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While exploring data in a map view, you might have questions about how that data relates to its surrounding geography, locations, or landmarks. To answer these types of questions, you can use the Radial tool to measure approximate distances in your map view.
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Radius Filters will help you to breakdown all the data you are seeing on your map and look at specific areas within a certain distance of your choosing. You will follow many of the same steps that you followed up above for labeling distance.
BUFFER(MAKEPOINT([Dest Lat],[Dest Lng]),[Buffer Distance],"miles") The BUFFER calculation takes point spatial data and converts it into shapes with a radius in miles determined by the Buffer Distance parameter.
is it possible to calculate the geographical distance between to points a map which are based on longitude and latitude? For instance, I would like Tableau to show the distance to the nearest next point around the marked orange point.
You've got some great data here. I've attached the solution which uses a BUFFER() calculation and a parameter to get you where you want to go. First, I created the calculation (called Radius (in Miles)) to make sure the circles worked on your map: BUFFER( MAKEPOINT([Site Lat],[Site Long]) ,30, "miles")
There are several ways to explore spatial relationships based on distances in Tableau. Radial select tool: If you want to interactively measure a distance on a map between two locations, or select marks that are within a certain distance, you can use the radial select tool. The radial selection is like a transient buffer–it draws a distance ...
How to measure distance with maps. This week in the Data school we have been going through a lot of different chart types and features within Tableau, one of them that I thought was particularly interesting was the ability to measure distance between closely located areas using the radial selection tool.
