Arcadia Data lets you plot measurements, as areas, over US State regions.
A map of the United States shows a comparison of measurement values among US States.
The following steps demonstrate how to create a new map visual on the dataset US
County Population
[data source samples.us_counties
]. It produces
colored regions for the measurements that correspond to the state
field.
US County Population
[data source
samples.us_counties
]; see Creating Visuals.In the visuals menu, find and click Map (row 5, column 1).
Note that the shelves of the visual changed. They are now Geo, Color, Size, Drill, Tooltips, X Trellis, Y Trellis, and Filters.
The only mandatory shelf for map visuals is Geo.
Populate the shelves from the available fields (Dimensions, Measures, and so on) in the Data menu.
Under Dimensions, select stname
and add it to
the Geo shelf.
Click on the field to open the Field Properties menu, expand the Change Type option, and select the Geo Type State.
Under Measures, select tot_pop
and drag it
over the Colors shelf.
Click the field to open the Field Properties menu, select Display Format,Category Integer, and select the thousands separator option. Click Save.
[Optional] Alias the field stname
as State
, and
sum(tot_pop)
as Population
; see Alias.
Click Refresh Visual.
The map visual appears.
Click (pencil icon) next to the title of the visualization to edit it, and enter the new name.
US State Population - Choropleth Map
.At the top left corner of the Visual Designer, click Save.