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Exporting Fusion Tables to KML

Exporting Fusion Tables to KML

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Exporting Fusion Tables to KML

So far, everything I’ve shown you is based on point data. But what do you do if you want to include lines and polygons? The process involves the use of Google Earth. In a moment, we’ll use Google Earth and we’ll be working in the world of KML which is Keyhole Markup Language. First, what we'll do is take the map you have here and we'll export it as a KML. Then, we'll import it to Google Earth. We'll sketch up some lines and polygons, and bring all of that work back together in Fusion Tables to visualize our map. So here we are in Google Drive. So how do we actually export this to a KML and what options are available? Well, it's very easy. To export a KML, you choose File and Download. Notice here we have a couple of options. First, the contents. We have the choice of exporting all of our Fusion Table rows or we can filter out some of the results. Also, we have format options of CSV which is a comma delimited file and two options for KMLs. We have the standard KML and then we also have…

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