Wouldn't be easier to customize the existing scatter plot to behave like a bubble chart? (you'd need a separate serie for each bubble size/color combination however, which could make the datatable and options set a little ugly).
- R. On 4 November 2011 11:12, rd-london <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello again, > I actually have another request. > > It is possible to use the Google Motion Chart as a highly > sophisticated bubble chart by setting the data to span just one date, > a placeholder, meaningless date. This is really useful. > > But with one downside: the one single date appears beneath the x-axis, > and if the date is purely a placeholder, then it's quite an eyesore - > and one has to put up supporting copy explaining that the date is > actually meaningless. > > So it would also be useful to configure the Google Motion Chart such > that the dates/time, if there is only one date, is not shown beneath > the x-axis. > > Many thanks, > > Cheers > R > > > > > > > > > On Nov 3, 10:36 am, rd-london <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Many thanks for responding, apologies for taking so long to reply. > > Yes, I'm only talking about the bubbles view. > > > > If "interpolate:False" is switched on, then the bubbles only actually > > *appear* when there is data. This may seem odd, and you may think that > > the resulting experience may be ugly - however it would then be > > truthful. The beauty aspect is irrelevant when you're actually looking > > for this chart (which I do utterly love btw, I think it's a thing of > > genius) to represent the truth behind the statistics. > > > > So the result would be that bubbles would appear and disappear. > > > > Thanks, > > R > > > > On Oct 31, 1:41 pm, EZChart <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm not sure I understand what exactly you want to happen when > > > setting "interpolate: False". > > > Are you talking only about the bubbles view? > > > Today, if you use a daily scale, with data points one month apart from > each > > > other, then motionchart will create intermediate data points by linear > > >interpolation. > > > When setting "interpolate: False" do you want the bubbles to "jump" > when > > > the data changes, instead of moving smoothly? > > > > > On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 3:59 PM, rd-london <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Hello again, > > > > Only me .... I see no-one replied to this, which is a great shame. > > > > > > The Motion Chart visualisation is full of wonder, it's a great thing > - > > > > and Hans Rosling (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Rosling), the > man > > > > who originated this I think, is terrific - his TED talk where he > > > > swallows swords is truly a beautiful thing. > > > > > > Given such beauty, it is a great shame that the Motion Control seems > > > > to *ALWAYS* interpolate results - it's so annoying! Is there > > > > absolutely no way I can set a setting, flick a switch, raise a flag - > > > > do something - to stop it doing this? > > > > > > If there isn't, couldn't you just squeak this little tiny request > into > > > > the next rollout? Go on, you know you want to .... It would be as > > > > simple as: > > > > > > "interpolate: True", or even "interpolate: False" > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > R > > > > > > On Sep 17, 6:09 pm, rd-london <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > Is it at all possible to prevent the Motion Chart frominterpolating > > > > > results? > > > > > At all, in any way? > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > R > > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > > "Google Visualization API" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]. > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-visualization-api?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Visualization API" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-visualization-api?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Visualization API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-visualization-api?hl=en.
