Geospatial Data Visualisation with Tableau
This course will aid your understanding of how visual analysis improves the speed and accuracy of decision-making. You will learn how data mining compliments statistical analysis and how to integrate geospatial data into your analysis.
Description
This course on geospatial data visualisation with tableau will teach delegates how visual analysis improves speed and accuracy of decision-making. It will help attendees to understand how data mining complements statistical analysis to improve data insight and how to use data mapping techniques to expand upon their skills.
2023 Online Platform and Software Requirements
Computer with video camera, speakers and microphone
Stable internet connection
Mains power
Zoom - This course can only be accessed via the desktop version of Zoom, so if necessary please submit a request with your IT team to download Zoom in advance. Alternatively, use a personal computer to attend this course..
- A PDF reader
- MS Excel
- Tableau Desktop Professional
2023 Prior knowledge
No pre-requisite skills are necessary, as the fundamentals are covered during this course.
2023 Topics
Part I – Geo Data without Geo Visuals
- Where is the message?
- Geospatial data without context
- Dataviz Exercises: No Maps
Part II – Basic Mapping
- Places, Areas and Links
- What can maps show us?
- Dataviz Exercises: The Map as a Chart
Part III – Geo Data in Context
- Statistics within Geo Context
- Presentation consistency
- Dataviz Exercises: Maps and Context
Part IV – The Big and The Little
- Aggregations for Supra-National maps
- Details for Hyper-Local maps
- Whiteboard: Opportunities and challenges
2023 Course goals and outcomes
This course aims to teach the increasing necessity of geospatial analysis. Attendees will learn how tableau integrates maps with other analysis and how to combine statistics and maps. They will appreciate why some insights are not possible without geo analysis and why “where” is a fundamentally important question to answer.
2023 Audience
This training course is for OR practitioners and analysts who want to understand how to integrate geospatial data into their analysis. They will learn how to use maps to visualise results, why this matters and how they can use mapping techniques to present their results in more compelling ways and influence the audience more effectively.