好奇的世界：世界各地的搜索一瞥

——Google 发布全球搜索量视觉化统计网站 Search Globe

原文标题：A world of curiosity: a peek at searches around the globe

Every day, people come to Google Search to ask questions. Through Google, questions become answers, and answers lead to the next set of questions. These people come from around the world and all walks of life, speaking hundreds of different languages, typing in search queries every single day. Today we’re sharing the Search Globe, a new visual display representing one day of Google searches around the world—visualizing the curiosity of people around the globe.

每天，人们来到谷歌搜索提问问题。通过谷歌，问题变成了答案，答案引出了一系列问题。这些人来自世界各地，来自各行各业，讲数百种不同的语言，每天键入搜索查询。今天，我们发布了Search Globe，一个新的视觉化的应用，表示了每天世界各地的谷歌搜索量，将世界各地人们的好奇心可视化了。

This visualization was developed and designed by the Google Data Arts Team using WebGL, a new technology for modern browsers that uses your computer’s hardware to generate fast, 3D graphics. As a result, you need a WebGL-enabled browser, like Google Chrome, to see the Globe. You can learn more about the technology behind the Globe on the Google Code Blog.

这个可视化的应用由Google Data Arts小组使用WebGL开发设计。（WebGL：一项针对现代浏览器的新技术，利用计算机的硬件加速3D图形显示）因此，你需要使用支持WebGL的浏览器，例如谷歌chrome浏览器，来观看全球图形。你可以在Google Code Blog了解更多关于the Globe背后的技术。

The Search Globe visualizes searches from one day, and shows the language of the majority of queries in an area in different colors. You’ll see a bright landscape of queries across Europe, and parts of Asia for instance, but unfortunately we see many fewer searches from parts of the world lacking Internet access—and often electricity as well—like Africa. We hope that as the Internet continues to become more accessible over time and people continue to ask questions, we’ll see this globe shine brightly everywhere.

The Search Globe图形可视化了一天的谷歌搜索，并在一个区域内用不同的颜色展示了大多数的搜索。比如，跨越欧洲和亚洲部分区域，你会看到一个明亮的搜索横条；但是不幸的是，在互联网还有电力覆盖不好的地方（比如非洲），我们看到的搜索要少得多。我们希望随着时间的推移，互联网变得更方便接入，人们更容易继续提问，我们将看到这个地球光芒无处不在。

We’ve also open sourced this platform so that developers can build their own globes using their own data, and we look forward to seeing other globes orbiting around the web.

我们也将这个项目开源了，因此开发者可以利用他们自己的数据建立他们自己的Globe应用，我们期待着在网上看到其他的globe应用。

Update 12:45PM: If you’d like to embed the Search Globe on your own site, here’s the embed code:

更新：如果你想在你的网站中嵌入搜索全球，这里是嵌入代码：

<iframe src="http://data-arts.appspot.com/globe-search/embed" height="500" width="500"></iframe>