Mapping Data Geographically

Question 1

What are the two types of maps in Tableau?

Answer 1

Symbol maps and filled maps

Question 2

What two data points are included in geographic data?

Answer 2

Latitude and longitude

Question 3

When creating a map view, you’re basically creating a specific type of what chart type?

Answer 3

Scatter plot

Question 4

How can Tableau create maps if your data set does not have longitude and latitude? What is this called?

Answer 4

Tableau’s internal database is able to recognize 8 different geographic information types and assign latitude and longitude to them. This is called geocoding.

Question 5

Geocoded fields in Tableau are indicated by what icon?

Answer 5

A globe

Question 6

Why shouldn’t you put a measure with negative numbers on Size in the Marks card?

Answer 6

Tableau assigns size from smallest to largest, so it would not be clear whether values were positive or negative based on their size alone