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Google Fusion Tables

Kathryn Hurley, Developer Relations

Google Fusion Tables www.google.com/fusiontables

A modern data management web application making it easy to host, manage, collaborate on, visualize, and publish data tables online.

Google Fusion Tables host, manage, collaborate on, visualize, and publish data tables online

What can I do with Fusion Tables?

Host data in the cloud

Merge data with other tables

Make a map (or chart or timeline) in minutes!

Host data in the cloud

http://ftp2.census.gov/acs2009_1yr/prod/GeographicComparisonTables/StateUS/

Host data in the cloud

Permissions & export controlInvite individuals to read/writeShare publiclyAllow for export

Host data in the cloud

Metadata and attributionTable NameDescriptionAttribution

Host data in the cloud

Available via REST APISQL-like query language

def runSelect(self): query = "SELECT * FROM 123456 WHERE age > 30" encoded_query_params = urllib.urlencode({'sql': query}) path = 'http://www.google.com/fusiontables/api/query?' + encoded_query_params headers = { 'Authorization': 'GoogleLogin auth=' + self.auth_token } serv_req = urllib2.Request(url=path, headers=headers) serv_resp = urllib2.urlopen(serv_req) return serv_resp.read()

Merge data with other tables

Find public data tables to merge with

Merge data with other tables

Combine tables on a shared column

Merge data with other tables

Provenance tracking

Merge data with other tables

baby steps towards the dream platform

DEMO:hhs hospital finder. from about 8 different tables!

hhs data on hospital quality

Make a map* in minutes! * or chart, or timeline, all interactive

Make a mapUpload data and view as mapApply stylesCustomize InfoWindow

Get embeddable link or...Available via Maps API (FusionTablesLayer)

Make a map* in minutes! * or chart, or timeline, all interactive

http://www.wikieddata.com/questions/WA_Poverty

Google Fusion Tables

Demo Time!

Thanks! And some links.

Fusion Tables - http://www.google.com/fusiontables

Fusion Tables API - http://code.google.com/apis/fusiontables/

FusionTablesLayer - http://goo.gl/fY1S