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Anonymous
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When using Azure maps is there a way of using statistical areas instead of the longitude/latitude?

 
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v-yalanwu-msft
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Hi, @Anonymous ;

According to the offical document.

 The Azure Maps Power BI Visual provides latitude and longitude fields to pinpoint a specific location on the map, however most data sources use an address to pinpoint a location as opposed to latitude and longitude values.

The Azure Maps Power BI Visual now provides a Location field that accepts address values that can be used to pinpoint a location on the map using geocoding.

Geocoding is the process of taking an address and returning the corresponding latitude/longitude coordinate. The address determines the granularity it's possible to geocode, such as a city as opposed to a specific street address.

The Location field in the Azure Maps Power BI Visual can accept multiple values, such as country, region, state, city, street address and zip code.

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Community Support Team _ Yalan Wu
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Anonymous
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Can you also use Azure maps to show data that is an average across areas for example rather than pinpointed data sources e.g. through county's instead of specific addresses? 

v-yalanwu-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi, @Anonymous ;

According to the offical document.

 The Azure Maps Power BI Visual provides latitude and longitude fields to pinpoint a specific location on the map, however most data sources use an address to pinpoint a location as opposed to latitude and longitude values.

The Azure Maps Power BI Visual now provides a Location field that accepts address values that can be used to pinpoint a location on the map using geocoding.

Geocoding is the process of taking an address and returning the corresponding latitude/longitude coordinate. The address determines the granularity it's possible to geocode, such as a city as opposed to a specific street address.

The Location field in the Azure Maps Power BI Visual can accept multiple values, such as country, region, state, city, street address and zip code.

vyalanwumsft_0-1649053803064.png


Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Yalan Wu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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