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Bing Maps Highlighting Wrong County
Microsoft EmployeeHi Anonymous,
I got feedback from the Product Team:
FYI, I had this reply from Bing team:
For the Lake County, IN issue, looks like it is a data bug and our Geocoding backend team is pushing the data team to get a fix for this.
Until then the user can try the workaround I suggested.
There is a workaround for this though which you can suggest - provide lat/long for locations Bing is wrong about. I've attached "With lat long.pbix" that shows how this is done. But basically, add Latitude and Longitude columns and enter values for some locations (Lake County in the file is 41.44,-87.38) but not for others that Bing gets right. In the map set Location, Latitude and Longitude roles (use Average for Lat and Long) and make sure to turn on "Show items with no data" in the Location role (this is on the dropdown menu for that role).
Regards
Using the suggested workaround is okay to a point. However, as soon as I add a field to "Legend", it will only display counties with Lat & Long. If I select "Show items with no data" for both Location and Legend fields, no counties are displayed.
The visual I'm creating is not very useful without use of the Legend field, and I don't want to try to get a Lat & Long for the 500+ counties I'm using.
How is correcting the Lake County data on your end fixed already? This post is almost a month old.