Google Charts API
December 7th, 2007Outsource 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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