Spreadsheet Format
Each row represents a highlighted region on the map.
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
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Data Type | plain text | number |
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Contents | The name of the region you want to highlight Note: - You can use any of these formats:
- A country name (for example, "Australia")
- An uppercase ISO-3166-1 alpha-2 code or its English text equivalent (for example, "GB" or "United Kingdom")
- An uppercase ISO-3166-2 region code name or its English text equivalent (for example, "US-NJ" or "New Jersey")
- A metropolitan area code, which is a three-digit code used to designate various regions (only US codes are supported: these are not the same as telephone area codes)
| A numerical value associated with the region |
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Optional | | x |
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Customization Options
Go to Customize your Chart to see the remaining options
Background Settings: set the background color and create a line border around your geo chart
- click inside the text box, prompting a pop-up window to appear
- to set the fill and border colors, click on the colored square
A color wheel, called the ColorPicker tool, will open
- choose a color
- click Ok when you are finished
- to set the border width, type in a smaller numerical value for a thinner border, a larger one for a thicker border
Map borders resolution: set the borders within your map to reflect the geographical divisions in your source spreadsheet
- click the drop-down menu to choose what kind of borders the map will display
- choose countries, metro, or provinces
Region to display: set which region you want to display on your map
- the default region is set to the world view
- click the drop-down menu for more options
- note that these options are labeled according to their country code. Go to https://countrycode.org/ to look up which code you want to use