Fusion Table Searchable Map Template by Derek Eder Version 1.1 Updated 10/2/2011 After receiving several requests for a walkthrough for creating searchable maps with Fusion Tables, I decided to create this template to help get people started. It includes the basic setup to display a fusion table map and do simple address and radius searches. Once you have this working, feel free to look at my other maps to see how I added the additional filters. Follow the steps below and you'll be in business with your own map 1. Create a Fusion Table (http://www.google.com/fusiontables/Home) 2. Make sure at least one column is set to a type of Location and that FT has geocoded it 3. Set the fusion table to be publicly visible (via the Share button in the upper right) 4. In source/maps_lib.js, set fusionTableId to the ID of your Fusion Table (there's one at the bottom of index.html too) 5. In source/maps_lib.js, replace 'geometry' with the name of your location column 6. *Optional* Add additional search filters to the doSearch() function. This will depend on the data you are trying to map. I intentionally left these out to keep this example simple. You can see examples of these by viewing the source on any of these: - http://derekeder.com/maps/chicago-abandoned-buildings/index.html - http://derekeder.com/maps/chicago-bike-crash-reports/index.html - http://derekeder.com/maps/chicago-tif/index.html 7. Upload this map and all the supporting files (source and styles folders) to your site Fusion Tables Resources Here's a list of useful links I've come across while creating my searchable maps. Fusion Tables http://www.google.com/fusiontables/Home Community Fusion Tables Issue Tracker - http://code.google.com/p/fusion-tables/issues/list Fusion Tables Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/fusion-tables-users-group Reference Guides Google Maps API - http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/overlays.html#FusionTables Fusion Tables API Developer Guide - http://code.google.com/apis/fusiontables/docs/developers_guide.html Fusion Tables API Reference Guide - http://code.google.com/apis/fusiontables/docs/developers_reference.html Data sources Chicago Data Portal - http://data.cityofchicago.org/ Data.gov - http://www.data.gov/ geocommons - http://geocommons.com