Contour

The Contour display method is useful when you need to understand the distribution of data on a certain area object. Physical and legal boundaries of buildings are taken into account.

Overview

To choose a display method:

1. Go to the Dashboards tab.
2. Select the required dashboard.
3. Click icon.
4. Select the required layer.
5. In General settings, select the Contour display method.
6. Set the remaining visualization parameters if necessary.

The data is visualized on the map.

Parameters

For the Contour display method, the following parameters are available:

• Area object type: type of areal object on which the contour is built (Administrative districts, Settlements, Neighborhoods, Administrative divisions, District, Region).

• Color: selecting the color of the data display.

  • Color basis: parameter based on which the elements on the map are colored according to the Color scale (a set of prepared color samples). The available values depend on the selected data. You can select only numeric attributes.
  • Invert: select to invert the selected color scale.
  • Steps: gradation of the color scale from 1 to 10.
  • Legend: symbols for color and data.
  • Type of scale: Linear — displays values of the same order; Logarithmic — displays a wide range of values, when the values may differ by several orders of magnitude.
  • Opacity: setting an opacity of the elements on the map.
  • Color aggregation type: color aggregation method (Sum or Mean).

• Outline: enable to display an outline around the elements.

  • Outline color: selecting an outline color on the color palette or in HEX format.
  • Stroke width: stroke width in px from 1 to 25. When Height is turned on, the setting is not available.

• Height: enable to display the data as a column chart. To enable three-dimensional display format on the map, select the 3D in the bottom-right corner of the map.

  
  • Height basis: parameter based on which the elements on the map are formed. The available values depend on the selected data. You can select only numeric attributes.
  • Height aggregation type: height aggregation method (Sum or Mean).
  • Height scale: column height multiplier from 0.1 to 20.

What's next?

• Quick start.
• Get to know how to work with Data.
• Get to know more about Layers, Dashboards, and Widgets.
• Get to know more about other Data visualization methods.
• Get to know prepared Analytics presets.