Google Fusion Tables

TO DO - explain how Fusion Tables is no longer an actively-developed tool, in the opinion of the author and several other former users. As a result, this part of the book will be archived and no longer updated

Tutorials and variations of Searchable Map Template with Google Maps and Fusion Tables, created by Derek Eder http://derekeder.com/searchable_map_template/

Strengths:

• All steps can be done inside your browser
• Full-screen responsive web design works on most devices
• Searchable location with filters (checkboxes, sliders, etc.)
• Optional template to embed as an iframe on your own site
• All data (up to 100,000 map points) resides in Google Fusion Table
• Post questions on Google Group Forum for this template

Limitations:

• No coding skills required, but several steps required to edit existing code template

TO DO

• explain cases where this approach make sense
• compare with Leaflet templates and GeoJSON data hosted on GitHub Pages

Filter examples (checkboxes, text searches, time sliders) on project wiki

-http://github.com/derekeder/FusionTable-Map-Template/wiki/Filter-examples

Discussion forum

• For questions about the Searchable Map template, see https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/fusion-table-map-template

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