Mapping Spatial Data in Tableau Desktop

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Adam Crahen

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1.Course Overview

01.Course Overview.mp4

01:55

2.Mapping Basics and Concepts

02.Overview.mp4

01:52

03.Appropriate Uses of a Map.mp4

04:23

04.Tableau Geographic Roles.mp4

05:06

05.Importing Custom Geocoding.mp4

05:47

06.Connecting to Spatial Files.mp4

03:17

07.Spatial Joins and Join Calculations.mp4

05:30

08.Spatial Functions.mp4

01:57

09.Summary.mp4

00:47

3.Customizing Your Maps

10.Overview.mp4

00:32

11.Creating Custom Territories.mp4

03:08

12.Background Maps and Layers.mp4

05:47

13.Map Services (WMS and Mapbox).mp4

04:19

14.Background Images.mp4

03:38

15.Map Interactions.mp4

04:50

16.Summary.mp4

00:23

4.Building Common Map Types

17.Overview.mp4

00:50

18.Filled (Choropleth) Maps.mp4

05:00

19.Point Distribution Maps.mp4

03:09

20.Proportional Symbol Maps.mp4

02:38

21.Heatmaps (Density Maps).mp4

04:09

22.Summary.mp4

00:26

5.Building Advanced Map Types

23.Overview.mp4

00:45

24.Flow (Path) Maps.mp4

05:19

25.Spider (origin-destination) Maps.mp4

04:55

26.Hex (Tile) Maps.mp4

04:58

27.Map Extensions.mp4

08:05

28.Summary.mp4

01:09

Description

Learn to navigate answering spatial questions in Tableau. You'll learn mapping basics and concepts, how to customize map styles and layers, and how to use map services and extensions while building almost every type of map in Tableau.

What You'll Learn?

At the core of visualizing and analyzing spatial data in Tableau Desktop is a thorough knowledge of choosing the right map for the right job. Tableau helps people see and understand their data, but you need to know the why and the how in order to be effective. In this course, Mapping Spatial Data in Tableau Desktop, you will learn to navigate answering spatial questions in Tableau. First, you will learn mapping basics and concepts like when to use maps and understanding Tableau's geographic roles. Next, you will discover how to customize how maps appear through map styles, layers, and services. Finally, you will experience how to build almost every type of map that's possible in Tableau. When you’re finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge of working with maps in Tableau needed to answer any spatial question that you encounter. Software required: Tableau Desktop.

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Adam Crahen

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Adam Crahen is the Director of Analytics Practices and Enablement for Pluralsight and also a former Tableau Zen Master. Adam is a creative problem solver specializing in data curation, transformation and visualization with tools like Tableau, SQL, Snowflake, dbt, and Alteryx, etc. His work has been recognized by organizations like Kantar and has been featured by several news organizations around the world. He enjoys sharing his knowledge and passion for data by speaking at conferences, user groups and connecting with the data community.

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Pluralsight, LLC is an American privately held online education company that offers a variety of video training courses for software developers, IT administrators, and creative professionals through its website. Founded in 2004 by Aaron Skonnard, Keith Brown, Fritz Onion, and Bill Williams, the company has its headquarters in Farmington, Utah. As of July 2018, it uses more than 1,400 subject-matter experts as authors, and offers more than 7,000 courses in its catalog. Since first moving its courses online in 2007, the company has expanded, developing a full enterprise platform, and adding skills assessment modules.