Semantic Color-Coding Maps

Semantic Color-Coding Maps compared with Google My Maps, QGIS and Tableau
Semantic Color-Coding Maps	Google My Maps	QGIS	Tableau
Inputs and data: The user types JavaScript-flavour regular expressions, where ^ marks the start and $ the end of a name, and up to three patterns colour the matching place names. Places come from OpenStreetMap, borders and rivers from Natural Earth, and elevation from SRTM.		Inputs and data: QGIS supports various data sources and formats and web services based on industry standards. You bring your own data instead of using one fixed place dataset.	Inputs and data: Tableau Desktop connects to live databases or flat files, and the Free Edition supports Excel, CSV and database files. The data must be supplied by the user.
Licence and cost: The page states no licence, no price and no privacy policy.		Licence and cost: QGIS is licensed under GNU GPLv2+ and is free to download and use.	Licence and cost: Tableau Desktop Free Edition is free. Tableau Standard and Enterprise are paid per-seat subscriptions, billed annually, with no monthly plans.
Platform: It runs as a web page and draws on a canvas. The author left SVG because it proved too much for Firefox, at the expense of animations.		Platform: QGIS runs on Windows, macOS and Linux.	Platform: Tableau Cloud is fully hosted, Tableau Server is self-managed, and Desktop runs locally.
Limits and sharing: The page describes no export option. Coverage is restricted to France, Germany, Romania, the British Isles, Belgium, Benelux, Western Europe, the USA, Canada and Japan.	Limits and sharing: A My Maps map holds up to 10,000 lines, shapes or places, and one layer up to 2,000. The limits also include 50,000 points in lines and shapes and 20,000 data table cells.		Limits and sharing: The Free Edition cannot publish or share work online, connect to Cloud or Server saved data sources, or share packaged workbooks.

Semantic Color-Coding Maps compared with Google My Maps, QGIS and Tableau

Semantic Color-Coding Maps

Google My Maps

QGIS

Tableau

Inputs and data: The user types JavaScript-flavour regular expressions, where ^ marks the start and $ the end of a name, and up to three patterns colour the matching place names. Places come from OpenStreetMap, borders and rivers from Natural Earth, and elevation from SRTM.

Inputs and data: QGIS supports various data sources and formats and web services based on industry standards. You bring your own data instead of using one fixed place dataset.

Inputs and data: Tableau Desktop connects to live databases or flat files, and the Free Edition supports Excel, CSV and database files. The data must be supplied by the user.

Licence and cost: The page states no licence, no price and no privacy policy.

Licence and cost: QGIS is licensed under GNU GPLv2+ and is free to download and use.

Licence and cost: Tableau Desktop Free Edition is free. Tableau Standard and Enterprise are paid per-seat subscriptions, billed annually, with no monthly plans.

Platform: It runs as a web page and draws on a canvas. The author left SVG because it proved too much for Firefox, at the expense of animations.

Platform: QGIS runs on Windows, macOS and Linux.

Platform: Tableau Cloud is fully hosted, Tableau Server is self-managed, and Desktop runs locally.

Limits and sharing: The page describes no export option. Coverage is restricted to France, Germany, Romania, the British Isles, Belgium, Benelux, Western Europe, the USA, Canada and Japan.

Limits and sharing: A My Maps map holds up to 10,000 lines, shapes or places, and one layer up to 2,000. The limits also include 50,000 points in lines and shapes and 20,000 data table cells.

Limits and sharing: The Free Edition cannot publish or share work online, connect to Cloud or Server saved data sources, or share packaged workbooks.