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Map

Maps, such as tile maps or honeycomb maps, are used to display geographic composition for categorical data.

The demo below visualizes the composition of the Provinces of China:

Nice to know

Pros:
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    A tilemap is a delightful and stylish designed chart.

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    A tilemap offers a quick geographic overview of the dataset.

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    A tilemap renders all the areas with the same size to allow equal visibility for all areas regarding the original areas’ sizes.

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    A tilemap´s compact shape makes it an effective chart to leverage in dashboards and small screens.

Cons:
  1. 1.

    A tilemap can never fully represent a real geographic map as a result that the borders between areas could be altered or misplaced due to the nature of the tile (hexagone).

  2. 2.

    A tilemap could be complex to understand if it doesn’t respect the shape of the original geographic map.

Information

Learn more about how to create a tile map.