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SteveBaker
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Brussels region not recognized in filled map

Dear all,

I'm using a filled map.

My data contains columns such as Postal Code, City, Latitude, Longitude and also Province. The'yre all properly categorized.

I found out that - for Belgium - I must categorize what we call "province" as "county" in the dataset. Then, I get the following nice result. 

SteveBaker_1-1632220769609.png

As you can see, in the middle, there is one missing, which is "Brussels Capital Region". It is definitely present in my datafile. I tried different ways of writing like "Brussels", "Bruxelles", "Brussels Region" and "Brussels Capital Region", but Bing doesn't recognize it...

Anyone an idea of how I can solve this? 
Many thanks!

 

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Anonymous
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Hi, I have the same problem here.

 

I found  out that Brussels-Captial Region is a region has its name says it, but I am looking for provinces of Belgium. I think it can be a mistake in the referencing of Bing Map...

 

Does anyone knows if there is a way to get around that problem ? I have already tried different names (Cantons, Provinces, Regions), different names of the country (Belgium, Kingdom of Belgium) and many names for the Brussels-Captial Region but nothing is working.

 

Thank you for your help

SteveBaker
New Member

Please find herewith the sample file I used.

ValuePostal CodeProvinceLatitudeLongitudeCityRangeSector
23,13 €8000West-Vlaanderen51,233,21Brugge20-39Sector 1
44,22 €8400West-Vlaanderen51,222,92Oostende40-59Sector 1
91,49 €8600West-Vlaanderen51,042,87Diksmuide80-100Sector 1
84,30 €9000Oost-Vlaanderen51,063,73Gent80-100Sector 1
18,41 €9300Oost-Vlaanderen50,944,03Aalst< 20Sector 1
36,47 €9700Oost-Vlaanderen50,853,61Oudenaarde20-39Sector 1
24,22 €9400Oost-Vlaanderen50,834,00Ninove20-39Sector 1
29,59 €2000Antwerpen51,204,39Antwerpen20-39Sector 2
9,04 €2800Antwerpen51,034,48Mechelen< 20Sector 2
24,01 €2500Antwerpen51,134,56Lier20-39Sector 2
75,19 €2220Antwerpen51,084,71Heist-op-den-Berg60-79Sector 2
28,91 €3500Limburg50,935,34Hasselt20-39Sector 2
58,47 €3800Limburg50,835,18Sint-Truiden40-59Sector 2
40,42 €1850Vlaams Brabant50,944,40Grimbergen40-59Sector 2
6,95 €3000Vlaams Brabant50,884,71Leuven< 20Sector 2
66,71 €1030Brussel50,874,37Schaarbeek60-79Sector 1
87,33 €1180Brussel50,794,35Ukkel80-100Sector 1
97,59 €1400Brabant-Wallon50,604,32Nivelles80-100Sector 1
23,03 €1370Brabant-Wallon50,734,85Jodoigne20-39Sector 1
15,08 €4000Liège50,635,58Liège< 20Sector 2
45,96 €4900Liège50,495,87Spa40-59Sector 2
77,05 €4700Liège50,636,04Eupen60-79Sector 2
70,10 €4400Liège50,605,43Flémalle60-79Sector 2
91,93 €5000Namur50,464,86Namur80-100Sector 1
12,78 €5600Namur50,194,56Philippeville< 20Sector 1
62,50 €5590Namur50,265,12Ciney60-79Sector 1
63,43 €7100Hainaut50,474,19La Louvière60-79Sector 1
34,88 €6000Hainaut50,414,46Charleroi20-39Sector 1
50,90 €6700Luxembourg49,685,82Arlon40-59Sector 2
94,57 €6830Luxembourg49,795,07Bouillon80-100Sector 2

 

In the meantime, I found out that, if I don't use the latitude and longitude, Brussels Capital Region is shown correctly, but then, the province of Luxembourg is switched to Luxembourg city in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
SteveBaker_0-1632729537371.png

 

What I'm actually try to achieve is that I can show the sum & average of the 'Value' column on 'Province' level. Then I would like to drill down to 'City' level.

 

v-xiaotang
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @SteveBaker 

Could you share your sample file? We'll check it later.

 

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _Tang

If this post helps, please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@SteveBaker , Can you try a column like country - City and check does it work

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