A Useful DMA Shapefile For #Tableau and #Alteryx
In this article, the technique of polygon generalization is used to reduce the complexity of DMA boundaries. This boundary change makes preparing and displaying DMA-based data much faster in Tableau.
Living the Analytics Dream Via Global Warming, Mapbox, Tableau, Alteryx, Anya and Allan
Each day I get to fulfill my analytics dreams. This occurs because of great software from Alteryx, Tableau, and Mapbox, as well as having very talented friends like Allan Walker and Anya A’Hearn. To learn about my latest global warming insights, read this article.
A Nice Update to the Seven Fantastic #Tableau Background Maps Article
Today (4/22/15) Omar wrote a couple of comments to the original article that provided the fix needed to make the maps appear automatically once they are selected from the map menu. This allows you to quickly toggle between background map types without having to hit those pesky check-boxes.
How To Install and Use Seven Fantastic #Tableau Background Maps
Allan is so cool that I sometimes get him confused with Walker, Texas Ranger, played by Chuck Norris. Figures 1 and 2 show you what I mean.