Definition

Location usually refers to a geographic location, and the main charts used to visualize locations are maps charts.



Geographic maps

Geographic maps are the most used maps to visualize locations

The following demo visualizes when the mother’s day is celebrated.




Map bubble

Map bubble is a great chart to visualize the location and the proportion of the data on a map.

The following charts visualizes the population’s size for each country.




Drilldown

The drill-down feature adds a powerful tool to the users, as they can zoom in/out on specific areas for further details.







Hexagonal maps

Hexagonal maps are used to overcome the area’s issues, i.e. small areas are hard to notice compared to the biggest areas.

In the following demo, all European countries have the same area. The focus is no longer on the size but on the number of countries in each region.