How to create flight paths in Tableau by drawing lines & points on a map with MAKEPOINT and MAKELINE

Published: 14 March 2022
on channel: Marc Reid
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A step-by-step guide to creating flight path maps in Tableau including links to the source data and a complete workbook to download. We'll walk through how to use the MAKEPOINT and MAKELINE functions in Tableau calculations.

💾 Data sources
Flight data from The OpenSky Network: https://bit.ly/3i4YYkE

📊 Visualisations
Creating Flight Paths in Tableau: https://tabsoft.co/3t9GtSA
Dynamic use of MAKELINE with parameter actions: https://tabsoft.co/2I4Pbsv

📑 Blog post
Creating flight paths in Tableau: https://bit.ly/3t8iZNx

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00:00 - Intro
00:37 - Connect to flightpath data
01:05 - Create spatial points with MAKEPOINT
01:48 - View data to see spatial fields created with calculations
02:19 - Add flight paths to the view
03:07 - Add origin and destination point map layers
03:54 - Create DISTANCE calculation for the flight path
04:16 - Edit the tooltip to show context for each flight
04:29 - Create dynamic title showing total flights
05:40 - Format the map
06:27 - Dynamic lines using parameter actions


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