Scaling a Filled Country by a Measure…Sort Of

An attempt using the new filled map mark type in Tableau v7 to create a map of countries scaled by any measure. A good first attempt but still some room for improvement.

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UK Mapping with Tableau V6.1–What’s changed?

Tableau have added UK mapping 'out of the box' in the upcoming new release (V6.1). What does this really mean to users of UK mapping, and what is left for us to do? Problem solved? Not quite...

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Hopefully the last word on UK postcode mapping in Tableau

Among UK Tableau users, I would guess postcode mapping is the most commonly asked question - here I attempt to provide you with all the data and examples you'll ever need to get inch perfect maps down to postcode level. Enjoy.

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Bespoke mapping in Tableau

There are many ways to produce Maps in Tableau, but if you need ultimate control and want to plot data on your own maps - or images of any sort - read on...

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UK Postcode mapping in 5 minutes

Here's how to get Tableau to recognise UK postcode data, something which really doesn't take very long once you know how. Mapping in 5 minutes...

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