Available Map Types

Boundary Map

Displays color-coded regions on the map based on the data.

Boundary map of Lyme disease cases in Eastern states.

Heat Map

Displays color-coded areas of data density. The orange color in this example shows the most densely populated areas in Massachusetts.

Heat map.

Hexbin Map

Available in DivePort 7.1(21) and later. Displays data density in colored hexagons. The following map shows the concentration of Lyme disease in the northeast section of the United States.

NOTE: The size of the hexagon does not change when you Closedzoom in or out. The color might change because the hexagons represent a larger or smaller area of the map.

Hexbin map of US north east area

Wider view of the Hexbin map showing Lyme disease consentration

Line Map

Displays origin-destination data by drawing polylines or curved lines on a map. This example shows distance data between two transit stations.

NOTE: The underlying tabular must include columns with the following information:

  • Source location in longitude-latitude format
  • Target location in longitude-latitude format
  • Unique identifiers/tooltips for each source/target location combination
  • Summary

Example of a line map.

Point Map

Displays color-coded data points. This example shows New England population data.

Example of a Point map.

Web Map Service Map

Displays web map services, such as traffic or weather maps. You can use a third-party open source or proprietary web map service.

Web map service map showing wetlands.

DivePort allows you to include mutiple data layers on a map portlet. For Closedexample, a map can contain a boundary layer and a point layer.

Multilayer boundary point map showing state population and number of known Lyme disease cases.