My colleagues from the University of Virginia have posted another step-by-step on their Spatial Humanities site, this one from Devin Becker, a digital initiatives librarian at the University of Idaho. You too can follow Devin’s (tried and true) instructions and dive into Wikileaks yourself, with his 2-part example of the Afghan War Diary data.
One particularly great thing about this guide? A simple entry to Google Fusion tables, for those of us who haven’t had the time to play at all yet. Thanks, Devin.
I tried to find a link to a website for Devin at the University of Idaho, and failed. But in the process I did uncover his cool design for Visualizing Metadata. My library friends at Redlands will like this…
diana maps 
Off the about 100 people at NEURISA on Monday only about seven had played with Fusion Tables. I argue it’s the name, in part, that’s holding it back.