On Monday, search engine giant Google took the wraps off a new Google Labs experiment which has the capability to turn public data sets into interesting and interactive charts that can be easily embedded into Web pages.

Released as the Google Public Data Explorer, the tool relies heavily on the visualization technology that the company managed to obtain with its 2007 acquisition of Trendalyzer.

With the technology, "Google Chart Tools" will also be powered, which is basically an umbrella term for the Google Chart API and the Google Visualization API that can be utilized to add charts and graphs to Web sites.

"With the Data Explorer, you can mash up data using line graphs, bar graphs, maps and bubble charts. The visualizations are dynamic, so you can watch them move over time, change topics, highlight different entries and change the scale. Once you have a chart ready, you can easily share it with friends or even embed it on your own Web site or blog", shared Jurgen Schwarzler, a Statistician on Google's Public Data Team, in an official blog post.

The revelation of the Public Data Explorer manages to build upon Google's effort to offer visual support to search queries and answers.