Spatial

#WOW2026 W21: Can you map out the D3 athletic conferences?

Introduction This weeks challenge comes from a Data School Consultant  – Jacob Aronson This week’s challenge puts the spotlight on some of America’s lesser known colleges and universities – those that compete at the D3 athletic level (including my Alma Mater, Carleton College).The 400 schools are organized into ~44 conferences so that teams that are […]

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#WOW2024 Week 44 | Can you join two spatial files to find intersection?

Introduction This week we’re working with some spatial data. I have a project at work where we’re finding the number of records (points) that are within a geospatial area (polygon), so we’ll try that this week. We’ll use public school district boundaries (polygons) and school locations (points) to find the number of schools in each

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#WOW2024 | Week 17 | How far would total steps from TC23 respondents take you?

Introduction For the final week of Community Month, it is my pleasure to introduce you to a new Guest Coach on the Workout Wednesday team, Deborah Simmonds. For a number of years, Deb has been one of the most dedicated #WOW participants, so I was delighted to invite her to create her own challenge for you.

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#WOW2023 | Week 33 | Map Drill-down Challenge

Introduction This week I have a full-on Tableau Spatial challenge for you. Just one worksheet. Minimal formatting. It’s all about the behind-the-scenes magic. Enjoy! Click to open in Tableau Public Requirements Dashboard Size: 1000 x 800px 1 sheet Create a map of the 48 ‘contigous’ (aka: mainland) US States Plot points for every City in

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2020 Week 34: Can you show all the crimes within X miles of Y Point?

Introduction This week, I thought I would do a throwback to a speed tipping session I did in Vegas at Data19. This is using some of the cool spatial techniques. I like to think of this as a target chart, as that’s what it creates. Click to open in Tableau Public Requirements Dashboard Size: 800px

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WOW2020 Week 10: Can you use spatial BUFFER() functions in 2 ways?

Introduction But first… Well, this is it! This week marks my final WorkoutWednesday challenge. Its been so much fun contributing the last couple of months, I hope you enjoy my challenges. But I’ve still got one more, this one. So let’s get to it. The Challenge If you haven’t heard, Tableau version 2020.1 has been

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