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Mark
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Wrong mapping of longitude @ latitude (?)

Hi,

Memphis coordinates are:   35° 8' 57" N   /   90° 2' 56" W

I put them at simple Excel file, containing one row only:  (35.15 , -90.05).

The circle that I see on a map is quite far from Memphis, more close to Atlanta.

I've check it with Dallas - the same.

Can you check it?  Is it a bug, or I do something wrong?

Mark.

 

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DominikPetri
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Advocate V

Hi Mark,

 

have a look here and see if it helps in your case:

How to map latitude longitude

 

Best regards

Dominik Petri.

 

 

Please mark Accept as Solution if your question is answered. Kudos gladly accepted. ⇘

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Sean
Community Champion
Community Champion

Not a bug => 35.15, -90.05 => plots correctly.

 

I tried it with a column for each Latitude and Longitude as in the picture below and it worked fine.

 

Memphis.png

 

I also tried it with a single column for Lat-Long and of course that worked fine too.

 

Memphis 2.png

 

Check and verify that the numbers in your Excel file are the same => 35.15, -90.05 (Lat-Long)

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Mark
Regular Visitor

First of all, thank you very much, to both of you.

I am at home now.

I downloaded Power BI application to my laptop, created simple Excel file with Mempis coordinates,

and - what do you think? - it works perfect!

Next week I will be at work. i will try to understand what goes wrong at my computer at work.

Anyway, it seems like the problem simply doesn't exist.

Thank you one more time for your help.

Mark.

 

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Mark
Regular Visitor

First of all, thank you very much, to both of you.

I am at home now.

I downloaded Power BI application to my laptop, created simple Excel file with Mempis coordinates,

and - what do you think? - it works perfect!

Next week I will be at work. i will try to understand what goes wrong at my computer at work.

Anyway, it seems like the problem simply doesn't exist.

Thank you one more time for your help.

Mark.

 

Sean
Community Champion
Community Champion

Not a bug => 35.15, -90.05 => plots correctly.

 

I tried it with a column for each Latitude and Longitude as in the picture below and it worked fine.

 

Memphis.png

 

I also tried it with a single column for Lat-Long and of course that worked fine too.

 

Memphis 2.png

 

Check and verify that the numbers in your Excel file are the same => 35.15, -90.05 (Lat-Long)

DominikPetri
Advocate V
Advocate V

Hi Mark,

 

have a look here and see if it helps in your case:

How to map latitude longitude

 

Best regards

Dominik Petri.

 

 

Please mark Accept as Solution if your question is answered. Kudos gladly accepted. ⇘

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