What does Azure Maps not feature street views?

Faith Hooks 0

The Azure Maps per the 2023 update do not feature street views which is a major design component needed in GIS mapping and Power BI builds.

LeelaRajeshSayana-MSFT 13,621 Reputation points

2023-06-14T22:01:08.4066667+00:00

Hi @Faith Hooks Greetings! Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum. Thank you for posting this question here.

We will review this request internally with the team and get back to you with more updates on this.
Rick Mayberry 5 Reputation points

2023-06-15T17:41:38.18+00:00

I am in Real Estate and create Power BI dashboards and help others create them. The loss of the street view for real estate professionals is devastating.
Faith Hooks 0 Reputation points

2023-06-15T18:07:39.0166667+00:00

Please see corrected comment below
Faith Hooks 0 Reputation points

2023-06-15T18:17:52.84+00:00

Hello @LeelaRajeshSayana-MSFT I agree with @Rick Mayberry if Microsoft forces a systemwide platform upgrade to Azure maps only and do not get this feature corrected it will be devastating for Power BI users and designers. Yesterday I spent 4 hours of billable time (as a Data Analysis consultant that I cannot charge for) correcting multiple dashboards all due to the message one receives when you open the Power BI desktop app advising you to update any previous created maps to 2023 Azure thinking it will be bringing new map data from the outdated Tom Tom maps that have been in Power BI for the last 3 years. Just to have to go back and put 17 different maps across 4 PUBLISHED and LIVE dashboards back into arc maps where the street views feature is still available. Seriously, for what we pay in Pro and Premium subscriptions, cant Microsoft just negotiate an user agreement with Google Maps and move forward.
LeelaRajeshSayana-MSFT 13,621 Reputation points

2023-06-15T18:51:10.1666667+00:00

Hi @Faith Hooks I understand that this situation has caused you inconvenience, and I want to express my gratitude for your efforts and patience in handling it. I have escalated this issue internally with the product team. I will update this thread as soon as we have more details on this. Please stay tuned to this thread for more updates on this.
Rick Mayberry 5 Reputation points

2023-06-16T11:27:03.1633333+00:00

Thanks, Leela, for writing back. This streetside feature was available in the prior map visualization. I'd also note that the current Azure map is relatively slow to load. I generally have 100 or so bubbles representing houses. Again, the prior version was as quick as your eye.

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IoTGirl 2,976 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2023-06-16T04:55:53.03+00:00
Hi @Faith Hooks and @Rick Mayberry ,

You have posted this question regarding Azure Maps but Azure Maps does not advertise a Streetside option so I reached out to the team that works with Azure Maps & Power BI and they think you must be asking about the ArcGIS component and not Azure Maps.

Power BI Docs: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/visuals/power-bi-visualizations-arcgis

Power BI Forum: https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Desktop/Power-BI-Map-Streetside-Street-View/m-p/105725

To ask questions about changes to the ArcGIS Control, or any other Map control in Power BI, I recommend leveraging the Power BI forums. At the bottom of the Power BI Docs page you can also find helpful links to both Microsoft & ESRI documentation on that control integration as well as the ArcGIS Blog that should inform you of updates.

Sincerely,

IoTGirl
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Witek Wojas 0 Reputation points

2023-07-17T21:46:53.01+00:00

Sorry but this isn't correct. Power BI allows lots of different 3rd party visualizations and one of those is Arc GIS.
But if you are already using Arc GIS, Azure maps coming into Power BI isnt go to affect you.
The issue is that Microsoft has stated that Azure Maps will eventually be replacing the standard default Power BI maps provided by Microsoft and TomTom.
These existing maps allow you to zoom in and then enter a street level view, whereas Azure Maps doesnt.

We will be losing a key functionality which is a huge issue because Azure maps doesnt seem to have this functionality.

Imagine for example, want to plot all the IoT device locations or EV charging locations in a city and then want to be able to view a location a street level. Im not going to be able to.

What is the point of tomtom sending cars out to capture this street level imagery for their maps if one of their key use cases (Power BI users) wont be able to access this feature anymore in the new Power BI maps based on Azure maps.

Its really frustrating.
I'm most probably going to have to start using the 3rd party Google maps visual within Power BI. Which means some faffing around to get it to work each time, plus a license fee to Google.
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