MAPBOX MAPS
Mapbox is a service for creating customized online maps. Users who do not exceed a certain limit in terms of page views can work with a free account. The current limit is 50,000 views per month, which should be sufficient for many use cases.
The Mapbox Studio tool lets you design your own maps, but you can also work in Tableau with the ready‐made templates provided by Mapbox, which we will look at now.
Mapbox Account and Token
To use these templates, you need to sign up for a free account at www.mapbox.com. On the same website, navigate to Access Tokens. Copy the default public token (the key starting with pk) to the clipboard. If none is shown, click Create A Token (see Figure 6.12).
Figure 6.12 Mapbox website with access token.
Mapbox in Tableau
As mentioned previously, the connection to Mapbox is set up by selecting Map, Background Maps, Map Services, as shown in Figure 6.13.
Figure 6.13 Map services are set up via the Background Maps submenu.
In the Map...
