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Google Charts API

Posted by Don Albrecht

Yellow line chartOutsource your charting to Google!  Yesterday I discussed my initial experiences with the Flot charting library.   Today, I’m going to give you a brief introduction to the excellent new Google Charting API.How it works, simply embed an image tag in your source that references the google chart API location followed by a set of parameters specifying the actual chart.  Google then renders the chart as a PNG that can be displayed in the browser.Features:

 

Parameter Line chart Scatter plot Bar chart Venn diagram Pie chart 
Chart title Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Chart legend Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Colors Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Chart and background fill Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Multiple axis labels Yes Yes Yes    
Grid lines Yes Yes      
Shape markers Yes Yes      
Horizontal range markers Yes Yes      
Vertical range markers Yes Yes      
Line styles Yes        
Fill area Yes        
Pie chart labels         Yes


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