3D Geospatial
Visualization Using
Power Map
BY KRISTIN FERRIER – PRESENTED ON 8/24/2013
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Introducing Kristin Ferrier
 Senior Data Analyst in the Oil and Gas Industry
 14 Years IT experience across software development
and BI, including 10 years SQL Server experience
 Co-Founder/President OKCSQL PASS Chapter
 Blog: http://www.kristinferrier.com
 Twitter: SQLEnergy

Agenda
 Datums – Important if using Latitude and Longitude
 MS BI Geospatial Analytics Tools
 SSRS
 Power View
 Power Map
 Power Map Demos

Datum
 Latitude and longitude always have a corresponding datum, such
as WGS84 or NAD27
 The latitude and longitude coordinates for your current position may
vary across datums
 Sometimes the difference may be less than a few hundred feet, but
it may be much more drastic
 Map projections correspond to a datum
 When gathering latitude / longitude data for geographic
reporting, knowing the datum is critical
 You may need to convert them to the proper datum before using them

Power Map and Power View
 Use Bing Maps for the Geocoding
 Bing Maps expects the WGS84 Datum

Golden Gate Bridge in Power Map
WGS84 vs. NAD27 Coordinates

MS BI Tools for Geospatial Analytics
SQL Server Reporting Services
Power View Excel Power Map

SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)
 Reports typically built by IT professionals
 Often for corporate BI
 Server based reporting platform
 Highly customizable
 Includes polygon shading
 Spatial sources (geographic and geometric)
 Map Gallery
 Shape files
 SQL Server Spatial Data (geography or geometry)
 Includes drill down functionality for geospatial data

Power View
 Power View in Share Point
 Browser based experience
 Team based BI
 Power View in Excel 2013
 Excel Add-in
 Self Service BI
 Uses Bing Maps for Geocoding
 Similar functionality between both types
 Includes drill down by geographic
hierarchy

Power Map
 Excel 2013 Add-in
 Self Service BI
 3D, time-stamped visualization on
a globe
 Create animated tours
 Geographic hierarchies
 Display multiple levels at once
using multiple layers
 Filter by hierarchy level
 No drill down functionality

Power Map Additional Details
 Formerly called GeoFlow
 Community Preview released 4/11/2013
 Thus, not feature complete
 Requires internet access
 Announced as part of Power BI in July 2013
 Power Pivot
 Power View
 Power Query (formerly known as Data Explorer, still in preview)
 Power Map (formerly known as GeoFlow, still in preview)

System Requirements
 Office 2013 Versions
 Office Professional Plus 2013
 Office 365 ProPlus
 Office 365 Midsize
 Office 365 E3
 Office 365 E4
 Supported Operating Systems
 Windows 2008 R2 (requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0)
 Windows 7
 Windows 8 (not RT)

3D Time-stamped Chart
(cumulative data)

3D Time-stamped Charts (not
cumulative)
Warmer Weather (customer
counts)
Colder Weather (customer
counts)

3D Sales by Category – Power Map against some
Power Pivot data from yesterday’s pre-con

Animated Power Map Tour
 Video available on YouTube at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3qmqHJvjqI

Power Map Demos
 SQL Saturday OKC 2012 Registrations
 Top U.S. Tourist Attractions from 2008 (video available at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFJia4Hf3bg)
 U.S. Smithsonian Visitor Statistics 2010 - 2012
 Customer Counts by Weather

Getting Started
 Excel 2013
 Download the Power Map Preview for Excel
 Download the samples datasets.
 Some of them contain tutorials.
 Multi-Part Power Map Blog Series at http://www.kristinferrier.com
 Twitter conversation: #PowerMap
 Other geospatial reporting blog resources:
 http://www.mssqlgirl.com
 http://www.sqljason.com

Contact Me
 Blog: http://www.kristinferrier.com
 E-mail:
 Twitter: SQLEnergy