Creating a map

To be able to create a map, you first need to load point data or area data.You can load point data (Excel or KML file) or area data (KML file). You load the data either through the data manager or the data load editor.

See: Loading map data

You can add a map to the sheet you are editing.

Do the following:

1. From the assets panel, drag an empty map to the sheet.

2. Click Add dimension and select a dimension or a field.

   Geo fields are marked with , .

3. Select a field to represent point or area names on the map.
4. Add a measure to the map (optional).

You can add a dimension to the chart in different ways:

When you have created the map, you may want to adjust its appearance and other settings in the properties panel.

Adding a background map

You can add a background map to both point maps and area maps. However, if you have added a point layer to your map, a Mapbox background map is automatically added. You can use maps from other providers.

Do the following:

1. In the toolbar, click @Edit.

2. In the properties panel to the right, click Background.

3. Switch Show to On.

4. Switch Map service to Custom.

5. From the list of slippy map servers below, copy a URL and paste it into the URL text field.

6. From the same list, copy the attribution string for the chosen URL and paste the string into the Attribution text field.

Slippy map servers

These are the available URLs and attribution strings for the background map.

OpenStreetMap

OpenCycleMap