Advanced World Data Map
by Garden City Consultants
Visualize up to 2 world and continent data series into color heat-map, marker and text map
Description:
Advance World Data Map Add-In provides rich customizable features to allow the users to build world and continent data map.
There are 3 display modes in advance world data map:
- Region: visualize 1 world data series into heat-map.
- Marker: visualize up to 2 world data series by using the marker color and size.
- Text: visualize up to 2 world data series by using the color and font size.
2 sample data in this add-in help the user to understand the supported data format and the users can use the sample data to build own data set.
The user can select a continent in the map region drop-down.
The user can resize the map by dragging the frame of the add-in.
In the Color Axis settings, the user can adjust the colors for the min, mid and max values by clicking the color box.
This add-in provides many customizable options for the user to draw the data map.
The user can specify the value range for coloring. For example, if there are outliers in the data not needed, you can check the "Define Color Range Values" check box and enter a min value and max value that the user wants to map to the min color and max color. The data outside the defined value range is colored in the min color or max color.
The Size Axis settings only apply to the Marker and Text display mode. The user can define the Marker Size Value range by clicking the "Define Markers Size Values" check box and enter a min value and a max value.
Features:
- World continents map.
- Customizable colors and mapping values.
- Customizable marker and text size.
- Resizable map.
- 3 map display modes and support up to 2 data series.
- Mouse over the map to view the data detail in the tool-tips.
- Easy to use and user friendly. Sample data can be the template to build own data.
- Interactive Chart: the chart is binding to the data table in the sheet, the chart is updating when the data is entering the sheet.
Instruction:
- Download this add in and start Excel 2013 SP1 or later.
- Select a display mode in the display drop-down.
- Select a sample data in the sample drop-down.
- Click Insert Sample Data image button on the top bar.
- Paste the own data in the same format into the sheet to replace the existing sample data or create own table in the same sheet.
- Update the data in any cell and click enter. The map is refreshed as soon as the new data is entered.
- If there are multiple tables in the sheet, the user can click the tool icon to go to the setting screen and click Bind to existing data button to select the table.
- Rename the map title by clicking in the title area and reenter the name as preferred.
- Use color picker setting to select preferred colors.
- By default, all the data in the spreadsheet are rendered in the color map. If there are outliers not needed, the user can check the "Define Color Value Range" check box and enter max value and min value in the color axis setting or the size axis setting as needed.
Version 1.0.0.2 Release Notes:
- Map resize: The map is resizing when resizing the add-in window. (Map size settings are for the users who are working in a tablet while dragging to resize is not easily available)
- The map title can be updated and saved.
App capabilities
- Can read and make changes to your document
- Can send data over the Internet