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The MapViewer is a highly-configurable Microsoft PowerBI visual for viewing maps and other geospatial layers in powerBI.

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PowerBI-MapViewer

The MapViewer Visual from GeoAI brings the power of a highly-configurable map to your Microsoft PowerBI report. This feature-rich Visual enables you to show locations in your report from Longitude and Latitude fields in your data table. Choose from a range of basemaps to provide context to your data. Additionally, Web Mapping Service (WMS) layers can be added to enrich your map with extra information. You can create a library of your favourite WMS endpoints and your layers together with their styling and the map extent are saved within the report.

🪛 The MapViewer Visual is in active development and often updated with tweaks and bug fixes. 🔨
✔️ Be sure to update to the latest release for the most stable version. Report a bug.

Features - Free version

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Getting started

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MapViewerPro

  • Add point data from your report using Latitude and Longitude coordinates ➡️ show me
  • Select data using either the map or in other visuals in your report ➡️ show me
  • Zoom to your selected data ➡️ show me
  • Filter the points using a slicer ➡️ show me
  • Style the points by choosing fill colour and opacity, stroke colour, and size ➡️ show me
  • Choose from a range of basemaps to suit your map style ➡️ show me
  • Add up to 4 WM(T)S (Web Mapping (Tile) Service) layers ➡️ show me
  • Save your favourite WM(T)S endpoints ➡️ show me
  • View the Legend and Abstract of WMS layers ➡️ show me
  • Save your map configuration to your Power BI report ➡️ show me
  • Attribute-based styling for points
    • Graduated colour
    • Size

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  • Ensure your Power BI report is in Edit mode
  • In the Visualizations tab, click the ... (Get more Visuals) button at the bottom of the Build Visual panel
  • Choose Import a visual from a file...
  • Read the warning and, if you wish to proceed, choose
  • Browse to the MapViewerv1.x.xxx.pbiviz file and click Open
  • The MapViewer icon will appear below the panel of available Visuals

mapviewer - installation

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mapviewer - add points

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  • Use Shift + Click to select multiple data points

mapviewer - select points

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mapviewer - zoom selection

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  • Choose whether the map zooms to the sliced features by toggling the zoom lock

mapviewer - filter

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  • Right-click the layer name to bring up the context menu with extra options
  • Click the Style Layer button to show the styling options

mapviewer - style points

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  • You can even choose not to show a basemap

mapviewer - basemap

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  • Layers can be ordered by dragging and dropping them in the Layers Panel
  • Adjust the opacity of the WM(T)S layers to further enrich your map design

mapviewer - wms

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  • Favourite endpoints can be re-ordered by dragging and dropping
  • Right-Click to remove an endpoint from the favourites list

mapviewer - favourite endpoints

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  • The availability of the legend and/ or abstract depends on the service provider
  • You will be notified if there is no legend or abstract information available for the layer

mapviewer - legend

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  • Saving your map means users of your report will see it exactly how you intend
  • Almost everything you can configure in the MapViewer Visual will be saved
    • Including the basemap, map extent, layers, layer opacity, point styling, favourite endpoints
  • ⚠️ Don't forget to save the Power BI report after saving the map settings ⚠️

mapviewer - save

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The MapViewer Visual is in active development and often updated with tweaks and bug fixes. If you experience a bug or an unexpected behaviour, please let us know by sending us a message at info@geoai.nl

If you are interested in our MapViewer Pro with more features and richer interactivity with your Power BI report, or you wish to sponsor a specific feature request, we are very happy to hear from you. Let's begin a discussion at info@geoai.nl

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