Kent is the Lead Product Manager for Maps at Tableau including all things spatial. Kent has worked on mapping software for the last 14 years and he’s confident the next few years are going to be the most exciting. You will find Kent actively engaged with the Tableau community through the forums and Twitter (@datakmart). Feel free to reach out at any time if you have a question, comment, or want to share some feedback about mapping in Tableau.
Seeing and understanding proximity made easy with buffer calculations
March 12, 2020 • By Kent Marten
In the newest version of Tableau (2020.1), visualizing and analyzing distances has improved dramatically with a new spatial calculation called buffer.
Geospatial analysis made easy with two new spatial functions: MakePoint and MakeLine
June 13, 2019 • By Kent Marten
For people trying to understand their location data and to see spatial patterns, Tableau is adding two spatial functions that will make analyzing location data easier than ever.
The Density Mark type brings a new kind of heatmap to Tableau
November 19, 2018 • By Kent Marten
There are countless real-world applications for heatmaps—explore a few common uses cases in this post.
Perform advanced spatial analysis with spatial join—now available in Tableau
August 3, 2018 • By Kent Marten
We recently announced spatial joins, a new join type in the newest Tableau release (2018.2). Spatial joins allow you to join points and polygons from two spatial tables based on their location. Learn how to connect your point data to polygons and visualize that data on a map.
Visualize spatial data directly from SQL Server in Tableau 2018.1
May 14, 2018 • By Kent Marten
You're just a double-click away from visualizing spatial data stored as “geography-type” in SQL Server.