title: Introducing Google Chart Tools and Google Maps API in data visualization courses.
abstract: This article reports the experience of using Google Chart Tools and Google Maps in a data visualization course at Georgia State University. These visualization toolkits have many benefits but haven't been widely used in such courses. Students found them easy to use for creating a variety of interactive data visualizations.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D003196:Computer Graphics; D006801:Humans; D007254:Information Science / Q000193:education*; D020407:Internet; D008377:Maps as Topic; D057386:Search Engine; D012984:Software; D013334:Students