Mapping your data

Introduction to Tableau

Sara Billen

Curriculum Manager at DataCamp

What is geographic data?

Filled map

Symbol maps

Recognized geographic types

• Automatically assign coordinates to:
  • US area codes
  • Cities worldwide
  • US congressional districts
  • Worldwide countries/regions
  • US counties
  • Worldwide states/provinces
  • Postal codes

• Geocoding
• Globe icon

¹ https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/maps_geographicroles.htm

Data

Business question

What was the population growth of the country with the highest population in 2008?

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