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Anonymous
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Show Polygon Map in PowerBI

Hi,

I am new to PowerBI, would you mind helping me out, please? I would like to create a polygon map below. The map itself will contain two up to three values/row inside it. The polygon is available in CAD.dwg file.

I have created a spatial join file with GIS containing (location-ID, state plane coordinate northing easting). I am having a difficult time and step by step guidance is really appreciated. Thank you.

 

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Anonymous
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I did try as you mentioned, but it gave me weird lines.

 

but then i found other topic:

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/JSON-shapefile-not-showing-up-properly/td-p/699812

 

which led me to another link:

https://dataveld.com/2016/09/01/overcoming-potential-power-bi-shape-map-rendering-issues/

 

and voila... its there Thank you for helping me out.

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Anonymous
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I've also been looking into this and the avenue I want to go down when I find time is using Python's geoPanda's class. My understanding to date is that the Py visual gives you the flexibility to manage layers in your map as well as geometries. 

v-kelly-msft
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Hi @Anonymous ,

 

How about shape map?

 

Here is a reference.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/visuals/desktop-shape-map

 

Best Regards,
Kelly
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Anonymous
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Thanks,

I think the shape map is the one that I need, but still, I am unable to work with it.

I follow all the instructions on this link:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/visuals/desktop-shape-map

but still, it shows nothing.

Most of the description of the location is referred to as a well-known location, like US states, but in this case, I am using a specific ID called "DRAWPT".

 
 

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

I find a reference that can solve your problem:

https://medium.com/weareservian/power-bi-custom-maps-part-ii-shape-map-939873da3f66

 

Best Regards,
Kelly
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Anonymous
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I did try as you mentioned, but it gave me weird lines.

 

but then i found other topic:

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/JSON-shapefile-not-showing-up-properly/td-p/699812

 

which led me to another link:

https://dataveld.com/2016/09/01/overcoming-potential-power-bi-shape-map-rendering-issues/

 

and voila... its there Thank you for helping me out.

amitchandak
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@Anonymous 

Refer Hexbin in

https://powerbi.microsoft.com/hu-hu/blog/power-bi-best-visual-contest-3rd-people-s-choice-award/

https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/5546/visualizing-patterns-in-high-voluminous-data-using-hexbi...

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