FACETTED BROWSING

1 . A computer-implemented method for facetted browsing, the computer-implemented method comprising performing computer-implemented operations for:

obtaining, at a computer system executing a visualization component, data including data values and geographic location information;

generating, by the computer system, a geospatial visualization of the data based, at least partially, upon the data values and the geographic location information;

outputting, by the computer system, the geospatial visualization;

generating, by the computer system, an overlay visualization of the data based, at least partially, upon the data values; and

outputting, by the computer system, the overlay visualization.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the data further comprises temporal data.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the geospatial visualization comprises a three-dimensional visualization and the overlay visualization comprises a two-dimensional visualization.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, at the computer system, an input via the overlay visualization to perform an action; and

in response to the input, updating, by the computer system, the geospatial visualization.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the action comprises a brushing action performed over a portion of the overlay visualization, and wherein updating the geospatial visualization comprises emphasizing at least a portion of the geospatial visualization that is associated with the portion of the overlay visualization.

6 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising updating the overlay visualization to emphasize the portion of the overlay visualization.

7 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the action comprises a selection action to select a portion of the overlay visualization, and wherein updating the geospatial visualization comprises emphasizing at least a portion of the geospatial visualization that is associated with the portion of the overlay visualization.

8 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

receiving, at the computer system, a filter input to filter a subset of the data that is associated with the selected portion of the overlay visualization; and

filtering, by the computer system, the subset of the data that is associated with the selected portion of the overlay visualization.

9 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, at the computer system, an input via the geospatial visualization to perform an action; and

in response to the input, updating, by the computer system, the geospatial visualization and the overlay visualization to reflect the input.

10 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

obtaining geographic mapping data from a geocoding service, the geographic mapping data comprising data mapping the geographic location information to geocoded information; and

obtaining, from a map server, map data corresponding to the geocoded information.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein generating the geospatial visualization comprises generating the geospatial visualization based, at least partially, upon the geographic mapping data and the map data.

12 . A computer storage medium having computer readable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

obtain spreadsheet data including data values and geographic location information;

generate a geospatial visualization of the spreadsheet data based, at least partially, upon the data values and the geographic location information, the geospatial visualization comprising a three-dimensional visualization that represents a plurality of data points associated with the spreadsheet data in three-dimensional space;

output the geospatial visualization;

generate an overlay visualization of the spreadsheet data based, at least partially, upon the data values, the overlay visualization comprising a two-dimensional visualization that represents the plurality of data points associated with the spreadsheet data in two-dimensional space; and

output the overlay visualization.

13 . The computer storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the data further comprises temporal data.

14 . The computer storage medium of claim 12 , further comprising computer readable instructions that, when executed by the computer, causes the computer to:

receive an input via the overlay visualization to perform an action; and

in response to the input, update the geospatial visualization.

15 . The computer storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the action comprises a brushing action performed over a portion of the overlay visualization, and wherein the instructions to update the geospatial visualization comprise instructions to emphasize at least a portion of the geospatial visualization that is associated with the portion of the overlay visualization.

16 . The computer storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the action comprises a selection action to select a portion of the overlay visualization, and wherein the instructions to update the geospatial visualization comprises instructions to emphasize at least a portion of the geospatial visualization that is associated with the portion of the overlay visualization.

17 . The computer storage medium of claim 16 , further comprising computer readable instructions that, when executed by the computer, causes the computer to:

receive a filter input to filter a subset of the data that is associated with the selected portion of the overlay visualization; and

filter the subset of the data that is associated with the selected portion of the overlay visualization.

18 . A computer storage medium having computer readable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

obtain spreadsheet data including data values, temporal information, and geographic location information;

generate a geospatial visualization of the spreadsheet data based, at least partially, upon the data values, the temporal information, and the geographic location information, the geospatial visualization comprising a three-dimensional visualization that represents a plurality of data points associated with the spreadsheet data in three-dimensional space;

output the geospatial visualization to a user computing device in communication with the computer;

generate an overlay visualization of the spreadsheet data based, at least partially, upon the data values and the temporal information, the overlay visualization comprising a two-dimensional chart that represents the plurality of data points associated with the spreadsheet data in two-dimensional space; and

output the overlay visualization to the user computing device such that the overlay visualization at least partially overlays the geospatial visualization.

19 . The computer storage medium of claim 18 , further comprising computer readable instructions that, when executed by the computer, causes the computer to:

receive an input to select a portion of the spreadsheet data via the two-dimensional chart;

in response to the input, select the portion of the spreadsheet data in the two-dimensional chart; and

further in response to the input, select an associated portion of the spreadsheet data in the three-dimensional visualization.

20 . The computer storage medium of claim 18 , further comprising computer readable instructions that, when executed by the computer, causes the computer to:

receive an input to select a portion of the spreadsheet data via the three-dimensional visualization;

in response to the input, select the portion of the spreadsheet data in the three-dimensional visualization; and

further in response to the input, select an associated portion of the spreadsheet data in the two-dimensional chart.