Editable map of Brazilian states

Brazilian states are how most sales reports, delivery networks and school projects divide the country, and this map opens in the editor with all 26 states and the Federal District drawn. You decide what the colours mean: a coverage area, a ranking, a route, a lesson.

A regional report on one slide

Give the states a colour by how each region performed, for example three shades of one colour from lowest to highest, and add a legend that names each band. Pin São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte and Porto Alegre for the distribution centres, and give Brasília a pin of its own colour as the capital. When you have a figure for every state, the choropleth map of Brazil colours them from a pasted spreadsheet instead.

Lessons and trips

For a geography project, pupils can colour the states one theme at a time and show the names of Amazonas, Pará, Bahia and Rio Grande do Sul. For a trip, pin Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Porto Alegre, join them with a route and number the stops so the order is plain. The Neighbours switch draws the countries around Brazil in grey, with Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay among them.

Getting the look right

The bar on the map holds the colours, Borders for line weight and Sea for a white sea. In the editor, which Customise this map opens, the place list names every state, so Acre or Tocantins is a pick away, and a click on a state brings up a card with colours and Show names. Minimal keeps a report quiet; Vintage suits a poster for a classroom wall.

For slides

Set the canvas to 16:9 before you colour, so the map fills the slide. In the Download dialog, a PNG with Transparent on sits on the slide's own background, and Copy image pastes straight into PowerPoint, Google Slides or Keynote. A regional slide reads best with the legend on one side and two or three figures beside it; the map for PowerPoint page has more. Take SVG when a designer will restyle the lines, and see the editable map of Brazil for the country on its own.