Excel 2013 brings forward an array of new and exciting features at the finger tips of the data analysts, ranging from a shiny new visualization and exploratory data analysis platform (PowerView) to a number of new pivoting features as well as a powerful in-memory data modelling engine (PowerPivot) enabled by default.

Among all these features, the new Excel delivers a few different options for visualizing geographical and location based data, each visualization technique serving a different purpose (with a specific set of features) or targeting a particular demographic segment of the over-all Excel user-base. This is a short post introducing some techniques for visualizing geo information in Excel.

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I recently have been asked to integrate a real-time Forex exchange prices widget to a financial website, there are quiet a lot of options out there, my aim was to get something that loads up asynchronously and quickly, while also ensuring that the widget itself is customizable in terms of look & feel, in order to fit the site’s stylings.
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