https://github.com/bertelsmannstift/GED-VIZ

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• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bertelsmannstift/GED-VIZ
• Owner: bertelsmannstift
• License: other
• Created: 2013-02-20T09:13:59.000Z (over 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-07-21T22:17:30.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-04-13T21:52:08.238Z (7 months ago)
• Language: CoffeeScript
• Size: 8.17 MB
• Stars: 97
• Watchers: 20
• Forks: 24
• Open Issues: 8
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.md

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README

        
# GED VIZ – Visualizing Global Economic Relations

GED VIZ lets you create and share visualizations of global economic relations -

for research, teaching and storytelling.

[The online version: viz.ged-project.de](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!](https://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/de/ueber-uns/wer-wir-sind/ansprechpartner/mitarbeiter/cid/jan-arpe/)

## Implementation

GED VIZ is a data visualization tool that uses open web technologies like

HTML5, CSS, SVG, JavaScript and JSON. In particular, GED VIZ is a Ruby on

Rails application using a MySQL database. The client side part is written

 in JavaScript/[CoffeeScript](http://coffeescript.org/) using

 [Backbone.js](http://backbonejs.org/), [Chaplin.js](http://chaplinjs.org)

 and [Raphael.js](http://raphaeljs.com).

There is a

[detailed blog post on the implementation](http://9elements.com/io/index.php/ged-viz-making-of/).

### Dependencies

- Ruby 1.9.3 (MRI) with RubyGems. Also works with Ruby 2.1.

- MySQL 5.1 or newer

- [PhantomJS](http://phantomjs.org) for generating static images for slide

  previews, exporting and older browsers

### Installation

After cloning the repository, open a shell console, change to the GED-VIZ

directory and enter these commands:

- `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`


  This creates the database and imports the data. This may take several minutes.

- Start the local development server:


  `rails server`

This software is open source, but the trademark “GED VIZ” and the logos

are *not* covered by the MIT license. If you deploy the software on an Internet

or Intranet server, please replace these terms and logos with your own.

See [LICENSE.md](https://github.com/bertelsmannstift/GED-VIZ/blob/master/LICENSE.md)

for further instructions.

## About

The “Global Economic Dynamics” (GED) project of the

[Bertelsmann Foundation](http://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/) aims to

contribute to a better understanding of the growing complexity of economic developments.

Project manager: [Dr. Jan Arpe](https://jan-arpe.com/)

Visualization concept & UI design: [Raureif](https://raureif.net/) and [Prof. Boris Müller](https://esono.com/)

Data support: [Prognos](https://www.prognos.com/)

Software Development: [9elements](http://9elements.com)

Technical and security contact: Mathias Schäfer,

[[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]),

[@molily](https://github.com/molily)