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Anonymous
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9 years ago
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Custom Shape Maps Unexpected Error

I can find lots of threads where people have this problem, but I can't find one with an actual solution. All I see is people insisting that it works, but it definitely does not work.   When I try t...
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  • deldersveld's avatar
    deldersveld
    9 years ago

    Ok, I think I might know the potential cause of your issue. When you pulled the file off of GitHub, my guess is that you did not save the actual json file. Instead, you probably right-clicked in the ReadMe and did a Save As on the link to the blob. Is that correct?

     

    GitHub shows a preview of TopoJson, GeoJson, etc. blobs on their own page. Unless you download the entire repo, you need to click through the link and save the Raw json instead of the blob preview.

     

Sean's avatar
Sean
Community Champion
9 years ago

deldersveld I'm encountering the same issue as Anonymous (btw I can also open your pbix file and it works fine)

 

However when I try to use any of your TopoJSON files I get that Error => Here's what I'm doing...

 

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Anonymous
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9 years ago

Yep, Sean could just as well have been taking screenshots off my computer. Identical to what I'm doing.