Data Visualization Overview

What is Google “Data Studio” Map Chart?
Google’s Data Studio is a really quick and easy way to create a country heatmap.

How do you use it?
Simply connect data via google sheets or another data source. Incredibly quick and easy to use! A great bonus of using Google Data Studio to create map visualisations is that you can add other data visualizations, such as graphs, alongside them, making it a very versatile tool.

Where can I find it? 
https://datastudio.google.com

What is Google’s “My Maps”?
Google’s ‘My maps’ is a quick and easy way to display points on a map. You can change the icons, colours, and add images.

How do you use it?
You have the option to either manually add data points, or upload data in a spreadsheet.

Where can I find it? 
https://www.google.com/maps/about/mymaps/

What is Tableau Public?
The tableau is the leading business intelligence tool for visualizing and exploring data. Tableau Public is the free version of the tool. It has the same functionality, except the ability to save privately, or connect directly to diverse data sources.

How do you use it?
Upload data in an Excel, CSV, Text, or JASON format.

Comments:

Similar to Google Data Studio, Tableau can be used for so much more than just map visualizations. You can create interactive dashboards with several different ways to view data.

Where can I find it? 
https://public.tableau.com/

What is Cartio?
Used for location intelligence and journalism, Cartio is a great way tool to create some impressive maps without much technical knowhow. The ‘builder’ means you can create some sophisticated stuff without writing a line of code.

How do you use it?
Upload data in a Shapefile, GeoJSON, or CSV format.

Comments:

Takes some getting used to. Team up with a developer to unlock even more potential.

Where can I find it? 
https://carto.com/builder/

What is StoryMap?
StoryMapJS is a free tool to help you tell stories on the web that highlight the locations of a series of events. It is a new tool, yet stable in our development environment, and it has a friendly authoring tool.

How do you use it?
Use the built-in editor.

Where can I find it? 
https://storymap.knightlab.com/

What is MapBox?
Mapbox is a large provider of custom online maps for websites and applications such as Foursquare, Lonely Planet, Evernote, the Financial Times, The Weather Channel and Snapchat.

How do you use it?
Use the built-in editor.

Where can I find it? 
https://www.mapbox.com