Map visuals
Power BI currently provides five map visuals including the Map, Filled map, Shape map (in preview), Azure map (in preview), and the ArcGIS Maps for Power BI.
The map visual plots location points as bubbles over a world map and varies the size of the bubbles based on a value. The bubbles on these maps can also be broken out across a dimension to provide additional context.
The Filled map and Shape map visuals are forms of heat maps that use color and color intensity to distinguish specific areas of a map by a value, such as postal codes by population.
The Azure map visual is similar to the map visual in that it displays bubbles on a world map. The Azure map supports different base layers like satellite and road as well as many different settings including a display of live traffic data. While still in preview, continued enhancements to this visual could position the Azure Map as the standard for geospatial analysis in Power BI.
The ArcGIS map visual is...
