Analyzing data in a Google Map visualization

Actions

Steps

Zoom in or out of the map display

1. Click the indicator on the slider located on the left side of the map, then do one of the following:

• To zoom in on the map, drag the indicator towards the + side of the indicator.

• To zoom out of the map, drag the indicator towards the - side of the indicator.

Pan the map display to display a different region of the map

1. Click on the map, then drag it in the direction you want to pan the map display.

Select locations in the map by clicking individual map markers

1. From the Google Map's toolbar, click the Mouse Click Selection icon .

2. Click a map marker to select it. You can select multiple map markers by pressing CTRL and clicking additional map markers.

Select locations in the map by drawing a rectangular lasso shape

1. From the Google Map's toolbar, click the Rectangular Area Selection icon .

2. Click and drag on the map to enclose a set of map markers within a rectangle shape. All the map markers within the rectangle are selected.

Display additional location information when the cursor is hovered over a map marker in the widget

1. From the Google Map's toolbar, click the View Information Window icon . When you hover the cursor over a map marker in the visualization, an Information Window is displayed.

Edit the contents of the Information Window displayed when the cursor is hovered over a map marker in the visualization

By default, the names and values of each attribute and metric added to the visualization by the designer are displayed in the Information Window. You can customize the display by adding HTML, plain text, or attribute and metric values to the Information Window.

1. From the Google Map's toolbar, click the Edit Information Window icon. The Edit Custom Information Window dialog box opens.

2. In the field, type the text you want to display in the Information Window, as follows:

• To add plain text or HTML to the Information Window, type the text you want to display in the field. For example, you can type <b>Location:</b> to display the word Location in bold.

• To display the value of an attribute or metric, type ${Name}, replacing Name with the name of the attribute or metric whose value you want to display. The text is replaced with the value of the attribute or metric when the Information Window is displayed.
  
  Note: Once you have modified the contents of the Information Window to display custom information, you can choose to revert these changes and display the default Information Window instead. To do so, delete the contents of the field in the Edit Custom Information Window dialog box, then click OK. Your changes are reverted.

3. Click OK. Your changes are saved.

Display only the selected map markers on the map, or display all map markers except those currently selected

1. Select map markers in the visualization by doing one of the following:

• To select locations in the map by clicking individual map markers, from the Google Map's toolbar, click the Mouse Click Selection icon . Click a map marker to select it. You can select multiple map markers by pressing CTRL and clicking additional map markers.

• To select locations in the map by enclosing them in a lasso shape, from the Google Map's toolbar, click the Rectangular Area Selection icon . Click and drag on the map to enclose a set of markers within a rectangle. All the map markers within the rectangle are selected.

2. To filter the map markers displayed in the map, do one of the following:

• To display only the selected map markers on the map, from the Google Map's toolbar, click the Keep Only icon . Only the map markers you selected are displayed.

• To display all map markers except those currently selected on the map, from the Google Map's toolbar, click the Exclude icon . All the map markers except those you selected are displayed.

Clear all map marker selections

1. From the Google Map's toolbar, click the Clear Selections icon . All map marker selections are cleared.