Map Chart
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Overview
A Map chart allows us to visualize spatial relationships in data by indicating data on a geographical map. Explore Analytics provides two main types of map charts:
- Geographical Points - show data points on a map by indicating markers at geographical coordinates similar to the way that an XY chart places points at XY coordinates. The marker can vary its shape, color and size (the latter is called a “Bubble” chart). The marker can itself be a pie chart as we’ll see later.
- Geographical Areas - color areas on a map to indicate a value or a category of data for an area. For example, areas could be states of the United States and their color can indicate a numerical value for each state. This type of a map chart in which we color geographical areas is known as a choropleth.
