A recently launched tool to share data visualisations Visual.ly has created and shared a history of the open data movement.

Visual.ly allows news sites and blogs to embed the uploaded visualisations – in the true spirit of the open data movement.

The visualisation has a timeline on the evolution of APIs and the release of public data, including facts and figures on Data.gov.uk, a site where journalists can access and work with public data which launched in public beta in January last year.