Test Google map api

Learning JavaScript

A quick test of some Java Script below:

Using SAP Dashboards and tables extracted from the South African AMPs (All Media and Products Survey), I produced an interactive Flash file which may be used to look at the demographic profile of the South African customer base.

Tribute to Ravi Shankar RIP

A word cloud tribute to Ravi Shankar built of the Ravi Shankar Wiki discography.

Nelson Mandela Word Cloud generated from Wikipedia

nelson mandela wikipedia free president south africa may – june klerk state general september july age political national congress johannesburg london external nelsonmandela org apartheid peace people first election anti umkhonto sizwe anc sabotage life years prison robben island release february led party negotiations father nobel prize rivonia lockerbie trial family aids foreign ayob one became later children guardian two university support during time campaign freedom gandhi january december black leadership white government group did struggle rights united article august link country court october leaders long april international march november times world day song health public land act order bush john foundation history birthday web independent stories iraq film story walk biography affairs bbc http html retrieved archive pdf htm aspx books isbn news stm index php dead original ancdocs york v t e

Word Cloud generated from Shakespeare's Sonnet 116

South Africa Census 2011

South Africa Census 2011 results were published today and I examined some of the data from official Statssa website.  Follow the link to the official report:  Census 2011 Results.
To illustrate the relative movement in population sizes by provinces I decided to use Bubble charts in MS Excel. Size of bubble reflects the population in each province, the height (Y-axis) reflects the increase in population size within each province and the X-axis reflects the change in Provinces population as contributor to the total population of SA.

KZN (Kwa-Zulu Natal) and EC (Eastern Cape) population stagnation reflects some of the effects of AIDS related deaths whilst Gauteng gains from economic migration. I found the bubble chart to be a striking illustration of the population changes. Using relative measures for the X and Y axis makes the most effective use of Bubble charts such that it models the actual movements and the sizes of the provincial populations. You will notice that I also added in a small map of South Africa's provinces and data legend for quick reference.