Use Fusion Tables' new look with this tutorial
This 2-3 minute tutorial steps you through uploading data to generate a map with placemarks in the new version of Fusion Tables.

Tutorial Contents:
For this tutorial, a sample dataset is provided containing records of insects collected in Costa Rica by ecologists. Each location is recorded with a latitude and longitude point.
Import the sample dataset
- Download this sample insect dataset.
- Go to Google Drive. Sign in to your Google Account or create a Google Account if you don't already have one.
- Click the "Create" button.
- Click the "Connect more apps" bar at the bottom of the resulting list.
- Type "fusion tables" in the "Search Apps" box and hit the "Enter" key.
- Click the blue "+ CONNECT" button, then click the "OK" button in the confirmation dialog box.
- Click "Create > Fusion Table (experimental)".
- In the Import new table dialog box, click "Choose File".
- Select the "Astraptes fulgerator complex sample data.csv" file you downloaded, and click "Next".
- Check that the data is formatted correctly and click "Next".
- Give your table a name and click "Finish".
Your uploaded data now appears in a new Fusion Table with thumbnail images in the two columns of URL links:
Map the data
Fusion Tables auto-detects location data in a table and displays a tab called "Map of <location column name>." In this case, the Map tab is titled "Map of latitude."
- Click "Map of latitude."
- The map appears, with several small red placemarks scattered across the countryside.
- Click a placemark to view the default info window for that row.
Customize the info window template [Optional]
The default info window template automatically uses the first ten columns for this table, but you can customize which data appears and how it is displayed:
- Click on the Map tab and choose "Tools > Change map", then click the "Change info window" button.
- You can experiment by checking column checkboxes to add or remove information from the Automatic info window template.
- To customize the overall style and content of the info window template, click the "Custom" tab. The HTML for the default (automatic) columns is displayed to get you started.
- To see how you can change the info window display, copy and paste the code below.
Tip: To display the same text in every info window, just add the text to the template here.
Tip: To insert the value contained in a column, indicate the column by using its name inside curly brackets. For example, to display the species name in the info window, put {herbivore species} into the template.<div class="googft-info-window" style="font-family: sans-serif; width: 330px; height: 20em; overflow-y: auto;"> <img src="{URL cp lateral}" style="width: 150px; vertical-align: top; margin-right: .5em" /> <img src="{URL adult}" style="width: 150px; vertical-align: top" /> <h2 style="color: brown">{herbivore species}</h2> <p>Caterpillar found feeding on host plant <em>{host plant species}</em>, {host plant family} in the {primary eco},{year}.</p> <p>See specimen record {voucher} at <a href="http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu/"> Caterpillars, pupae, butterflies and moths of the A.C.G. </a> </p> </div>
- Click "Save".
Now click a placemark on the map to see your styled info window. This template is much easier to read.
You've uploaded a data file, mapped it, and customized the way each placemark's information is displayed. Good job!