Add a MapBox token for basemaps in superset

[IamJeffG]

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[IamJeffG]

there is discussion of new plugins in the future that won't tie us to MapBox:

• Generic Map Plugin apache/superset#21758
• [SIP-63] Incorporating other map sources in Superset apache/superset#9281

Until then, we need a MapBox Key

[mmckown]

do i need to buy one or something? M

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[IamJeffG]

I made a mapbox account in the free tier, which gives some limited (but not small) amount of free map tile requests. It's now working: https://kawana.guardianconnector.net/superset/dashboard/193/?native_filters_key=dn-vILSI4qAhIBGDIWX0SAxF-ZQGHvuGZBm8KfkAkk97DB6uLrI54pzVXhm07EoG

You can change the base layer tileset under "Edit Chart", and "Visual Tweaks" at the far bottom. I've found that "Outdoors" and "Satellite Streets" are good ones.

One note about the MapBox chart type in Superset is that it's just clustering nearby villages together, so the 9 and 3 in the following screenshot refer to distinct villages, not to survey responses:

To make the map point size proportional to the number of responses, I used the `DECK.GL SCATTERPLOT" instead of "MAPGL" chart. There you can set "Point Size" to a metric (count); I also set a scale multiplier for more visual impact.

https://kawana.guardianconnector.net/superset/explore/?form_data_key=jZyZ-D_8XmAHaYV3cBMjRLXREb8tbpelVACNpSrKYg7yZrStowCDnbcPlY8bYfKn&slice_id=412