Labels on Points or Polygons on the Maps

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What new feature would you like to see implemented? How will you use it?

Hello! Love this tool, but please, please, please, can you enable data labels 
to be displayed on regions on an intensity map? Also, the option to export as 
an image file would be great too!

Thanks,

Paul

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Original issue reported on code.google.com by ppmo...@hotmail.com on 7 Nov 2010 at 11:39

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Issue 119 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by rshap...@google.com on 12 Nov 2010 at 10:46

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From issue 119:  
Reported by joegawron@boisestate.edu, Nov 12, 2010

What new feature would you like to see implemented? How will you use it?

Add the ability to use values from a specified (e.g. name) column as labels on 
map markers.  I can't find this in the styles, and I don't see it in the 
existing requests.

Usage?  Suppose I have a basemap table showing building footprints using KML. 
Also, the table contains a variety of point features for those buildings.  
Right now, the viewer has to click on the footprint, or point to know what it 
is.  I would like to simplify that user choice (of clicking) by labeling (or 
not) each point (or polygon) with my choice of field name.  

Example: Building A, with three additional features.  Click on the footprint, 
get a info window with a picture, the name of the building, other attributes.  
But, until I click, I don't know the name of the building.  Now suppose the 
building is a parking garage, and I want to know if it's full.  I have 
conveniently placed a marker on it, and the info window will display current 
capacity from an external link.  But, I need to know which feature marker to 
click, so I want a label to know that marker is the capacity display. 

Original comment by rshap...@google.com on 12 Nov 2010 at 10:47

• Changed title: Labels on Points or Polygons on the Maps

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Hello there,

Labeling and showing tooltips of the region, line or point features when 
overlying a fusion table layer to the map would be one of the most important 
improvements to the existing functionalities. Ideally some kind of flexibility 
such as customizing the label and tooltips (HTML) would be more appreciated.

Regards,

Nedim

Original comment by nedim.o...@gmail.com on 30 Dec 2010 at 6:47

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Hi,
  please add labeling function.
Bruce

Original comment by surfe...@gmail.com on 6 Jan 2011 at 6:57

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Original comment by rshap...@google.com on 11 Jan 2011 at 9:27

• Changed state: Acknowledged

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I need this feature for polygon definition - soils polygons need to have a 
symbol

Original comment by am20...@gmail.com on 25 Jan 2011 at 8:10

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An option for displaying tooltips, and/or visible labels on a map, for both 
points and polygons, is very much needed.

IMHO. the priority for this issue should be higher than "Medium".

Thanks!

P.S.: GFT so totally rocks!

Original comment by jfmcneir...@gmail.com on 16 Mar 2011 at 1:30

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Expanding the KML subset supported by Fusion Tables might make this happen 
'cheaply'.   

Specifically, the KML API documentation shows the <Placemark> and <name> 
elements as supported in the Maps API, so if those elements were supported in 
the 'Location' data class of Fusion Table data, perhaps the Maps engine could 
just grab it and display it with normal Google Maps text defaults.  

Joe

Original comment by BSUJoeGa...@gmail.com on 22 Mar 2011 at 8:40

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Two feature requests:

1. Can you add a feature to be able to take Text from a column in the table and 
place it next to the icon on the map.

2.  Can you add a feature that will change the icon based on conditional 
formatting.  ie. red if between 80-100, blue between 50-80, yellow under 50, 
with the numbers being limits that can be set.

Otherwise it is a GREAT tool.

Original comment by craig.da...@gmail.com on 31 Mar 2011 at 7:11

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(2) is available - please see: 
http://www.google.com/support/fusiontables/bin/answer.py?answer=185991

thanks!

-Rebecca

Original comment by rshap...@google.com on 31 Mar 2011 at 9:25

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I'm not sure if this would be associated with this Feature Request, but it 
would be very nice to have ~no~ icon and just text next to a 'point' 
geographical location - could be useful for info such as elevation and 
addresses. Cheers.

Original comment by the.prom...@gmail.com on 18 Apr 2011 at 10:30

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Please support Point/Area labels the way Google Earth does.

A point with a no_icon style (null style elements) just displays text centered 
on the point.

I'd guess you would need two new attributes: labelText and size (maybe in 
relative units as in HTML)

A related enhancement would be min/max height for visibility - details at high 
zoom (low heights), Overview at lower zoom (heights)

Original comment by rheitz...@gmail.com on 19 Jul 2011 at 3:03

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Issue 685 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by rshap...@google.com on 22 Jul 2011 at 6:20

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plz add it asap

Original comment by zubair.r...@gmail.com on 29 Jul 2011 at 1:20

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Original comment by rshap...@google.com on 12 Aug 2011 at 11:30

• Added labels: Tag-Geo

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When I use a KML link from Fusion into Google Earth I need a way of not 
displaying the labels. I am sometimes viewing 1000s of points and with the 
labels it just looks like a mess with no idea what is going on. 

Needs the ability to set size and opacity or just tern the labels on and off.

Thanks for everything.

Original comment by Willmelt...@gmail.com on 16 Aug 2011 at 2:47

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The KML link uses the first column as the placemark label. Try creating an 
empty first column and see if that works for you. 

Original comment by rshap...@google.com on 18 Aug 2011 at 3:06

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Original comment by rshap...@google.com on 12 Sep 2011 at 10:18

• Added labels: Component-Geo
• Removed labels: Tag-Geo

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16 months and still no update?  I really need the tooltip in maps for Fusion 
Tables.  When you hover over a marker, it should display a specific column 
(i.e. Name).

Original comment by Jesse.Sc...@gmail.com on 12 Mar 2012 at 11:11

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This blog post by Chris Essig might be beneficial. He points to a few good 
examples that should give you the code you require. 

http://csessig.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/multiple-layers-and-rollover-effects-for
-fusion-table-maps/

Original comment by daned...@gmail.com on 12 Mar 2012 at 11:45

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Agreed this would be a much valued addition and would bring Google Maps/Fusion 
in line with the major GIS packages

Original comment by tjgor...@gmail.com on 13 Mar 2012 at 6:42

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Please add "labels" for the map..

Original comment by msl.sril...@gmail.com on 15 May 2012 at 1:08

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This is very important feature in mapping, kindly integrated labeling feature 
in first priority. 

Original comment by bilal...@gmail.com on 25 Oct 2012 at 7:22

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Agreed.  It would be very beneficial to be able to add labels to the maps.

Original comment by JenStarb...@gmail.com on 29 Oct 2012 at 8:29

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Status: Acknowledged

The tutorials and 'solutions' to which some people have gone to, to get labels 
onto their maps is laughably complex. Involving several phases and tools to get 
a desired result. If FT are experimental, why is it so slow be modified? Lets 
have some experimental labels. You should be able to designate a column from 
your table to be a label. Then allow for it to be styled - just like we can 
'change info window' style.

Original comment by JohnA4...@gmail.com on 5 Dec 2012 at 2:23

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Hey all - 

Fusion Tables uses a server-side map rendering technology that doesn't have any 
inherent support for labels or rollovers, unlike the technologies you see in 
Google Earth and other Google Maps stuff.  So this isn't a simple change. 

Since I don't see this on our roadmap and don't wish to string people along, 
I'm going to change the status to Not Feasible.   Please seek out alternatives 
if this is a required feature for your maps.   

You might, for example, use the JSONP sample code to grab the data from your 
Fusion Table and use it with the appropriate Google Maps API features for 
labels.
https://developers.google.com/fusiontables/docs/sample_code#ftAPIv1 

Best, 

-Rebecca

Original comment by rshap...@google.com on 5 Dec 2012 at 7:43

• Changed state: Not-Feasible

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Question - if FT doesn't have any inherent support for rollovers, then why
does the cursor pointer change when you roll over markers, polygons, etc.?

Original comment by jfmcneir...@gmail.com on 13 Dec 2012 at 5:08

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The cursor change indicates there is a clickable target at that spot (a 
function of the browser) - in the FT case a click will display the info pane.

Original comment by rheitz...@gmail.com on 13 Dec 2012 at 3:51

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Yes, but how does the browser know there's a clickable spot?  Because FT
provides information that the browser uses to register a mouseover event,
which when fired, makes the browser change the mouse cursor.

FT also provides information that the browser uses to register a click
event, which when fired, makes the browser interact with FT to obtain
additional information to be displayed in the infowindow, and/or be
returned in a FusionTablesMouseEvent object when the Maps Javascript API is
used.

So, why can't FT (and/or the Maps JavaScript API) be enhanced to do
something else when the mouseover event is fired, in addition to having the
browser change the mouse cursor?  Perhaps it could make the browser
interact with FT to obtain additional information to be displayed in
something like a tool-tip, and/or be returned in a FusionTablesMouseEvent
object?

Original comment by jfmcneir...@gmail.com on 14 Dec 2012 at 8:17

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It's very disappointing that this issue is now classified as Not-Feasable.  To 
my way of thinking that means the matter is now closed.
Labelling (or labeling) regions is an essential aspect of cartography, and 
should be considered critical if we are going to produce information which 
lay-people can understand.
I accept that this is not going to be straight forward, but please do not 
abandon this request.

Original comment by steelul...@gmail.com on 30 Jan 2013 at 5:04

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Please add these future to Google Fusion
1-Add customize icon options
2-Labeling in polygon

Original comment by bilal...@gmail.com on 18 Mar 2013 at 6:03

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Please add persistent labelling for polygons.

Original comment by xbgtcoup...@gmail.com on 5 Nov 2013 at 5:17

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This is what you get when non-cartographers design mapping applications

Original comment by chandler...@gmail.com on 5 Nov 2013 at 5:33

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This library may work for some: 
https://code.google.com/p/google-maps-utility-library-v3/wiki/Libraries

Note that FT is not a mapping application - it provides tables with spatial 
attributes.  The resource you use to visualize the data would need to provide 
labels.

Labeling is very difficult in dynamic maps. Note that Google Maps API doesn't 
provide a label object. Google Earth tries but is less than perfect. 

I agree this request is not feasible in FT.

Original comment by rheitz...@gmail.com on 6 Nov 2013 at 12:45

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Providing a label to a placemark provides significant value to Fusion Tables. 
Without it, many uses are lost. BatchGeo now provides this ability. It is NOT 
not feasible.

Original comment by jerroldw...@gmail.com on 14 May 2014 at 10:49

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Anyone know if we can label polygons/points from a column in fusion table on 
google map? Thanks!

Original comment by vinh.q...@gmail.com on 21 May 2015 at 11:16

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I love Fusion tables, but being able to label points and shapes is a really 
crucial tool. I hope this change is made soon!

Original comment by alana.mc...@mail.ic.edu on 8 Jul 2015 at 9:00