# Choropleth maps problem

**URL:** <https://community.plotly.com/t/choropleth-maps-problem/8664>\
**Category:** plotly.js\
**Created:** [February 28, 2018, 1:12am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/choropleth-maps-problem/8664 "2018-02-28T01:12:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Igor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dec6dc/32.png) [@Igor](https://community.plotly.com/u/Igor)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 1:12am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/choropleth-maps-problem/8664/1 "2018-02-28T01:12:14Z")

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Hi!  
I want to start using Plotly.js on our web site.  
We use choropleth maps based on custom shape files.  
I found posts saying it is possible with some fiddling, but have not found any straightforward end-to-end examples.

Can anyone point me to example with code and step-by-step instructions please?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![etienne](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/community.plotly.com/etienne/32/17_2.png) [@etienne](https://community.plotly.com/u/etienne)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/choropleth-maps-problem/8664/2 "2018-02-28T15:16:48Z")

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Looking at [Create your own choropleth map with custom shapefiles](https://community.plotly.com/t/create-your-own-choropleth-map-with-custom-shapefiles/2567/4) would be a good place to start.

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**Author:** ![Igor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dec6dc/32.png) [@Igor](https://community.plotly.com/u/Igor)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 10:58pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/choropleth-maps-problem/8664/3 "2018-02-28T22:58:54Z")

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Hi etienne

I assume plotly dev team cannot provide an example. Does it mean you don’t recommend to use maps yet? Any plans when this functionality will be easy to use? Will you help me to build it when I subscribe to one of your plans?

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**Author:** ![Le\_Koul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Le\_Koul](https://community.plotly.com/u/Le_Koul)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 10:23am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/choropleth-maps-problem/8664/4 "2018-03-13T10:23:47Z")

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Hello!

I there were many replies on this post, but none was able to provide an end to end solution since most questions were unanswered. 🙂 Is it possible to help us a bit more? Thank you in advance!