Comparing Geo Maps and Google Maps in Google Data Studio

Comparing Geo Maps and Google Maps in Google Data Studio

I thought I'd put together a blog post comparing Geo Maps and Google Maps and looking at the advantages and disadvantages of both when displaying geographic data in Google Data Studio.

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Mapping the South African Diaspora using Google Data Studio

Mapping the South African Diaspora using Google Data Studio

In this blog post I just wanted to do something fairly simple and map out the South African diaspora using Google Data Studio.

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Express Entry Immigrants to Canada by Province and Country

Express Entry Immigrants to Canada by Province and Country

So as someone who has immigrated to Canada through Express Entry myself, I thought it would be interesting to look at Express Entry Immigrants to Canada by Province and Country in a Data Visualization.

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Visualizing Canadian Demographic Census data in Google Data Studio

Visualizing Canadian Demographic Census data in Google Data Studio

In this post I'll share a report showing Demographic Census data in Google Data Studio. It is from Statistics Canada and the 2016 Census.

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Comparing Canadian and South African Provinces

Comparing Canadian and South African Provinces

In this post I wanted to share a Google Data Studio report about comparing Canadian and South African Provinces. It shows various measures such as population, GDP and area.

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How to filter values using Metric Sliders in Google Data Studio

How to filter values using Metric Sliders in Google Data Studio

So in this post I'll just run through how you can use Metric Sliders in Google Data Studio to filter values in charts and tables in your reports.

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Visualizing Data showing Police Brutality by Country

Visualizing Data showing Police Brutality by Country

So in the past week Police Brutality has been a major issue in Canada, South Africa and the United States. I thought that some might find it useful to see a data visualization showing Police Brutality by Country.

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How to build a custom Google Map in Data Studio using Google Sheets and Geocode

How to build a custom Google Map in Data Studio using Google Sheets and Geocode

In this post I'll show a way of creating a detailed, custom Google Map in Google Data Studio.

So let's say you have a list of Addresses that you'd like to map out in Data Studio. What are the steps to get this done? I'll go over how you can do this using Google Sheets, the Geocode add-on and the newly released Google Maps chart type in Data Studio.

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COVID-19 by Region of the World

COVID-19 cases by Region of the World

I wanted to build another Coronavirus dashboard in Google Data Studio, this time looking at the number of COVID-19 cases by region of the world.

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How to Make an Interactive Map in Google Data Studio

How to Make an Interactive Map in Google Data Studio

So in this post I'll show you how to create what I'll call an Interactive Map in Google Data Studio. This map will cities you can click on to filter the images displayed.

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