This post covers geo maps.

• A symbol map
  • uses symbols to represent a central point of a geographic region.
• A filled map
  • shows boundaries of a geographic region, filled with color.
• Geographical Data
  • Latitude, y-axis
  • Longitude, x-axis
• Maps
  • can be plotted with Latitude and Longitude
  • Country/Regions

Symbol Map

• Drag the Region/State to View or Double click Region/State
• Select Marks Card to circle
• Drag first measure to Size on the Marks card
• Drag first/second measure to Color on the Marks card
• Adjust Color
  • Click Color on the Marks card.
  • Display the Border menu and select the black color.
  • Click outside the menu to close the Border menu.
  • Display the Halo menu and select None.
  • Close the Halo menu.
  • Move the Opacity slider to 75%.

Filled Map

• Drag the Region/State to View or Double click Region/State
• Select marks card to map
• Drag Measure/Profit to color on the marks Card
• May add detail e.g. Region/State to Label Marks Card
• Adjust Color

Task

• Connect to Superstore data source
• Creating a Symbol Map
  • Double click State under Dimension
  • Drag the State to View
• Select Map mark-type from marks card
• Drag Profit to Color
• From Measures, Drag Latitude (generated) to rows [Two Latitude now]
  • Tableau will show two map views
  • Tableau will also show two Latitude in the Marks Card
• In one Latitude marks card, select Pie mark type
  • Drag sales to size
  • Drag Category to Color
  • Click size on the mark card to adjust size
• Right click second Latitude field and select dual axis
• Map now shows sum of profit and sum of sales for each category