Add annotations to maps

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Hi,
Are you able to add an annotation to a map? I’m trying to create a bubble map of Canada. I need to show a missing data label over Quebec and we want the total of Canada to appear somewhere as well. It seems I can’t add any other label to show other data.

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Looks like I am able to add an annotation through custom code. But it doesn’t show in the published chart.

Also the ability to add a Label with missing data to the Region would be nice to show as well. Can we do that?

Highcharts.merge(true, options, {
annotations: [{
    labelOptions: {
        overflow: 'none',
        shape: 'rect',
        backgroundColor: '#404040',
        borderColor: '#000000',
        borderRadius:0,
        borderWidth:0,
        padding: 10
    },
    labels: [{
        point: {
            x: 600,
            y: 125
        },
        text: 'Canada<br>100 ',
        style: {
                width: 250,
                fontSize: 12,
        }
    }]
}]
});
3

Can you add an annotation to a map? Am I missing something?

It’s kind of important.

Thanks,
Kerry

4

Hi Kerry. We don’t currently support annotations on maps.

I wonder why Quebec is not showing. Could you share the map link with me for troubleshooting? Feel free to send to support@everviz.com if that’s better.

I need to experiment with the total value other than using an annotation

Thank you

Cheers,
Havard

5

Hi Havard,

Thanks for getting back to me. That’s unfortunate about not being able to use annotations on a map. The Quebec data is missing because it’s not available. But, much like you can with choropleth maps where you can actually show a “null message”, it would be nice to be able to do this with the bubble map as well.
We may just have to add a note in the caption to say Quebec’s data is not available.

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