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Mapping and Geographic Analysis Flashcards

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  1. In Tableau, what is the primary purpose of the 'Custom Territories' feature when working with geographic fields?

    Answer: To group individual geographic locations into user-defined regional boundaries

    Custom Territories allow you to combine existing geographic locations (such as states) into custom-defined regions for analysis, similar to grouping but for geographic data.

  2. What is a density map (heatmap) in Tableau primarily used for?

    Answer: Visualizing the concentration or clustering of data points across a geographic area

    A density map reveals where data points are most concentrated, making it easy to identify geographic hotspots and distribution patterns across a map.

  3. In Tableau Desktop, how do you add a WMS (Web Map Service) as a background map?

    Answer: Map > Background Maps > Add WMS Server

    You add a WMS background map through the Map menu by selecting Background Maps and then choosing Add WMS Server to specify the service URL.

  4. What is the key difference between a symbol map and a filled map in Tableau?

    Answer: Symbol maps place sized or colored shapes at point locations; filled maps color entire geographic polygons

    Symbol maps place marks (circles, shapes) at specific point locations, while filled maps color entire geographic areas such as states or countries.

  5. Which Tableau feature enables you to connect to Esri shapefiles, GeoJSON, or KML files to create custom geographic boundaries on maps?

    Answer: Spatial File data source connection

    Tableau supports spatial file connections (shapefiles, GeoJSON, KML, TopoJSON) as data sources, enabling custom geographic boundaries beyond Tableau's built-in geocoding.

  6. In Tableau, what does the 'Edit Locations' dialog box allow you to do?

    Answer: Manually resolve unrecognized location names by mapping them to known geographic entities

    Edit Locations lets you manually match location values that Tableau could not automatically geocode to recognized geographic entities in its database.

  7. What Tableau map feature allows users of a published dashboard to pan and zoom to specific geographic locations using a search box?

    Answer: Map Search

    Map Search adds an interactive search box to published maps, enabling dashboard viewers to navigate to specific locations by typing a place name.