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afkl99
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Plotting Canadian Cities an a Map Offline

Hi,  I'm using Power BI Desktop offline (but do have access to internet on a seperate device). I would like make a bubble plot of canadain cities on a map. I already have a table with the city and p...
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    v-qiuyu-msft
    9 years ago

    Hi afkl99,

     

    Firstly, I would like to deliver the use scenario of the shape map in Power BI. Shape Map cannot show precise geographical locations of data points on a map; instead, its main purpose is to show relative comparisons of regions on a map by coloring them differently. See: Shape Maps in Power BI Desktop (Preview). Both Location and Legend properties can only have one column. If you already put the province column in Location, you can try to put City column in legend to category the data.

     

    To bubble plot Canada cities, I would suggest you use Map visual. For details, you can refer to below links:

     

    How to Use Map Visualizations

    Tips and Tricks for Power BI Map visualizations

     

    Best Regards,
    QiuyunYu

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v-qiuyu-msft
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9 years ago

Hi afkl99,

 

Firstly, I would like to deliver the use scenario of the shape map in Power BI. Shape Map cannot show precise geographical locations of data points on a map; instead, its main purpose is to show relative comparisons of regions on a map by coloring them differently. See: Shape Maps in Power BI Desktop (Preview). Both Location and Legend properties can only have one column. If you already put the province column in Location, you can try to put City column in legend to category the data.

 

To bubble plot Canada cities, I would suggest you use Map visual. For details, you can refer to below links:

 

How to Use Map Visualizations

Tips and Tricks for Power BI Map visualizations

 

Best Regards,
QiuyunYu