What’s cool: With six available widgets for Google maps, bar charts, bubble charts and more, users just need to code simple HTML tables and lists in order to generate robust online visualizations.

SimpleGeo and Stamen Design have partnered to produce Polymaps, a JavaScript library for image- and vector-tiled maps using SVG, that can be used by developers to build dynamic mapping apps.

Google Inc. last week launched its Google AJAX Libraries API, enabling developers to use the company’s global infrastructure to host and serve major JavaScript libraries. “What it is really ...