30 Day Map Challenge - Day 9 - Analog
On to day 9 of the 30 Day Map Challenge and the topic is "Analog" - time for me to get out the kid's colouring pencils.
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30 Day Map Challenge - Day 8 - Urban
On to week 2 of the the 30 Day Map Challenge. The topic for day 8 is "Urban" to mark World Urbanism Day and I'm using today's challenge to highlight some of new functionality we're about to release in Icon Map Slicer 1.
30 Day Map Challenge - Day 7 - Accessibility
We're already at the end of the first week of the 30 Day Map Challenge. The topic for day 7 is "Accessibility".
30 Day Map Challenge - Day 6 - Dimensions
Day 6 of the 30 Day Map Challenge and the topic today is "Dimensions"
30 Day Map Challenge - Day 5 - Earth
Day 5 of the 30 Day Map Challenge is all about "Earth".
30 Day Map Challenge - Day 4 - My Data
Day 4 of the 30 Day Map Challenge brings us to the topic of "my data".
30 Day Map Challenge - Day 3 - Polygons
On to day 3 of the 30 Day Map Challenge and today's theme is Polygons:
30 Day Map Challenge - Day 2 - Lines
On to the 2nd day of the 30 Day Map Challenge.
30 Day Map Challenge - Day 1 - Points
It's November 1st, which means it's the first day of this year's 30 Day Map Challenge. Of course I'm aiming to use Icon Map for as many of the challenges as possible.
Telecoms - Display Cell Tower KPIs in Icon Map Pro
A common use case for our telecoms customers is to show cell tower locations, using wedge diagrams, to represent various information and KPIs. This blog shows a repeatable approach for achieving this using Icon Map Pro.
How to provide the ability for your users to select a background map
Icon Map Pro comes with a range of available background styles included. Sometimes you may want to provide the ability for the end-users of your report to select the style themselves.
Filtering Reference Layers
Icon Map Pro provides the ability to show reference layers on the map. These reference layers are not connected to the Power BI data, they just additional context to the data layer.
Drilling Down Through Pre-Calculated H3 Hexagons
H3 Hexagons provide a great mechanism for aggregating large volumes of point data.
Icon Map Slicer - What is it, and why?
Last week we released **Icon Map Slicer**. Knowing this would raise some questions, I thought I’d address them up front in a blog post.
Hosting Maps Assets in Azure Blob Storage with CORS enabled
You'll see references in the Icon Map Pro and Icon Map Slicer documentation about one of the hosting requirements for images etc to have CORS configured.
Visualising Indoor Spaces from OpenStreetMap in Power BI with Icon Map Pro
When most people think of maps, they picture roads, rivers, and perhaps outlines of buildings.
Overture Maps in Power BI using DuckDB & Icon Map Pro
James Dales and I recently spoke at SQLBits about how geospatial analytics is transforming thanks to modern cloud-native formats.
Updated Clustering Capabilities
Version 1. 0.
Using star schemas with Icon Map Pro
When explaining how to configure Icon Map Pro, for simplicity and ease of understanding, I usually show the data as a single flat table.
30 Days of Maps Day 4 - Hexagons
Today is day 4 of the #30DayMapChallenge.
Geocoding with PowerQuery
Unlike the AzureMaps and ArcGIS Power BI visuals, Icon Map Pro doesn't have the ability to geocode data - to take a postal address or placename and turn it into a longitude and latitude to display on the map.
Guide to creating PMTiles
Vector tiles unlock all sorts of possibilities in Icon Map Pro as they allow us to place complex lines and polygons on the map without having to load large files into the report.
Updated Clustering Capabilities
Version 1. 0.
WebGL Mode – what’s it all about?
In our February release of Icon Map Pro, you’ll notice a new settings option, “Rendering”, so I thought I’d explain in more detail what’s behind this option, and why it’s there.
User Driven Format Rules
We had an interesting support request come through yesterday from a customer.
Drawing routes along roads using the Azure Maps API
Yesterday I published a blog about drawing drive time isochrones on the map using the Azure Maps API called from PowerQuery, all inside of Power BI.
Fire Station Drive Times with Azure Maps API
Yesterday Microsoft published a blog post about Isochrones in the Azure Maps Route Range API. Isochrones are a great way to represent the amount of time it takes to travel from a point.
Bus Routes
During the recent 30 Day Map Challenge I published a report with many of Europe's railway routes, which gained a lot of interest. I thought I'd see whether the same thing was possible for bus routes.
30 Days of Maps Day 30 - The Final Map
We made it! It's the 30th so the final day of this year's #30DayMapChallenge.
30 Days of Maps Day 29 - Overture
The penultimate day - it's day 29 of the #30DayMapChallenge and today's topic is "Overture" - *Use data from the Overture Maps Foundation.
30 Days of Maps Day 28 - The blue planet
Nearly there - it's day 28 of the #30DayMapChallenge and today's topic is "The blue planet" - *Map oceans, rivers, and lakes. Focus on water today.
30 Days of Maps Day 27 - Micromapping
And we're up to day 27 of the #30DayMapChallenge and today's topic is "Micromapping" - *Map something small and precise. Zoom in and map a small area in high detail.
30 Days of Maps Day 26 - Map Projections
Day 26 of the #30DayMapChallenge brings us to the theme of "Map Projections" - *Explore different map projections and how they distort the world.
30 Days of Maps Day 25 - Heat
Moving onto the last week of the #30DayMapChallenge and it's day 25. Today's theme is Heat - *Map something related to heat.
30 Days of Maps Day 23 - Memory
As we enter the weekend it 's day 23 of the #30DayMapChallenge and today's theme is 2 colours - *Map based on memory. Create a map of a place you remember—hometown, favorite destination, or somewhere meaningful.
30 Days of Maps Day 22 - 2 colours
It's already 22 of the #30DayMapChallenge and today's theme is 2 colours - *Create a map using only 2 colors. No gradients or shading—just two flat colors.
30 Days of Maps Day 21 - Conflict
On to day 21 of the #30DayMapChallenge and today's theme is Conflict - *Map a conflict. Political, territorial, or social—there are conflicts all around us.
30 Days of Maps Day 20 - OpenStreetMap
It's day 20 of the #30DayMapChallenge and today's theme is OpenStreetMap - *Use OpenStreetMap data to create something. OpenStreetMap offers rich, editable data from roads to buildings and beyond.
30 Days of Maps Day 19 - Typography
It's day 19 of the #30DayMapChallenge and today's theme is Typography - *Map focused on typography. Let text and words do the heavy lifting today.
30 Days of Maps Day 17 - Collaborative Map
Sunday's challenge is day 17 of the #30DayMapChallenge and today's theme is Collaborative Map - *Collaborate with others on a single map. For today’s challenge, team up!
30 Days of Maps Day 16 - Choropleth
Saturday brings us to day 16 of the #30DayMapChallenge and today's theme is "Choropleth" - *Classic choropleth map. Use color to show data variation across regions.
30 Days of Maps Day 15 - My data
Half way there! Day 15 of the #30DayMapChallenge and today's theme is "My data" - *Map something personal.
30 Days of Maps Day 14 - A world map
Day 14 of the #30DayMapChallenge and today's theme is a world map - *Map the whole world. Whether it’s continents, ecosystems, or oceans, this is the day to map the entire planet.
30 Days of Maps Day 13 - A new tool
Day 13 of the #30DayMapChallenge and today's theme is a new tool - *Use a tool you’ve never tried before. The challenge has always been about trying new things.
30 Days of Maps Day 12 - Time and Space
Moving onto day 12 of the #30DayMapChallenge and today's theme is Time and Space - *Map something where time matters. Visualize change over time—urban growth, migration, or environmental shifts.
30 Days of Maps Day 11 - Arctic
It's already day 11 of the #30DayMapChallenge and today's theme is the Arctic - *Map the Arctic.
30 Days of Maps Day 10 - Pen & Paper
We're onto day 10 of the #30DayMapChallenge and the theme is pen and paper - *Draw a map by hand. Go analog and draw a map using pen and paper.
30 Days of Maps Day 9 - AI Only
We're onto day 9 of the #30DayMapChallenge.
30 Days of Maps Day 8 - Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX)
We're onto day 8 of the #30DayMapChallenge.
30 Days of Maps Day 7 - Vintage style
Today is day 7 of the #30DayMapChallenge.
30 Days of Maps Day 1 - Points
November 1st kicks off the 30-Day Map Challenge. Each day in November brings a new map visualisation challenge, and naturally, I'll be using Icon Map Pro in Power BI.
30 Days of Maps Day 6 - Raster
Today is day 6 of the #30DayMapChallenge.
30 Days of Maps Day 5 - A journey
Today is day 5 of the #30DayMapChallenge.
30 Days of Maps Day 3 - Polygons
Any now we're moving along to day 3 of the #30DayMapChallenge.
30 Days of Maps Day 2 - Lines
2nd of November brings us to the 2nd Day of the #30DayMapChallenge.
Using Meteomatics
Meteomatics provide a weather API that can be used to overlay a wide range of weather layers onto your map as a WMS overlay.
Icon Map Pro unlocks ArcGIS assets in Power BI
Esri are the market leader in GIS software and many of the companies we speak to have a large investment in ArcGIS with much of their geospatial data estate held within the platform.
September Teaser
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Using OpenStreetMap's tile servers
I've just submitted an update to the old Icon Map visual in Microsoft AppSource, which should go live very soon.
General Election Results
As a UK based geospatial company, it seemed natural to want to visualise the UK general election results as they're being announced inside of Power BI using Icon Map Pro.
Creating Legends
Whilst we have it on our backlog, Icon Map Pro doesn't yet have the ability to draw a legend.
Create a drilldown shapemap in less than 2 minutes!
In this video I show you how easy it is to create a drilldown shape map using Icon Map Pro.
Why Icon Map Pro?
More than six years ago I created Icon Map, a map visual for Power BI. This year I've set up a new company alongside Tekantis CTO, Brynn Borton, to launch Icon Map Pro.