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markc
Advocate II
9 years ago

Map issue - location name

This might be something low on the list as the userbase would be small but I have run into an issue with the map visual.   In Louisiana, we don't have "Counties", we call them "Parishes". (The nome...
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Sean
Community Champion
9 years ago

I have no problem mapping all Parishes with the built-in Regular and Filled Map and ArcGIS too

 

The Column itself is called Parish and as you can see in the Legend the rows in the Parish Column say Parish too not County

 

 

EDIT: Well with some small modifications even the Shape Map works

remove the word "Parish" from all rows in the column - column can still be called Parish though

replace all "Saint" with "St." and "La Salle" with "LaSalle" no space and there it is :smileyhappy:

 

 

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markc
Advocate II
9 years ago

I am curious as to what is in the table or the JSON file you used. Does it have the coordinates or anything else in it? Or is it strictly the parish names?

 

I tried using the parish name minus the ' Parish' part and it still failed to associate correctly.

 

Thanks.