Microsoft Power BI Quick Start Guide

Visualizing geographical data

One of the most exciting ways to visualize data in Power BI is through the various map options that we have. All the maps serve the same purpose to illustrate data in relation to locations around the world, but there are some small differences between each of them. All of the maps, except the Shape Map, have the option to provide the latitude and longitude coordinates, which will be the best way to ensure the appropriate location is being displayed. The reason for this is because the information that we provide the visual will be sent to Bing Maps to verify the positioning on the map. If we do not provide enough detail, then Bing may not return the desired results. For example, if we were to provide the map visual ...