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2014

• Publishing
  • Publish embeds to Google Drive.
• Charts
  • Custom tooltips.
• Rows
  • Improved summary visualization tabs, including optional bar charts.
• Filtering
  • "NOT" queries and regular expression matching.
• API v2
  • Media download of large tables.
  • Custom table and column properties.
  • Additional column properties.
  • Status of background tasks.
  • Ability to replace all rows of an existing table.
• Apps For Work
  • Accounts can create maps without having to request permission.
• New quotas and limits

  All users have 1 GB of storage quota for their tables.

  There continues to be a 250 MB limit per table.

   

  Newly created tables can show up to 350,000 features on a map.

  There continues to be a limit of 1 M characters per cell and 10 M vertices per table.

  You can activate the new limit for existing tables by opening the row editor and then clicking the "Save" button.

2013

• Maps
  • Heatmaps in the new look.
  • Improved embedded map appearance on mobile devices, including legend toggling.
  • Automatic legends
  • KML downloads now include map styles.
  • Dynamic templates for info window and card layouts, allowing conditional displays.
  • Column data ranges shown for bucket and gradient styles.
• Embedding
  • The Publish dialog includes the code to produce the visualization.
  • Embed YouTube and Vimeo videos and Google maps in an iframe.
• Data management
  • Updated instructions and code for synchronizing Google Form responses with a Fusion Table.
  • "File > Make a copy" duplicates a table including tabs and map styles.
  • Import files with the API.
• Data entry
  • Validate data entry, including using dropdown menus.
  • Double-click to edit a row or card.
  • "Save and edit next row" button for faster editing of multiple rows.
  • Preview locations and correct geocodes in the new look.
• Table metadata
  • Attribution icons appear next to the title in the Fusion Tables web app.
  • Column descriptions can be entered that appear during data entry.
  • Description and last-updated time appear below the title.
  • European date formats are now supported.
  • Improved specification of license, attribution, originating file, and owner.

2012

• A limited version of Fusion Tables is now available to Google Apps for your Domain customers.
• Add a column, add a formula column, and delete a column now available in the new look.
• "Find a table to merge with..." in the File menu makes table discovery easier.
• Merges are now case-insensitive, recognizing "California" and "CALIFORNIA" as matching rows.
• A friendly, easy to use chart creator now offers Bar, Column, Pie, Area, Line, Scatter, Zoomable line chart, and the Network Graph in Fusion Tables' ;New look.
• Friendlier row layout in Fusion Tables' New look now supports drag-n-drop columns, drag column width, hide columns.
• Row and card layouts newly embeddable from Fusion Tables' New look.
• The Fusion Tables API v1.0 is public!
• A New version of the Fusion Tables web application is released.
• Tables found in webpages online are included in Fusion Tables' search and can be imported to Fusion Tables with a few clicks.
• A new Labs menu offers access to visualizations under development, including the Network Graph, Zoomable line chart and Map charts. 
• You can include attribution data in embeddable links for non-map visualizations.

2011

• Fusion Tables now appear in the Google Documents list, and are available via the Documents List API ACL and Folder feeds.
• Dynamic styling of Fusion Tables Layers announced.
• Trusted testers invited to try out the Table API, providing programmatic access to Tables, Columns, Styles, and Templates.

2010

• More map icons announced
• Spatial queries are now supported in the Fusion Tables API! Find locations by proximity to a point, or within a circle or bounding box.
• Graduation from Google Labs.
• Styling map icons and polygons, delete all rows, views based on filters, and new empty table option announced.
• Calculated data columns, Custom HTML pop-up balloons, search on Public tables, auth-free API and more announced.
• Fusion Tables' data and querying capability is now accessible via the Google Maps API. 
• Enhanced management of geographical data with Fusion Tables. See how MTBGuru.com mapped all their bike trails with Fusion Tables. 

2009

• Announcing the Fusion Tables API.
• The original launch of Fusion Tables announcement.