mock data for XML graphing?

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mock data for XML graphing?

I need some data for developing an app...

edzillion

2:00 pm on Apr 2, 2008 (gmt 0)

I am making a graphing application for a website and need some mock data to test with before it goes live.
Does anyone know any sources for this kind of data? Live data would be ideal.
Basically what I need is any data that can be plotted on a line graph (time vs. quantity/level)

Thanks
Ed

cmarshall

2:16 pm on Apr 2, 2008 (gmt 0)

Well, you always have Google's KML format [earth.google.com]. However, that is 3-D (it sounds like you are actually looking for 1-D).

edzillion

2:39 pm on Apr 2, 2008 (gmt 0)

well it would be 2d wouldn't it?

like stock quotes, for example.
1pm: 23p
1.01pm: 24p

so you could plot the time on the x axis and the price on the y.

cmarshall

3:04 pm on Apr 2, 2008 (gmt 0)

Yeah, sorry. I forget the constant (X-axis) as a "D" all the time.

KML files, however, are not really describable by basic formulae, as they can have multiple Y-values for any given X.

edzillion

9:55 am on Apr 3, 2008 (gmt 0)

lol
dude what is your obsession with KML files? :)
like, thats. not. what. I. need.
at all.

Any other suggestions?

cmarshall

10:18 am on Apr 3, 2008 (gmt 0)

Dude, I'm not obsessed with them. They just happen to be an XML plotted data format that I use. I don't like giving advice on things about which I have no personal practical experience.

Just trying to be helpful.

httpwebwitch

4:27 am on Apr 4, 2008 (gmt 0)

you could make your own... just create a PHP page that takes the current time * a sine function or something. and there's yer fake data.

Did someone say KML? I LOVE KML files!