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### Map charts

<iframe width="100%" height="420" src="https://www.loom.com/embed/23e6301e4d494168a5946273b86c0423" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen />

Map charts are perfect for visualizing data that has geographic coordinates, such as customer locations, sales regions, or shipment routes. They combine a background map (usually countries, states, or regions) with your data points overlaid as markers.

This chart works best when you have **latitude and longitude fields** or a TopoJSON lookup with some ID or unique lookup name to plot the points on the map, and a numeric metric to adjust the size of each point or color gradient (like total sales or number of customers).
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<iframe width="100%" height="420" src="https://www.loom.com/embed/23e6301e4d494168a5946273b86c0423" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen />

![map](/images/references/chart-types/map/intro.png)

Maps display geographic data on an interactive map. They support three visualization modes:
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