Mashups are a direct result of Web 2.0. A mashup is a web application using content from more than one source to create a new application. The term comes from pop music. In the mashup ecosystem, open data content is the key; over half of today�s mashups involve maps. Mashups used to involve coding, but new tools now make the task much easier. Here are some of them:
* Yahoo Maps
* Frappr
* Google My Maps
* Yahoo Pipes
* QEDWiki
* DataMashups
According to The Programmable Web, at least 2,456 mashups exist
Data Visualization
Visualization is an important way to access data because the human eye can process information much better visually than textually. Here are some examples of web sites using visualization to present data.
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