Google has rolled out a new toy in their “Labs” called “Google Fusion Tables”. From the brief description on their site:
Upload small or large data sets from spreadsheets or CSV files.
Visualize your data on maps, timelines and charts.
Pick who can access your data; hide parts of your data if needed.
Merge data from multiple tables.
Discuss your data with others. Track changes and discussions.
Basically it’s an impressive combination of graphing and spreadsheet technology, so that you can pull data from multiple sources, easily graph and visualize it, and share the data interactively and collaborate with colleagues. It’s a very powerful tool that puts Google directly in competition with the many other web-based visualization tools like ManyEyes.
See their video demonstrations after the break.
via Google Fusion Tables (Beta).
