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Plot a line on a Map

IainMacnab — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 13:21:32 GMT

Hi All,

I have a request for the ability to show routes on a map in a Power BI report. The user has a list of routes with origins and destinations. They would like an arc drawn between each of the origin and destination points and for these to be selectable in order to filter data in the dashboard.

I cannot find any obvious way to do this in the existing map controls. Does anyone know of a custom visual that would allow this. it seems like a useful addition for the many companies that deal with route related information

Thanks in advance

Re: Plot a line on a Map

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 15:48:30 GMT

You can't do this in any of the existing map visuals but there is a possible R script solution here.

Re: Plot a line on a Map

v-chuncz-msft — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 10:38:48 GMT

@IainMacnab,

You may follow the tutorial to create the custom visual. The developer tools can be used to build R Powered Custom Visual as well.

Re: Plot a line on a Map

IainMacnab — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 14:59:07 GMT

Many thanks,

Never used R before but it will be an interesting exercise

Thanks for taking the time to reply!!!

Re: Plot a line on a Map

IainMacnab — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 15:01:02 GMT

Thanks @v-chuncz-msft,

I will follow the tutorials which are much appreciated!!

iRe: Plot a line on a Map

ryanbaumann — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 23:25:45 GMT

This seems like a great fit for a custom visual with Mapbox GL.

Here's an example of converting 1000 point pairs to arcs with a few lines of javascript for a custom visual - https://bl.ocks.org/ryanbaumann/7a5480c20f2de3aba91bb19435403b3b

Re: Plot a line on a Map

ryanbaumann — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 00:11:44 GMT

This seems like a great fit for Mapbox GL tools as a custom viz. A few lines of javascript can easily transform point parts to arcs, and linestrings are natively rendered in Mapbox tools even for really large numbers of lines. - https://bl.ocks.org/ryanbaumann/7a5480c20f2de3aba91bb19435403b3b

Re: Plot a line on a Map

IainMacnab — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 09:00:37 GMT

That looks like a lovely render. I will give that a try when I get a minute

Thanks for your reply

Re: Plot a line on a Map

Anonymous — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 00:37:10 GMT

This is an old thread, but in case someone comes across it, the Route Map custom plugin does plot routes on maps https://appsource.microsoft.com/en-us/product/power-bi-visuals/WA104380985?tab=Overview

Re: Plot a line on a Map

Julio7 — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 17:29:55 GMT

i was able to find a solution for this problem. i work for a large transportation company and we wanted to visualized our lanes by customer, states, timeframe etc... and ICON MAP PRO add in in power BI was able to help us with this need. it would be nice if microsoft could implement some of those visual and functions directly on the maps in power BI.