes over time.
      • Graph Maker released:
        - Visualize any kind of data through interactive graphs.
    • June:
      • new data added on the quality of education in Latin America (LLECE), environment (UNDP) and children's health (UNICEF).
    • May:
      • StatPlanet Map Maker 1.3 released: 
        - new graph options (time series graph, scale scatter plot bubbles according to a third indicator);
        - added country selection window;
        - various interface improvements.
      • StatPanet Data Editor 1.1 released:
        - improved data import function to better recognize the data structure of imported files as well as detection of indicators/variables in the data file;
        - added option to customize the StatPlanet interface colors.
    • February:
      • StatPlanet Map Maker 1.2 released
        - various interface improvements (e.g. category selection, bar chart auto-resizing, placement of country names in the scatter plot).
      • new data from UNDP, UNAIDS, UNSTATS and IMF; updated existing data.
    • January:
      • StatPlanet Map Maker updated:
        • Data import function improved: fixed incompatibility issue for older versions of Excel, improved detection of country name spellings;
        • Data Editor now creates data file for both web and offline versions.
        • Added a progress bar for importing data;
        • Translated into French, Spanish and Dutch.

  • 2008:

    • December:
    • November:
      • StatPlanet online: two options added (online version only):
        • (i) save the current map as an image 
          (PNG or JPG, select image size in the options window);
        • (ii) export/save the data table.
      • StatPlanet - Map Maker released: Add your own data and publish the results online.
    • October:
      • StatPlanet Map Maker 1.0 released

  • 2007:

    • First StatPlanet presentation at the Pedagogical Faultlines conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

  • 2005:

    • First version of StatPlanet developed.

 

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