Category Archives: Maps
MGRS Coordinates in Tableau
I had an interesting question from a customer today – is it possible to use Tableau to show data that is tagged with Military Grid Reference System (MGRS) coordinates? For those unfamiliar with this system MGRS is based on the … Continue reading
Australian Postcode Filled Maps now in Tableau 8.2.1
My colleague Stephen Ermann in Singapore made an amazing discovery this afternoon – we now can draw filled maps for Australian postcodes directly out of the box! This is a huge improvement for users in AUS as this has been one … Continue reading
Solution to intermittent map rendering issue
I recently had a question from a customer – they had deployed a dashboard to their Tableau Server and when they viewed it via a browser they found the map would initially render with a blank background but when they … Continue reading
Labels on custom polygons
Putting a label on a custom polygon is a little complicated as you can’t just label the polygon itself – it’s really a construct of many vertex points and you don’t want to label them. What you really want to … Continue reading
Australian region boundaries in Tableau
Edited 8 Aug 2016 – see this update about new files covering the 2016 ASGS update. I regularly get asked if Tableau can show filled areas on maps – e.g. post code boundaries, local government areas, statistical or census areas, etc. … Continue reading
The Last Data Bender 