UK Postal Sector filled/shaded map

[andrewjmdata]

Hi, I want to produce thematic/filled/shaded maps at Postal Sector level. Postal Sector is the first part of the Postcode + the 1st character of the 2nd part of the postcode. SW20 8RL is the postcode, SW20 8 is the Postcode Sector.

I can see that the boundary is recognised in Bing, but when I put some test data at Postal Sector level into PBI it plots dots!

Have tried using latest version and with the ArcGIS Viz Icon and the PBI one.

Thanks

Andrew

[andrewjmdata]

Hi, I must admit I can't actually remember.

That said, have done similar things with UK wards.  

It had to be done using a Shape file (ESRI format mapping file) for which PBI has an option called "Shape Map Visual" which has to be ticked (File/Options & Settings/Options/Preview Features). tbh I can't recall what we did after but there is documentation on the web from people who did this. I do recall that when we did get it to work, it wasn't a great solution. Am hoping MS improve this area of PBI as its certainly something I would like to use more.

Hope that helps.

Andrew

[v-jiascu-msft]

Hi Andrew,

May I ask what kind of data do you have? Can you share it with us? I tested with the data that I found from Google search. It didn't work.

There is a built-in filled map. If you want it in the ArcGIS map, the snapshot below could help.

Best Regards,

Dale

[andrewjmdata]

Hi Dale, the data is the basis for the UK Postal Geography. Basically, the Postal Sector level is the 3rd level down the hierarchy.

I'll use the actual Postcode I mentioned as an example SW20 8RL - There are ~2m Postcodes in the UK - This is actually in SW London.

It starts with Postcode Area - SW - There are ~120 Postcode Areas

Then Postcode District - SW20 - There are ~ 2500 Postcode Districts

Then Postcode Sector - SW20 8 - There are ~9,000 Postcode Sectors

So, what I want to do is plot maps using the Postcode Sector level.

If anyone know if this is possible, I would be grateful.

FYI... it can be done in Tableau!

Regards

Andrew

[JonBaylis]

Hi Andrew,

Did you manage to do this?

Thanks,

Jon