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shape map chrashes when loading JSON file
Your computer's specs should not be an issue. The file was a very high resolution shapefile, and in addition, there was a lot of coastline detail. Try this version, which has been simplified: https://www.dropbox.com/s/2pd06z2ptvita8f/KOMMUNE-simplified.json?dl=0
In general, Power BI will have difficulty with high detail, larger topojson files. Your posted JSON file is about 12MB, and this new one is a little over 1MB. I was able to simplify to 0.75% in mapshaper without much noticeable difference at a high-level zoom. See if that works for you.
I used the Simplify functionality in mapshaper and reduced it to 0.75%. That may have some distortion at a low level, but it did not impact the shapes at a high zoom level.
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I was trying to reproduce the crash with TOPOJSON from this Github repository, However the shape map looks good after import and no crash occurs. So would you share the TOPOJSON used in your case?
By the way, I see "Peak Virtual Memory: 3.92 GB" in the error message, usually the memory outage causes application crash. What is your PC OS and is there enough memory?
Resident Rockstarshbjv, Eric_Zhang: see these other threads. It's likely an issue with the original shapefile, so post a link to that.
http://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Problem-using-custom-shape-map/m-p/55795