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Flat world map by coordinates

Overview

This chart displays data geolocated on a world map using coordinates (latitude and longitude).

What data do I need for this widget?

The option to create this map will be disabled unless your query contains at least three columns with numeric values. Furthermore, to show meaningful content on the map, two of those columns must correspond to longitude and latitude and your data must be grouped.

Creating a flat world map by coordinates

Working with flat world maps by coordinates

To change the visualization style use the options at the top left:

  • Map: click it to activate the street map view.
    Upon activation of this option, the Terrain option is displayed with a checkbox for you to mark. When marked, the map is displayed together with the topographic features.

  • Satellite: Click it to activate the satellite imagery.
    Upon activation of this option, the Labels option is displayed with a checkbox for you to mark. When marked, the map is displayed together with the geo-political naming.

To change the visualization area you can perform the following actions:

  • Click the + button at the bottom right to zoom in.

  • Click the - button at the bottom right to zoom out.

  • Left-click and drag to pan the map to the desired area.

  • Press Ctrl while scrolling up or down with the mouse wheel to zoom in or out.

  • Click the button at the top right to toggle fullscreen mode.

You can hit the following keys to perform different actions:

Shortcut Keys

Description

Shortcut Keys

Description

+ / -

Zooms in/out on the map.

← / ↑ / → / ↓

Moves the map in the direction of the arrow.

?

Shows/hides the list of shortcut keys.

Query example

You can recreate the example shown in the picture above with the data from the following query and mapping the fields as follows:

from siem.logtrust.web.activity select ip4(srcHost) as ipHost, mmlatitude(ipHost) as latitude, mmlongitude(ipHost) as longitude group every 5m by longitude, latitude every 5m select count() as count

Required field

Column added

Required field

Column added

Latitude

latitude

Longitude

longitude

Size/Color

count