Assignment No 2 JB Google Visualization API

Boston consulting firm BostonConsulting.com has forecasted U.S. job growth by industry and by geographic region. The graphic shows actual job growth through second-quarter 2009 and BostonConsulting.com forecasted job growth for third-quarter 2009 through second-quarter 2010. It covers every state in USA, the District of Columbia and 384 metro areas, broken down by fourteen industry sectors. The map can be used by graduating student and people who wish to seek employment in the United States. As US has been hit by recession, it has become very important for people to target specific states and industries offering job opportunities. The map is visually appealing and can be very informative for people to know the percentage increase in the number of jobs that would be available in the different states in USA.






The map is displayed using Google Visualization Geomap API. A geomap is a map of a country, continent, or region map, with colors and values assigned to specific regions. Values are displayed as a color scale, and you can specify optional hovertext for regions. The data in the map is also provided in tabular form for better understanding using the Google table API. A table that can be sorted and paged. Table cells can be formatted using format strings, or by directly inserting HTML as cell values. Numeric values are right-aligned; boolean values are displayed as check marks. Users can select single rows either with the keyboard or the mouse. Users can sort rows by clicking on column headers. The header row remains fixed as the user scrolls. The table fires a number of events corresponding to user interaction.

References:
http://code.google.com/apis/visualization/
http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2009-02-06-new-jobs-growth-graphic_N.htm