Maps

Introduction

XLCubed Maps are an optional extension which allow plotting geographic data directly in Excel and publishing to the XLCubed Web server.

You can plot the data locations, and optionally set the colour and size of the plotted points to show values.

Video demonstration

For a tutorial, try watching our Map Videos

UI

XLCubed expects your data to be arranged in a particular way to create maps. The columns should contain the following.

Column	Description
Map Name	Title of the map, a map will be created for each different name.
Location Name	Title of the data point, shown when you hover over the point
Latitude	Latitude of the point.
Longitude	Longitude of the point.
Colour (optional)	Defines the colour of the point plotted, can be a number or text. If no column is selected then all points will be the same colour. See Colours
Size (optional)	Defines the size of the point, this must be a number. If no column is selected then all points will be the same size

To create a Map from Excel simply highlight the relevant data and click the Map button in the XLCubed menu.

Colours

This column can contain numbers or text. If you have numbers the colours will be from a colour gradient, defined on the properties screen.