Filled Map Virginia - not mapping counties correctly based on county name and state

[USAMeisie]

Good morning. 

We are trying to build out a filled map and we are running into a problem with the state of Virginia. This state has both counties and independant cities. Which data element is the best to map this data correctly? County name & State, County FIPS or Lat/Long ?

Any suggestions appreciated. 

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi @USAMeisie ,

If Filled Map Virginia couldn't map counties correctly based on country name or state name in Power BI, I think Lat/Long should be a good workaround to achieve your goal. Power BI will determind the position based on Lat/Long.

If you still want to show the location name, you can add the name in Location Filed, and then you need to set AVG function in Lat/Long field. Or your visual will return error.

Best Regards,
Rico Zhou

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

[USAMeisie]

Thank you @Anonymous  Will definately try that!