Looker Studio connection map

How to make a Looker Studio Connection Map

In this blog post I'll show you how to build a Connection Map in Looker Studio. A Connection Map is a type of Google Map in Looker Studio that allows you to map a line between two points on a map.

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Change Bubble Size and Colour in a Google Data Studio Map using Parameters

Change Bubble Size and Colour in a Google Data Studio Map using Parameters

In this post I'll show how you can change Bubble Size and Colour in a Google Map in a Data Studio report. This method using two parameters to let you switch between which metrics are displayed on the map.

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How to change Google Map metrics using a Parameter in Data Studio

How to change Google Map metrics using a Parameter in Data Studio

In this post I'll show you a method for how to change Google Map metrics using a Parameter in Google Data Studio.

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How to switch Google Map dimensions using a Parameter in Data Studio

How to switch Google Map dimensions using a Parameter in Data Studio

So in this post I'll share a method for switching Google Map dimensions using a Parameter in Google Data Studio. Parameters were recently introduced in Data Studio and have many use cases!

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Two methods for Mapping Google Analytics City data in Google Data Studio

Two methods for Mapping Google Analytics City data in Google Data Studio

In this post I'll just show two methods for mapping Google Analytics city data in Google Data Studio.

Recently Data Studio added Filled Area Google Maps which allow you to view city data by area instead of bubbles.

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Looking at Filled Area Google Maps in Google Data Studio

Looking at Filled Area Google Maps in Google Data Studio

A recent and very welcome addition to Google Data Studio was option to use Filled Area Google Maps. Previously we were able to use filled area Geo Maps or Bubble Google Maps.

In this post I'll just give a quick overview over some of the ways you can use these new filled area maps.

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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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Visualizing Crime in South Africa Data

Visualizing Crime in South Africa Data

So in this post I'll share a Google Data Studio report displaying Crime in South Africa Data. The data source is based on South African Police Service (SAPS) crime statistics for the past ten years.

I will be making the dataset available for purchase soon.

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How to create Custom Google Map Styles in Google Data Studio

How to create Custom Google Map Styles in Google Data Studio

In this post I'll talk about how to create a custom Google Map style in Google Data Studio. Recently the ability to use Google Maps in your reports was added to Data Studio. One of the nice features of this was being able to customize the styles of map you can use.

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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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