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Anonymous
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5 years ago

Show lines and polygons on a map

Is there a way to show polygons and lines on a map?  I know it is possible to show points as Latitude and Longitude, but any specific way to show polygons and lines? not talking about fill or shape...
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lbendlin's avatar
lbendlin
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5 years ago

Yes, use the shape map visual and provide your own map. There are lots of tutorials on the interwebs how to do that.  Mapshaper.org is a great tool.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
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    5 years ago

    I think you are confused about the problem I am facing, I am not asking about a small area on a map , it is about the whole of a city. Your solution doesn't make sense if you are suggesting that I generate a topo file of the whole city and drop it to the shaper. Do not you think it crashes? Maybe you have thought it is a small area and I think this shaper solution may work for a very small area not for a city. The baselayer must come as tiles to reduce the size at the client-side and to be handled by the software (e.g Power  BI), not as a huge topo file.

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      anas7785
      New Member
      3 years ago

      I agree with you, I tested a layer containing 156,390 records and it was successfully converted to topojson using mapshaper , but when adding it to the powerBi the application stop responding

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    Anonymous
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    5 years ago

    Thanks lbendlin  for the reply. Are you sure there is a way to accomplish this? Could you please provide more details? I have updated my question and added more screenshots, Could you plz advise what I am missing? or maybe send me a link with a similar map? thanks