# How to display the distribution of lineages on a world map in auspice using the nextstrain build pipeline?

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**Created:** [July 25, 2025, 1:39pm UTC](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/t/how-to-display-the-distribution-of-lineages-on-a-world-map-in-auspice-using-the-nextstrain-build-pipeline/1937 "2025-07-25T13:39:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![magletdinov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@magletdinov](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/u/magletdinov)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 1:39pm UTC](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/t/how-to-display-the-distribution-of-lineages-on-a-world-map-in-auspice-using-the-nextstrain-build-pipeline/1937/1 "2025-07-25T13:39:15Z")

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Good afternoon! I am trying to run the ncov pipeline, but for some reason I do not see a world map with my samples in the results. I have added all the necessary information (region, country, division, location) to the custom.metadata.tsv file, and according to the instructions [Workflow config file guide — SARS-CoV-2 Workflow documentation](https://docs.nextstrain.org/projects/ncov/en/latest/guides/workflow-config-file.html#adding-a-new-place)  
I have made changes to the defaults/lat\_longs.tsv and color\_ordering.tsv files.

I run the program as follows:  
`nextstrain build . --configfile ncov-tutorial/`  
I would appreciate your help!

The configuration file is identical to the one presented in [Run using custom data — SARS-CoV-2 Workflow documentation](https://docs.nextstrain.org/projects/ncov/en/latest/tutorial/custom-data.html)

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**Author:** ![joverlee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e495f1/32.png) [@joverlee](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/u/joverlee)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/t/how-to-display-the-distribution-of-lineages-on-a-world-map-in-auspice-using-the-nextstrain-build-pipeline/1937/2 "2025-07-25T16:49:21Z")

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Hi @magletdinov,

The map display is controlled by the Auspice config. If you’re using the `ncov-tutorial/custom-data.yaml` config, then you will need to update the `ncov-tutorial/auspice-config-custom-data.json` file by adding a `geo_resolutions` list similar to the [default config](https://github.com/nextstrain/ncov/blob/137ffc479a1bfe4e2c6ae1bbcd1b22e3afc5f8dd/defaults/auspice_config.json#L137-L142).

Best,  
Jover

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**Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 9:55pm UTC](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/t/how-to-display-the-distribution-of-lineages-on-a-world-map-in-auspice-using-the-nextstrain-build-pipeline/1937/3 "2025-07-30T21:55:27Z")

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**Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 10:03pm UTC](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/t/how-to-display-the-distribution-of-lineages-on-a-world-map-in-auspice-using-the-nextstrain-build-pipeline/1937/4 "2025-07-30T22:03:42Z")

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