Modifying map visualizations in dashboard

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Updated:September 29, 2026
Document ID:SPLK049468

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Splunk Cloud Splunk Enterprise Splunk IT Service Intelligence

Description

In dashboards, we use a map to visualize geospatial data on a map area of your choice. Geospatial data combines your data sets with coordinates on earth to visually represent quantities and spread across locations.
 

Geographical map visualization is made with:
1. Data with geographic co-ordinates
2. Lookup table file
3. Geospatial lookup.


Resolution

1. Change the underlying tileset using the map option baseTileLayerServer (https://splunkui.splunkdev.page/Packages/visualizations/?path=%2FMap#:~:text=%3E%20themes.defaultBackgroundColor-,baseLayerTileServer,-Specify%20the%20URL)

2. Choropleth maps use the splunk "geom" command to define the regions as color, shape, or size. You can specify a custom lookup (https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/9.1.2/SearchReference/Geom#:~:text=Usage-,Specifying%20a%20lookup,-To%20use%20your) that includes the changes to India.

3. Also add custom geospatial lookups in Splunk to create queries that return results that Splunk software can use to generate a choropleth map visualization. Choropleth maps cannot be rendered without the data generated by corresponding geospatial lookups. EX: https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/9.1.2/SearchReference/Geom#Examples:~:text=geo_countries%20featureIdField%3D%22country%22-,6.%20Specify%20the%20bounding%20box%20for%20the%20geometric%20shape,-This%20example%20uses
 

(https://splunkui.splunkdev.page/Packages/visualizations/?path=%2FMap#:~:text=%3E%20themes.defaultBackgroundColor-,baseLayerTileServer,-Specify%20the%20URL)

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/9.1.2/SearchReference/Geom#:~:text=Usage-,Specifying%20a%20lookup,-To%20use%20your

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/9.1.2/SearchReference/Geom#Examples:~:text=geo_countries%20featureIdField%3D%22country%22-,6.%20Specify%20the%20bounding%20box%20for%20the%20geometric%20shape,-This%20example%20uses

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/9.1.2/SearchReference/Geom#Examples

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/9.1.2/Viz/Choroplethmaps

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/9.1.2/Knowledge/DefineageospatiallookupinSplunkWeb

Revision History

Revision Publish Date Comments
1.0
29-Sep-2026
Initial Release

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