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Mapping of Language Student Locations using PowerView
2014/03/09
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- What do our language students call home? Based on a pivot-table that counts zip codes, let PowerView tell you, which is can now distributed as a free add-in for Excel 2013 Prof, but you need to enable it (under File / Options / Add-Ins).

- Comes with a nifty zoom:


- Click, then Hover a data bubble for more info;

- Like with Bing Maps Visualization, the weighting is surprising:

Mapping of Language Student Locations using Bing Maps
2014/03/09
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- What do our language students call home? Based on a pivot-table that counts zip codes, let Bing Maps tell you, a default add-in easily accessible in the insert section of the ribbon:

- Note a Limitation: Bing Maps max 100 data points.

- So we limited to zip codes with at least 15 students (which returns just below 100 zip codes).
- Also note, the Bing maps app cannot be increased beyond a certain size (below is the maximum).

- Finally, note that the visualization does have a weight indicator, but it seems imperfect:


- Here is how data (type) input errors get handled (duplicates override the original):

- Fix your data, the reload from the upper right unfoldable menu:


- Voilà:


