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Gilbert_lam
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3 years ago
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Powerbi Map Bubble Location not shown correct

I am using powerbi to show the inventory of wild trees in Hong Kong.  I created a map view using latitude longtitude column from my table. Each tree was displayed in the map as a small bubble. how...
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    v-luwang-msft
    3 years ago

    HI  Gilbert_lam ,

    Maps in Power BI, based on Bing Maps, so there are differences between them and Google Maps.

    The imagery in Google Maps tends to be less accurately positioned than the imagery in Bing Maps. In North America and Western Europe Bing Maps imagery has a position accuracy of +/- 1.5 meters according to tests done by the European Joint Research Commission. Google Maps on the other had has been found to have it's imagery out of place by as much as 1.5 miles in some areas.

     

    refer:

    https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24143475/bing-maps-google-maps-difference-in-coordinates 

     

     

    Best Regards

    Lucien

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v-luwang-msft
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3 years ago

HI  Gilbert_lam ,

Maps in Power BI, based on Bing Maps, so there are differences between them and Google Maps.

The imagery in Google Maps tends to be less accurately positioned than the imagery in Bing Maps. In North America and Western Europe Bing Maps imagery has a position accuracy of +/- 1.5 meters according to tests done by the European Joint Research Commission. Google Maps on the other had has been found to have it's imagery out of place by as much as 1.5 miles in some areas.

 

refer:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24143475/bing-maps-google-maps-difference-in-coordinates 

 

 

Best Regards

Lucien