Tableau: Marking Cities and Towns on a Map

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I have made a map with Tableau that shades based on the number of customers we have by county. I am trying to add labels of towns/cities in the area.

I tried going to map options --> Place names but there are two problems with this. First the places appear under the shading, secondly many places (some of the towns aren't big enough to be included on a standard list) are not included on the map.

I tried overlaying a custom list of city locations on top of the counties; but it seems to only load one or the other.

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Try it, then post a question if it doesn't. – Bernardo

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You have several options:

  • Go to Map Layers > Washout - modify it to see whether it improves the effect
  • Go to Marks > Color > Transparency and modify it.
  • Load a custom list with city names and their location.
  • Use the county variable as Label.

One of these should work.

Also, Tableau's place names are not complete so there will be gaps for smaller cities/towns. However, they will appear when you zoom in.

Tableau 10 should have improved mapping options so maybe that will solve your problem.