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Hone your Fusion Tables training skills
Get savvy with the new version of Fusion Tables and learn the newest features and share tips and tricks for smooth trainings. For those who are newer to Fusion Tables, learn what they are, see examples and what types of files can be used. Learn how to do mapping with Fusion Tables and how to style and display them. This tutorial also goes into customizing tables, how to add layers and how to combine maps. Find out more through this link: https://sites.google.com/site/fusiontablestalks/talks/car-2013
Tags: Google; Google Fusion Tables; data
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Welcome to the world of data: Now what do you do? (T. Thompson Powerpoint)
Thompson gives her tips and examples on what to do after you get the data. She includes what to use Access for, what to use Excel for, what to use Google Maps for and much more.
Tags: data sets; large data; data resources, ideas
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Free data tools
Golden lists free tools to use for displaying data, including charts and maps. This is her Powerpoint presentation for: Best practices speed presentations.
Tags: data tools; free; Tableau; Timeflow; Google Fusion
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Own Your Map Stack
Learn how to create your own maps without resorting to Google Maps.
Tags: maps; map stacks
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Locating the story: The latest in online maps
Welsh lecturing on the potential of using online maps in reporting.
Tags: online; maps; internet; google earth; copycat; osm; open street map; html5
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Google: An insider's guide to digging up information
Learn how to utilize Google for more than just web searches, from Carlson, a Google employee.
Tags: google; street view; maps
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Google Fusion Tables
Google Fusion Tables is a data management web application that makes it easier to make charts and maps. It makes it possible to "host, manage, collaborate on, visualize and publish data tables online."
Tags: google; data; fusion tables; timelines; pie charts; mapping;
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The latest in Mapping: Five Web Tools
Herzog outlines five web tools that can be used for mapping: Google Docs map gadgets; ESRI Business Analyst Online (BAO); Geocommons Maker; Tableau Public; and Google Public Data Explorer.
Tags: mapping; google maps; google docs; ESRI; Tableau; Geocommons
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Using the Google Maps Flas API with Flex
Flex is a free Actionscript with an xml-based markup. Fenton discusses the pros/cons of employing Flex for google map apps.
Tags: mapping; Google Maps; Flex; actionscript
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Stupid Web Tricks
Welsh discusses three web tricks you can use to dress up your reporting or blog posts with tools you can find on the web. The how-tos include: how to publish a locater map from Google; how to create simple charts with Google Charts; and how to publish a word cloud with Wordle.
Tags: maps; Google; charts; graphics; reporting; fire maps; word cloud; infographics;