THATcamp SF

Bootcamp: Everything Google

Mano Marks @manomarks, a Developer Advocate from Google HQ

• Google Fusion Tables

• http://tables.googlelabs.com/Home?pli=1a way to upload, store, collaborate, visualize tabular data
• different from spreadsheets

• larger data sets

• upload files up to 100 MB
• total storage 250
• in beta (out of labs)

• valuable to humanities researchers:

• upload data, click on visualization
• collaborate w/o losing attribution

• api available
• sql-like query language

• get & post statements

• http://www.wikieddata.com/

• embedded visualizations e.g. Washington school board

• More examples at http://sites.google.com/site/fusiontablestalks/stories
• Maps API allow:

• change map colours, remove roads
• simplification of maps
• show map without boundaries or roads