Hi there,
Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this question but hopefully someone can help.
I am interested in mapping some data for Canada but I ONLY want to see a visible Canadian map. Currently when I map data it shows me the United States as well.
Is there anyway to show maps that are specific to a country (Canada in this case) without any other country maps showing?
Thanks!
Hi Aaron,
Sorry to be a bit late to this party.
There are quite a few solutions to your question.
It depends whether or not you want to see just Canada in a background map, or in the foreground (i.e. are you performing analysis of Canada as a whole). Or both.
If background map, then you'll need to get Admin 0 Canada as a ESRI SHP file and use something like Geoserver to connect as a WMS.
If foreground analysis, same thing, but you'll need to use shapetotab, or Mary's R script, or Alteryx script, or ET Wizards for ESRI to convert the SHP to Tableau ready polygon format.
If both, you'll need to do both. However! If you are doing both, you need to set the projection of the ESRI SHP to the same, i.e. EPSG:4326 (Canada looks awful in this projection by the way).
I suspect you'll want more than just Admin 0. You'll probably want Admin 1 which includes the provinces.
I'll knock up an example for you if I get time.
Best Regards,
Allan
