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GED VIZ

GED VIZ lets you create and share visualizations of global economic relations - for research, teaching and storytelling.

The online version:

http://viz.ged-project.de

Watch the video to see how it works:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNUT-KwKd58

Questions or remarks? Send us your feedback!

http://www.ged-project.de/contact/

Implementation

GED VIZ is a Ruby on Rails application using a MySQL database. The client side part is written in JavaScript/CoffeeScript using Backbone.js, Chaplin.js and Raphael.js.

Dependencies

  • Ruby 1.9.3 (MRI) with RubyGems
  • MySQL 5.1 or newer

Installation

  • gem install bundler
  • bundle install
  • Adjust config/database.yml to your database configuration. You might use config/database.yml.sample as a template.
  • rake db:create db:migrate db:seed importer:import This creates the database and imports the data. This may take several minutes.
  • Start the local development server: rails server

If you deploy the software on an Internet or Intranet server, please replace the term “GED VIZ” and trademarked logos which aren’t covered by the MIT license. See LICENSE.md for further instructions.

About

The “Global Economic Dynamics” (GED) project of the Bertelsmann Foundation is intended to contribute to a better understanding of the growing complexity of economic developments.

Contact to the GED team: http://www.ged-project.de/contact/

Software Development: 9elements

Technical and security contact: Mathias Schäfer, [email protected], github.com/molily