Questions tagged [tableau]
Tableau is a software company that produces commercial and free software for interactive visualization of data aimed at the Business Intelligence market. This tag can be used for questions about Tableau-product.
16
questions
0
votes
0answers
14 views
Plotting lat/long with Tableau averages it out
I'm trying to plot crimes by lattitude and longitude on Tableau Public. Yet the software averages it out the values:
I've watch this tutorial but, as you can see on the screenshot, I don't have the &...
0
votes
0answers
351 views
How to plot postgres data on a map?
I have a table which has latitude, longitude and some sensor data (data 1, data 2,data 3) saved in postgresql 12. I am running the database on ubuntu 18 virtual machine with windows as host. I dont ...
1
vote
0answers
133 views
Polygon scratch file is converting to Multipolygon shapefile in QGIS
I digitized somewhat complex (many vertices) boundaries of neighborhoods in QGIS as a Polygon shapefile. Turns out QGIS thinks they are Multipolygons and Tableau doesn't like them. They are not ...
0
votes
0answers
40 views
How to create and modify a multipolygon so that it does not overlap when merging layers in QGIS?
I am new to QGIS. I need to modify a shapefile so I can add a circle in a Canadian province to be used for Tableau afterwards.
I tried to use QGIS to modify the shapefile. I have created a new layer ...
0
votes
0answers
43 views
File SHP needing to be shifted up?
I am new in GIS.
I am trying to use the curves of level (downloaded from this site in SHP format) to use them into Tableau Desktop.
The problem is that if I loaded the lines, they are not ...
1
vote
2answers
4k views
Merging 2 shapefiles
I would like to merge 2 shapefiles to create just one:
1 - a shapefile for the 9 GOR English regions with
2 - a shapefile which has the rest of the UK: Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England ...
1
vote
0answers
32 views
Create multiple “administrative” geographies in Tableau and filter
We have shapefiles for:
a) voting districts
b) Wards
c) Neighborhoods
D) Police Districts
which all overlap in non-uniform ways. We also have other data around population, income, etc that we would ...
0
votes
1answer
308 views
Combining data sources in Tableau
I would like to produce a map of "points near a feature" in Tableau. For example, I would like to plot "rapid transit stops within 2 miles of the charles river". I know how to do this using something ...
2
votes
2answers
317 views
Converting US Census' TIGER files into Tableau-readable format with QGIS?
I'm a journalist using mapping for dataviz in stories. I've found Carto easy to use, but I'd like to use Tableau for a project involving US Census Bureau's school district TIGER files.
It's easy to ...
1
vote
0answers
215 views
Making custom world map in Mapbox
I have .shp and .csv files for polygons that I have extracted from the georeferenced version of the pangea supercontinent. Link to the image which I have started from: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-...
1
vote
1answer
668 views
Tableau: Using UK Shapefiles in PostGIS Database
I'm trying to use Tableau to display data. Some of this data is suitable for mapping, and therefore I'd like to create maps in Tableau to display this data.
Unfortunately, neither the basic view nor ...
1
vote
0answers
101 views
Strava Activity / Route Grouping
I'm an avid cyclist and want to reverse-engineer how Strava groups bike riders together. Here is their method to determine if cyclists are riding together (they use time and lat/lon of a ride):
http:...
2
votes
1answer
1k views
Convert Layer to Shapefile without losing Feature definitions
I have created a worldmap with custom defined features, representing State/Zip-Code sales areas. I want to convert them into a Shapefile, so I can convert the Shapefile into a polygon definition file ...
1
vote
1answer
683 views
Is there a freeware alternative to Tableau 8?
Is there a freeware alternative to Tableau 8? One that allows me to use my own data (shapefiles)?
Tableau is a comercial software that permits you to create a dashboard were you can show at same time ...
2
votes
3answers
7k views
Convert Shape Length Area Data to Latitude Longitude
I am attempting to import publicly available shapefile data from http://gis.utah.gov/data/boundaries/zip-codes/ into Tableau for a data visualization project.
Unfortunately, the .shp file and .gdb ...
1
vote
1answer
5k views
How to extract Latitude and Longitude of Shapefile for importing into Tableau?
I'm having a hell of a time so any help would be appreciated.
I want to extract the latitude and longitude of the Health Authority boundaries from the zip file below. The ultimate goal is to import ...
