{"id":15803,"date":"2019-09-30T08:00:59","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T12:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=15803"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:05:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:05:17","slug":"google-fusion-tables-to-shut-down-in-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2019\/09\/30\/google-fusion-tables-to-shut-down-in-december\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Fusion Tables to shut down in December"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"49\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/CollaborationServices-header-700x49.png\" alt=\"&quot; &quot;\" class=\"wp-image-7531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/CollaborationServices-header-700x49.png 700w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/CollaborationServices-header-125x9.png 125w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/CollaborationServices-header-300x21.png 300w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/CollaborationServices-header-665x47.png 665w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/CollaborationServices-header.png 712w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Google launched Fusion Tables almost nine years ago as a research project in Google Labs, later evolving into an experimental product. For a long time, it was one of the few free tools for easily visualizing large datasets, especially on a map. Since then, Google has developed several alternatives, providing deeper experiences in more specialized domains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To continue focusing on these areas, Google will retire Fusion Tables. They plan to <strong>turn down Fusion Tables and the Fusion Tables API on December 3, 2019<\/strong>. Embedded Fusion Tables visualizations \u2014 maps, charts, tables and cards \u2014 will also stop working that day. Maps using the Fusion Tables Layer in the Maps JavaScript API v3.37 began to see errors in August 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Next Steps<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Learn about alternative tools<\/strong><br>Several new Google tools have been developed over the years, and you can visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/fusiontables\/answer\/9185417\">Help Center<\/a> to learn which ones fit your use-case.<\/li><li><strong>Download your data<\/strong><br>Filter by \u201ctype:table\u201d to pull up a list of your tables in Google Drive. Download data from an individual table by following <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/fusiontables\/answer\/2548807?hl=en\">these instructions<\/a>. If you have a lot of tables, download all your data in one step via <a href=\"https:\/\/takeout.google.com\/settings\/takeout\">Google Takeout<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google launched Fusion Tables almost nine years ago as a research project in Google Labs, later evolving into an experimental product. For a long time, it was one of the few free tools for easily visualizing large datasets, especially on a map. Since then, Google has developed several alternatives, providing deeper experiences in more specialized domains. To continue\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2019\/09\/30\/google-fusion-tables-to-shut-down-in-december\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":100,"featured_media":15805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[131,43,87],"class_list":["post-15803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-projects-services","tag-analytics","tag-data","tag-google"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/24-1503574488-apps-google-drive-fusion.jpg",600,421,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/24-1503574488-apps-google-drive-fusion-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/24-1503574488-apps-google-drive-fusion-285x200.jpg",285,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/24-1503574488-apps-google-drive-fusion.jpg",600,421,false],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/24-1503574488-apps-google-drive-fusion.jpg",600,421,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/24-1503574488-apps-google-drive-fusion.jpg",600,421,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/24-1503574488-apps-google-drive-fusion.jpg",600,421,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/24-1503574488-apps-google-drive-fusion-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/24-1503574488-apps-google-drive-fusion-60x42.jpg",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/24-1503574488-apps-google-drive-fusion-600x300.jpg",600,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/24-1503574488-apps-google-drive-fusion.jpg",600,421,false],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/24-1503574488-apps-google-drive-fusion.jpg",356,250,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Eric Fruth, ITS Infrastructure","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/efruth\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Google launched Fusion Tables almost nine years ago as a research project in Google Labs, later evolving into an experimental product. 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