Using Dashboards to Understand Spatial Data

John ReiserRowan University

Giving it all isn’t always helpful.

Your users don’t want to use GIS to understand your data. They don’t want to drink from the fire hose.

Dashboards

An interactive view into key indicators and metrics your audience needs to understand quickly.

Tabhttp://public.tableau.com/Tableau Public

Data

Filters Fields

Rowan UniversityStudent Enrollment

http://www.rowan.edu/president/ierp/dashboards/

2012 Land Usehttp://njgeo.org/2015/04/10/using-tableau-to-visualize-land-use-change/

https://github.com/johnjreiser/NJToolbox/tree/master/landuse

Code Available on GithubInstructions on how to modify the Land Use data to prepare it for use in a tool like Tableau.

Feel free to adapt and use for your own purposes.

Feel free to contact me:● jreiser@njgeo.org / reiser@rowan.edu● @johnjreiser on Twitter, Github, others● 856 256-5117 (work)● 856 347-0047 (cell)● http://njgeo.org/

Thank you for listening!

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