In this tutorial, we will take a look at how to use Tableau to connect to spatial data such as Esri shapefiles and GeoJSON and display that data as a map in Tableau. We will go over how to use the map layer function in Tableau to show more or less geographical data at the same time. Finally, I will show how to upload a basic image file as a background map in Tableau and plot points on it using a basic x-y coordinate system. Tennessee State Parks data source: Nanaimo, BC data source: Recorded with