Maps

Question 1

T/F

Tableau can easily identify international airport codes as geographical data types.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

T/F

GeoJSON can store info necessary to plot lines, points, or polygons

Answer 2

True

Question 3

T/F

Point data always consists of only 2 coordinates, X & Y

Answer 3

False

Can also consist of Z - height

Question 4

What’s GIS

Answer 4

Geographic Information System

Question 5

Datacamp

Create a map with pie charts

https://campus.datacamp.com/courses/data-visualization-in-tableau/maps-and-spatial-visualizations?ex=7

Data Visualization in Tableau > 3 > Drawing Charts on top of maps

Question 6

T/F

Tableau auto-recognizes main geopgraphical units

Answer 6

True

Question 7

T/F

Tableau auto-recognizes locations on custom map backgrounds & links them to the other datasets

Answer 7

False

Question 8

Area data is also called ___

Answer 8

Polygonal data

Question 9

T/F

Point data typically stores less info and contains less data than area (polygonal) data

Answer 9

True:

In polygonal data, each pt represents a polygonal region rather than a single coordinate & therefore carries more info

Question 10

T/F

Point data can only be used when plotting exact location

Answer 10

False:

Points can act as symbols to represent the area (e.g. the capital city could represent data for the entire country)

Question 11

Datacamp

Create an animation

Data Visualization in Tableau > 3 > Monitoring the visitors throughout the day

https://campus.datacamp.com/courses/data-visualization-in-tableau/maps-and-spatial-visualizations?ex=13