Google Docs comes handy when you need to view, edit or create spreadsheets within the browser. Its easy and juust away from some clicks but it won't allow to import large data. For instance, Google Docs would only allow you to import spreadsheets or CSV files with the size of less then 1 MB & cells & columns limited to 200,000 & 256.

Mostly these kind of limit is not a problem when you're working with small data but if you're working mass data then Google Docs could not able to help you.

Google Fusion Tables, A new web based product that lets you view Excel files as large as 100 MB in the browser - Just upload the files from the hard drive or pull your stuff from Google Docs. It can support up to 100MB per file


Upload small or large data sets from spreadsheets or CSV files. Upload data tables from speadsheets or csv files. During this labs release, It can support up to 100MB per table, and up to 250MB per user. so you can add massive amount of large data. You can export your edited data as csv too

Visualize your data on maps, timelines and charts. See the data on a map or as a chart immediately. Columns with locations are interpreted automatically, and you can adjust them directly on a map if necessary. Use filter and aggregate tools for more selective visualizations.

(Visualize your data on maps)

It also come with sharing management just enter the email addresses of the people with whom you want to share a table and send them an invitation, You can add contributors for a particular job task or Choose only the columns you want to share with others. Save as a linked table with its own share permissions that will always show your current data values. Multiple people can view and comment on the data. Discussions display people's comments and any changes to the data over time

(sharing management window)

It also able to merge the tables together to see all information in one place. When any data table is updated, the merged table will show the latest value too

you can embed nice map or chart of your data in a web page or blog post. It will always display the latest data values for your table and allow you to communicate your story more easily

Just login with your Google Account and get started.

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