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Power BI maps without Azure Maps

Azure Maps asks for a sign-in and moves on its own. These articles draw maps another way: a scatter chart over a map image, a floor plan with the Synoptic Panel, and route maps where one DAX measure projects the airports and draws the arcs.

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Gold arcs between European airports over a land made of dots, the network of routes that one DAX measure draws in Aurum Jet

Design techniques24 October 202610 min read

A route map drawn by a DAX measure: arcs, airports and a map that frames itself

No map visual: one SVG measure projects airports, draws the period's routes as arcs weighted by traffic, labels the busiest without overlap and reframes itself.MapsSVG and DAX visuals

A dashed route from PAR to NCE with a gold jet stopped at 60 % of its length, next to the attribute that does it: keyPoints 0;0.600

Design techniques24 October 20269 min read

The jet that stops where the flight is: SVG motion in a Power BI measure

Make a jet fly along its route and stop at the share of the flight already flown, with SVG animateMotion written by a DAX measure, in a native card.AnimationSVG and DAX visualsMaps

The CarePulse Operations Center report in Power BI Desktop, with the hospital campus plan coloured by satisfaction

Free reports22 October 20264 min read

A hospital floor plan as a Power BI map

CarePulse shows hospital operations on the plan of the campus itself: ten wings coloured by wait time, staffing, bed occupancy or satisfaction. A free Power BI report.Maps

A map of France drawn as a scatter chart: the plot area is the map image, bounded by longitude -8.2 to 11.9 and latitude 41.0 to 51.5, with city bubbles in gold

Design techniques14 October 20269 min read

A Power BI map without Azure Maps: a scatter chart over an image

Replace Azure Maps with a native scatter chart: longitude on X, latitude on Y, axes bounded to a map image set as the plot area background.Maps