Displaying very detailed spatial files using WKT in the Icon Map comes with it’s challenges – the biggest being poor performance (i.e. very slow to render). Some simplification and reduction of precision can go a long way In this video blog I walk through some of my tips to simplify and reduce precision of your spatial files (using free tools such as QGIS and MapShaper) BEFORE importing into Power BI as a WKT file to really improve rendering speed and avoid exceeding the 32,766 text character limit in Power Query. I hope this helps you have fun exploring maps in Power BI.

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