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Show, don’t tell!Or: All the easy infographic tools you could ever want (and likely already need).

Justin KarpABC7 News – Washington, D.C.University of Maryland-College Park

INFOGRAPHICSOr: Pictures are way easier than numbers!

Tableau Public www.tableausoftware.com

Free, desktop-based chart and data viz builder

Import CSV and XLS files to build huge charts

Projects stored in the cloud and embeddable into your website

Free training webinars

Infogr.am www.infogr.am

Free, cloud based infographic maker

Import or construct data within the app to generate interactive charts

Dozens of customizable charts, graphs and pictogram templates available

In and out in five minutes

iCharts www.icharts.com

Much like Tableau Public, but all web-based

Input data on the site or import it from your data set

Import graphics to built totally custom, visually dynamic charts and graphics

MAPS

It’s like TomTom. Except it helps you instead of frustrating you.

Google Maps maps.google.com

Typically the easiest and quickest mapping platform

Embeddable maps in less than five minutes

Tremendous platform for open, crowdsourced map projects

Esri www.arcgis.com/home

Visually rich, dynamic and embeddable maps

Desktop and cloud based systems

Create custom apps to compare two maps, integrate social media, etc.

BatchGeo www.batchgeo.com

Import a list of addresses from an XLS file to a Google Map

Good to aggregate multiple points of interest in a short time