<s>
Google	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
Tables	I-Application
was	O
a	O
web	O
service	O
provided	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
for	O
data	B-General_Concept
management	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fusion	B-Application
tables	I-Application
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
gathering	O
,	O
visualising	O
and	O
sharing	O
data	O
tables	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
web	O
service	O
provided	O
means	O
for	O
visualizing	O
data	O
with	O
pie	B-Application
charts	I-Application
,	O
bar	B-Application
charts	I-Application
,	O
lineplots	O
,	O
scatterplots	B-Application
,	O
timelines	B-Application
,	O
network	O
graphs	O
,	O
HTML-formatted	O
card-layouts	O
,	O
and	O
geographical	O
maps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
the	O
Fusion	B-Application
Tables	I-Application
website	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
Tables	I-Application
is	O
a	O
service	O
for	O
data	B-General_Concept
management	I-General_Concept
,	O
integration	O
and	O
collaboration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
You	O
can	O
easily	O
upload	O
data	O
sets	O
from	O
CSV	O
,	O
KML	B-Application
and	O
spreadsheets	O
,	O
and	O
visualize	O
the	O
data	O
using	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
You	O
can	O
easily	O
visualize	O
large	O
data	O
sets	O
on	O
Google	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
and	O
embed	O
visualizations	O
on	O
other	O
web	O
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	O
can	O
use	O
our	O
API	O
to	O
build	O
applications	O
over	O
Fusion	B-Application
Tables	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
closed	O
Fusion	B-Application
Tables	I-Application
on	O
3	O
December	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fusion	B-Application
Tables	I-Application
accepted	O
a	O
data	O
file	O
structured	O
as	O
a	O
simple	O
database	O
table	O
,	O
typically	O
a	O
.csv	O
but	O
also	O
other	O
delimiters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
imported	O
KML	B-Application
,	O
reading	O
each	O
KML	B-Application
placemark	O
or	O
geospatial	O
object	O
into	O
its	O
own	O
row	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fusion	B-Application
Tables	I-Application
files	O
were	O
private	O
,	O
unlisted	O
or	O
public	O
,	O
as	O
specified	O
by	O
the	O
user	O
and	O
followed	O
the	O
convention	O
established	O
by	O
other	O
Google	B-Application
Docs	I-Application
apps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Files	O
were	O
then	O
listed	O
and	O
searchable	O
in	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
Google	B-Application
Drive	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
'	O
fusion	O
 '	O
in	O
the	O
name	O
Fusion	B-Application
Tables	I-Application
came	O
from	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
'	O
file	O
 '	O
that	O
is	O
really	O
just	O
a	O
view	O
on	O
a	O
join	O
of	O
two	O
or	O
more	O
other	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
to	O
publish	O
a	O
map	O
about	O
election	O
results	O
in	O
Illinois	O
,	O
one	O
could	O
upload	O
a	O
table	O
with	O
election	O
results	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
create	O
another	O
file	O
that	O
joins	O
this	O
table	O
with	O
a	O
KML	B-Application
of	O
US	O
electoral	O
districts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fusion	B-Application
Tables	I-Application
encouraged	O
read-only	O
reuse	O
of	O
publicly	O
published	O
data	O
sets	O
,	O
or	O
other	O
data	O
sets	O
shared	O
with	O
the	O
user	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
UI	O
supported	O
adding	O
rows	O
and	O
editing	O
data	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
also	O
possible	O
programmatically	O
through	O
the	O
Fusion	B-Application
Tables	I-Application
API	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
import	O
,	O
Fusion	B-Application
Tables	I-Application
automatically	O
detected	O
various	O
data	O
types	O
in	O
the	O
data	O
,	O
and	O
generated	O
a	O
few	O
appropriate	O
visualizations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	O
types	O
supported	O
within	O
the	O
table	O
view	O
included	O
standard	O
strings	O
,	O
numbers	O
but	O
also	O
images	O
and	O
KML	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Types	O
of	O
location	O
data	O
automatically	O
detected	O
included	O
:	O
latitude/longitude	O
information	O
in	O
one	O
or	O
two	O
columns	O
,	O
KML	B-Application
place	O
descriptions	O
,	O
and	O
some	O
types	O
of	O
placenames	O
,	O
and	O
addresses	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
sent	O
to	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Maps	O
Geocoding	O
API	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
put	O
them	O
on	O
the	O
map	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fusion	B-Application
Tables	I-Application
was	O
tightly	O
integrated	O
with	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Maps	O
geocoding	O
service	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Maps	O
API	O
,	O
which	O
supported	O
an	O
experimental	O
FusionTablesLayer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fusion	B-Application
Tables	I-Application
supported	O
KML	B-Application
descriptions	O
of	O
geographic	O
points	O
,	O
lines	O
and	O
polygons	O
as	O
a	O
datatype	O
within	O
the	O
tables	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
providing	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
ingest	O
,	O
manage	O
,	O
merge	O
and	O
style	O
larger	O
quantities	O
of	O
data	O
,	O
Fusion	B-Application
Tables	I-Application
facilitated	O
a	O
blossoming	O
of	O
geographic	O
story-telling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Incorporating	O
a	O
call	O
to	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Chart	O
API	O
could	O
dynamically	O
render	O
a	O
chart	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
data	O
within	O
a	O
single	O
row	O
in	O
the	O
card	O
or	O
infowindow	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Table	O
view	O
(	O
rows	O
&	O
columns	O
)	O
,	O
standard	O
pie	B-Application
charts	I-Application
,	O
scatter	B-Application
plots	I-Application
and	O
line	O
graphs	O
,	O
timeline	B-Application
,	O
chloropleth	O
map	O
,	O
network	O
graph	O
,	O
and	O
motion	O
chart	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
supporting	O
simple	O
queries	O
,	O
embeddable	O
HTML	O
snippets	O
for	O
visualizations	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
simple	O
HTML	O
templating	O
language	O
for	O
customizing	O
layouts	O
,	O
Fusion	B-Application
Tables	I-Application
straddled	O
the	O
point-n-click	O
world	O
and	O
the	O
production	O
software	O
engineering	O
world	O
with	O
a	O
'	O
scriptable	O
 '	O
functionality	O
that	O
allowed	O
many	O
data	O
owners	O
with	O
limited	O
software	O
development	O
time	O
or	O
expertise	O
to	O
develop	O
highly	O
custom	O
,	O
expressive	O
websites	O
and	O
tools	O
with	O
their	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maps	O
created	O
in	O
Fusion	B-Application
Tables	I-Application
could	O
be	O
exported	O
to	O
KML	B-Application
and	O
viewed	O
in	O
Google	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
,	O
making	O
Fusion	B-Application
Tables	I-Application
an	O
important	O
authoring	O
tool	O
for	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
non-profits	O
and	O
NGOs	O
working	O
closely	O
with	O
Google	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
Outreach	I-Application
to	O
spread	O
information	O
about	O
their	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fusion	B-Application
Tables	I-Application
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
challenges	O
of	O
managing	O
scientific	O
data	O
collections	O
in	O
multi-organization	O
collaborations	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
DNA	O
barcoding	O
collaboration	O
between	O
University	O
of	O
Pennsylvania	O
ecologist	O
Dan	O
Janzen	O
,	O
the	O
International	O
Barcode	O
of	O
Life	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Guelph	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
website	O
launched	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
Labs	I-Application
in	O
June	O
2009	O
,	O
announced	O
by	O
Alon	O
Halevy	O
and	O
Rebecca	O
Shapley	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
positive	O
feedback	O
about	O
Fusion	B-Application
Tables	I-Application
 '	O
integration	O
with	O
the	O
Intensity	O
map	O
in	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Visualization	O
API	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
worked	O
closely	O
with	O
the	B-Application
Google	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
team	O
to	O
add	O
support	O
in	O
Feb	O
2010	O
for	O
KML	B-Application
point	O
,	O
line	O
and	O
polygon	O
objects	O
as	O
a	O
native	O
datatype	O
in	O
the	O
tables	O
,	O
visualized	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
 '	O
basemap	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
some	O
smarts	O
were	O
applied	O
to	O
detect	O
data	O
columns	O
that	O
described	O
locations	O
(	O
like	O
addresses	O
)	O
and	O
to	O
send	O
them	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
Geocoding	O
service	O
so	O
they	O
could	O
be	O
rendered	O
on	O
the	O
map	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
thereafter	O
in	O
May	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
FusionTablesLayer	O
was	O
offered	O
as	O
an	O
experimental	O
feature	O
of	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Maps	O
API	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
integration	O
of	O
Fusion	B-Application
Tables	I-Application
with	O
Google	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
through	O
the	O
FusionTablesLayer	O
was	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
first	O
foray	O
into	O
server-side	O
rendering	O
of	O
users	O
 '	O
data	O
onto	O
Google	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
tiles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
creating	O
many	O
objects	O
for	O
the	O
client	O
to	O
track	O
,	O
this	O
could	O
make	O
maps	O
slow	O
,	O
and	O
effectively	O
limited	O
Google	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
to	O
showing	O
approximately	O
200	O
user	O
data	O
points	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FusionTablesLayer	O
demonstrated	O
fast	O
,	O
server-side	O
rendering	O
of	O
large	O
and	O
complex	O
user	O
data	O
onto	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Maps	O
base	O
map	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
open-sourced	O
point-n-click	O
tool	O
helped	O
people	O
create	O
the	O
snippets	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
the	O
snippet	O
was	O
also	O
available	O
easily	O
in	O
the	O
Fusion	B-Application
Tables	I-Application
UI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2011	O
,	O
Fusion	B-Application
Tables	I-Application
added	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
style	O
(	O
change	O
the	O
color	O
or	O
visual	O
presentation	O
of	O
)	O
data	O
on	O
the	O
map	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
default	O
and	O
simple	O
HTML	O
customizable	O
infobubbles	O
(	O
shown	O
when	O
an	O
item	O
on	O
the	O
map	O
is	O
clicked	O
)	O
through	O
both	O
the	O
web	O
app	O
and	O
the	O
APIs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fusion	B-Application
Tables	I-Application
offered	O
a	O
readily	O
accessible	O
solution	O
for	O
working	O
with	O
data	O
on	O
a	O
map	O
that	O
previously	O
required	O
clunky	O
and	O
expensive	O
desktop	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fusion	B-Application
Tables	I-Application
was	O
presented	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Geo	O
track	O
at	O
Google	B-Application
IO	I-Application
in	O
May	O
2011	O
:	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
the	O
March	O
2011	O
earthquake	O
and	O
tsunami	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
crisis	O
responders	O
used	O
Fusion	B-Application
Tables	I-Application
to	O
reflect	O
road	O
status	O
and	O
shelters	O
with	O
close-to-realtime	O
updates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
Crisis	O
Response	O
team	O
continued	O
to	O
use	O
Fusion	B-Application
Tables	I-Application
as	O
a	O
key	O
tool	O
for	O
creating	O
and	O
updating	O
relevant	O
maps	O
after	O
a	O
crisis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
2011	O
,	O
as	O
Google	B-Application
Labs	I-Application
was	O
closed	O
,	O
Fusion	B-Application
Tables	I-Application
'	O
graduated	O
 '	O
into	O
the	O
list	O
of	O
default	O
features	O
in	O
Google	B-Application
Docs	I-Application
,	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2012	O
,	O
Fusion	B-Application
Tables	I-Application
created	O
its	O
own	O
'	O
labs	O
 '	O
track	O
with	O
several	O
experimental	O
features	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
,	O
a	O
network	O
graph	O
visualization	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
preview	O
of	O
the	O
revised	O
Fusion	B-Application
Tables	I-Application
API	O
,	O
which	O
officially	O
launched	O
in	O
June	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Merging	O
tables	O
continued	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
key	O
,	O
if	O
difficult	O
to	O
discover	O
,	O
part	O
of	O
Fusion	B-Application
Tables	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Merging	O
tables	O
was	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
a	O
great	O
way	O
to	O
use	O
publicly	O
available	O
authoritative	O
KML	B-Application
boundaries	O
for	O
places	O
many	O
people	O
might	O
have	O
data	O
about	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
counties	O
or	O
electoral	O
districts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2012	O
,	O
Fusion	B-Application
Tables	I-Application
launched	O
integration	O
with	O
Table	O
Search	O
,	O
another	O
Google	B-Application
Research	O
project	O
from	O
Alon	O
Halevy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fusion	B-Application
Tables	I-Application
was	O
described	O
in	O
talks	O
at	O
the	O
in	O
2011	O
and	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Inc	I-Application
.	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2018	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
retire	O
Fusion	B-Application
Tables	I-Application
on	O
3	O
December	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
open-source	O
archive	O
tool	O
was	O
created	O
to	O
export	O
existing	O
Fusion	B-Application
Tables	I-Application
maps	O
to	O
an	O
open-sourced	O
visualizer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fusion	B-Application
Tables	I-Application
had	O
an	O
avid	O
following	O
that	O
was	O
disappointed	O
to	O
learn	O
of	O
the	O
deprecation	O
.	O
</s>
