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.. _gallery_one_dot_per_zipcode:


One Dot Per Zipcode
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This example shows a geographical plot with one dot per zipcode.


.. altair-plot::
    :code-below:

    
    import altair as alt
    from vega_datasets import data

    # Since the data is more than 5,000 rows we'll import it from a URL
    source = data.zipcodes.url

    alt.Chart(source).transform_calculate(
        "leading digit", alt.expr.substring(alt.datum.zip_code, 0, 1)
    ).mark_circle(size=3).encode(
        longitude='longitude:Q',
        latitude='latitude:Q',
        color='leading digit:N',
        tooltip='zip_code:N'
    ).project(
        type='albersUsa'
    ).properties(
        width=650,
        height=400
    )


.. toctree::
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