Geographic Chart

A geographic chart (map chart) shows your data on a map: regions (countries, states, provinces, etc.) are colored or sized by count or aggregated value. AddMaple turns on this option when it detects that a column contains geographic data.

When to use it

• Location columns — Country, US state, Canadian province, or other region names that AddMaple recognizes.
• Spatial patterns — See where responses, sales, or events are concentrated.
• One geographic column — Typically one column in the pivot (the geography); value is count or an aggregation.

How to create it

1. Use a geographic column — Ensure the column has values AddMaple can match to regions (e.g. “United States”, “California”, “Ontario”). Column type may be detected as geographic or categorical.
2. Select that column — View a single column (the geography) in the pivot.
3. Open More Charts — When geographic data is detected, a map option appears in More Charts. Select it to see the map.

If you don’t see a map option, check that the column values match supported region names and that you’re viewing a single column.

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Select map from More Charts

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Geographic chart

What you see

• Map — A map of the relevant scope (e.g. world, US, Canada, Europe) with regions shaded or sized by value.
• Bar chart — Often the top 15 locations are shown as a bar chart next to or below the map for quick comparison.
• Colors — Your project’s color scheme; intensity or size reflects count or aggregated value.
• Interactive — Hover (and sometimes click) for region name and value.

Use aggregation to show Total, Average, or Median by region. See additional charts.

Key points

• Available in More Charts when AddMaple detects geographic data in a single column.
• Map + top locations bar; color/size = count or aggregated value.
• Use aggregation to show Total, Average, etc. by region.