Hexbin

The Hexbin display method is useful when you need to estimate the area and identify the difference between elements. The territory is divided into equal sections, which is displayed considering the value of the selected parameters.

The data is aggregated and equally distributed over the entire area within the boundaries of the element. You need to pay attention to the minimum and maximum indicators.

The Hexbin in many ways is similar to the Grid display method. The shapes are created automatically, and the algorithms inside them work the same way. These methods are convenient to use together when you need to see two layers of aggregated data.

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 Hexbin display method.
6. Set the remaining visualization parameters if necessary.

The data is visualized on the map.

Parameters

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

• Size: size of the element from 5 to 3000 in meters.

• Coverage: coverage of the territory from 1 to 100 in percentage. Only the distance between the elements changes.

• Caption: turning on the caption on hexbins.

• 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.
  • Color aggregation type: color aggregation method (Sum or Mean).
  • 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.

• 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.