Geographic cities of GA GEO are marked incorrectly
I have a page that connects to my Google Analytics account. On the page I have a GEO chart focused on the state of Florida.
When I hover over the markers on the map, about half of the markers appear to be correct. The other half are marked with city names that do not match their marker on the map. Similar to the markers in the center of the state designated as a city in Brazil. See the screenshots below for examples.
Here's my code that sets up GEO charts. Any idea what I am doing wrong?
Also here is jsbin
(function(w,d,s,g,js,fjs){
g=w.gapi||(w.gapi={});g.analytics={q:[],ready:function(cb){this.q.push(cb);}};
js=d.createElement(s);fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
js.src='https://apis.google.com/js/platform.js';
fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);js.onload=function(){g.load('analytics');};
}(window,document,'script'));
gapi.analytics.ready(function() {
var CLIENT_ID = '663097249213-ankiu39ud1m7imaa4r5h5mtt4bnpp9b5.apps.googleusercontent.com';
gapi.analytics.auth.authorize({
container: 'auth-button',
clientid: CLIENT_ID,
});
var viewSelector = new gapi.analytics.ViewSelector({
container: 'view-selector'
});
var stateMap = new gapi.analytics.googleCharts.DataChart({
query: {
'dimensions': 'ga:city',
'metrics': 'ga:sessions',
'start-date': '14daysAgo',
'end-date': 'yesterday',
},
chart: {
type: 'GEO',
container: 'state',
options: {
region: 'US-FL',
resolution: 'metros',
displayMode: 'markers',
width:'100%',
height:'100%',
keepAspectRatio:true
}
}
});
gapi.analytics.auth.on('success', function(response) {
viewSelector.execute();
$('#auth-button').hide();
});
viewSelector.on('change', function(ids) {
var newIds = {
query: {
ids: ids
}
};
stateMap.set(newIds).execute();
});
});
Here are the request headers:
Remote Address:74.125.137.95:443
Request URL:https://content.googleapis.com/analytics/v3/data/ga?start-date=7daysAgo&end-date=yesterday&dimensions=ga%3AuserType&metrics=ga%3Asessions&sort=-ga%3Asessions&max-results=9&ids=ga%3A91097884&output=dataTable&embedApiVersion=v1
Request Method:GET
Status Code:200 OK
Request Headers
:host:content.googleapis.com
:method:GET
:path:/analytics/v3/data/ga?start-date=7daysAgo&end-date=yesterday&dimensions=ga%3AuserType&metrics=ga%3Asessions&sort=-ga%3Asessions&max-results=9&ids=ga%3A91097884&output=dataTable&embedApiVersion=v1
:scheme:https
:version:HTTP/1.1
accept:*/*
accept-encoding:gzip,deflate,sdch
accept-language:en-US,en;q=0.8
authorization:Bearer ya29.qgAhgT4Oq1u6e_cfcv1qP2ieP_QUbPM0WozLPpagwZ_9rmXM8G0s0uDK
cache-control:no-cache
pragma:no-cache
referer:https://content.googleapis.com/static/proxy.html?jsh=m%3B%2F_%2Fscs%2Fapps-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fk%3Doz.gapi.en.FnxxMUT2ulE.O%2Fm%3D__features__%2Fam%3DAQ%2Frt%3Dj%2Fd%3D1%2Ft%3Dzcms%2Frs%3DAGLTcCMEC-DWdYC4P42L_5byzwhSZYF3Cg
user-agent:Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_10_0) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/38.0.2125.104 Safari/537.36
x-client-data:CJe2yQEIprbJAQiptskBCMG2yQEI8IjKAQiPlMoBCN6WygE=
x-clientdetails:appVersion=5.0%20(Macintosh%3B%20Intel%20Mac%20OS%20X%2010_10_0)%20AppleWebKit%2F537.36%20(KHTML%2C%20like%20Gecko)%20Chrome%2F38.0.2125.104%20Safari%2F537.36&platform=MacIntel&userAgent=Mozilla%2F5.0%20(Macintosh%3B%20Intel%20Mac%20OS%20X%2010_10_0)%20AppleWebKit%2F537.36%20(KHTML%2C%20like%20Gecko)%20Chrome%2F38.0.2125.104%20Safari%2F537.36
x-goog-encode-response-if-executable:base64
x-javascript-user-agent:google-api-javascript-client/1.1.0-beta
x-origin:http://affordable-glass.com
x-referer:http://affordable-glass.com
Query String Parametersview sourceview URL encoded
start-date:7daysAgo
end-date:yesterday
dimensions:ga:userType
metrics:ga:sessions
sort:-ga:sessions
max-results:9
ids:ga:91097884
output:dataTable
embedApiVersion:v1
Response Headers
alternate-protocol:443:quic,p=0.01
cache-control:private, max-age=0, must-revalidate, no-transform
content-encoding:gzip
content-length:555
content-type:application/json; charset=UTF-8
date:Sun, 26 Oct 2014 00:35:09 GMT
etag:"C7PuqpcNYAngGhjHeeJxl43WaQM/65Qv4TMpW0C9gHm-VUHXAtDeU9g"
expires:Sun, 26 Oct 2014 00:35:09 GMT
server:GSE
status:200 OK
vary:Referer
vary:X-Origin
vary:Origin
version:HTTP/1.1
x-content-type-options:nosniff
x-frame-options:SAMEORIGIN
x-xss-protection:1; mode=block
Here's the data that Google returns:
{
"kind": "analytics#gaData",
"id": "https://www.googleapis.com/analytics/v3/data/ga?ids=ga:91097884&dimensions=ga:city&metrics=ga:sessions&start-date=14daysAgo&end-date=yesterday",
"query": {
"start-date": "14daysAgo",
"end-date": "yesterday",
"ids": "ga:91097884",
"dimensions": "ga:city",
"metrics": ["ga:sessions"],
"start-index": 1,
"max-results": 1000
},
"itemsPerPage": 1000,
"totalResults": 47,
"selfLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/analytics/v3/data/ga?ids=ga:91097884&dimensions=ga:city&metrics=ga:sessions&start-date=14daysAgo&end-date=yesterday",
"profileInfo": {
"profileId": "91097884",
"accountId": "54755159",
"webPropertyId": "UA-54755159-1",
"internalWebPropertyId": "87741876",
"profileName": "All Web Site Data",
"tableId": "ga:91097884"
},
"containsSampledData": false,
"columnHeaders": [{
"name": "ga:city",
"columnType": "DIMENSION",
"dataType": "STRING"
}, {
"name": "ga:sessions",
"columnType": "METRIC",
"dataType": "INTEGER"
}],
"totalsForAllResults": {
"ga:sessions": "75"
},
"dataTable": {
"cols": [{
"id": "ga:city",
"label": "ga:city",
"type": "string"
}, {
"id": "ga:sessions",
"label": "ga:sessions",
"type": "number"
}],
"rows": [{
"c": [{
"v": "(not set)"
}, {
"v": "3"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Ashburn"
}, {
"v": "1"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Atlanta"
}, {
"v": "4"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Bari"
}, {
"v": "1"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Belo Horizonte"
}, {
"v": "1"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Biloxi"
}, {
"v": "1"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Birmingham"
}, {
"v": "1"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Bradenton"
}, {
"v": "2"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Chandler"
}, {
"v": "2"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Columbus"
}, {
"v": "1"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Cordoba"
}, {
"v": "1"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Dallas"
}, {
"v": "1"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Eastpoint"
}, {
"v": "1"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Erlanger"
}, {
"v": "1"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Fort Bragg"
}, {
"v": "1"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Foz do Iguacu"
}, {
"v": "1"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Fresno"
}, {
"v": "1"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Funchal"
}, {
"v": "1"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Houston"
}, {
"v": "1"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Jacksonville"
}, {
"v": "1"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Lake Oswego"
}, {
"v": "1"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Lake Worth"
}, {
"v": "2"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Londrina"
}, {
"v": "2"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Lynn Haven"
}, {
"v": "2"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Mar del Plata"
}, {
"v": "1"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Marianna"
}, {
"v": "2"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Middletown"
}, {
"v": "2"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Miramar Beach"
}, {
"v": "1"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Montreal"
}, {
"v": "1"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Navarre"
}, {
"v": "1"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Panama City"
}, {
"v": "9"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Panama City Beach"
}, {
"v": "7"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Pecan Grove"
}, {
"v": "1"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Porto Alegre"
}, {
"v": "1"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Providence"
}, {
"v": "1"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Rio de Janeiro"
}, {
"v": "1"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Sabadell"
}, {
"v": "1"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Sao Paulo"
}, {
"v": "3"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Seria"
}, {
"v": "1"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Surrey"
}, {
"v": "1"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Tallahassee"
}, {
"v": "1"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Tampa"
}, {
"v": "1"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "The Woodlands"
}, {
"v": "1"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Toronto"
}, {
"v": "1"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Virginia Beach"
}, {
"v": "1"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Wellington"
}, {
"v": "1"
}]
}, {
"c": [{
"v": "Wyndham"
}, {
"v": "1"
}]
}]
}
}
It does the same if I try it on a US map:
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I was working with GEO graph for EMBED api and had the same problems. It seems to me that the GEO plot is quite limited and the region you set does not affect the data it shows, but instead scales the map only to the corresponding viewport. I added a filter to my request, I think it will work for you ...
"query": {
"start-date": "14daysAgo",
"end-date": "yesterday",
"ids": "ga:91097884",
"dimensions": "ga:city",
"metrics": ["ga:sessions"],
"start-index": 1,
"max-results": 1000,
"filters": "ga:region==Florida"
},
Please note the last line with the filter, I know this may not be ideal, but this is the only way I could use the Embed GEO diagram correctly.
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