Visualization data is one of the key elements to understand information and make informed decisions; Google as the world’s biggest player in organizing has taken the lead in making these tools available for the public and is pushing this effort even further with initiatives such as the Google’s Data Viz Challenge.

Google has already integrated visualization data tools in some of its main products such as Google AdWords, Google Analytics and Google Docs.

Google partnered with WhatWePayFor.com and made the data for entire federal budget for the past several years available to the public to make into visualization. WhatWePayFor has made their data available via an API to contestants who want to take a crack at visualizing this data, and Google is offering a $5,000 prize to the best visualization. If you want to participate make sure you submit your entry by March 27, 2011.

Google is also showcasing some inspiring examples that you can see below… data visualization is on its early stage and the future is promising!

Samples

• When income grows, who gains?
• Years of schooling in Latin America vs Schooling in US
• Where does my money go UK?
• Where does my money go US?
• Job Loss in US from Jan 2007 to Aug 2010

This article has been written by Libardo Lambrano, Web Marketing Manager at Univision; the largest Hispanic TV & Media company in US. Libardo Lambrano, a digital citizen of the world can be reached@llambrano