Transforms geographic or categorical data into geometric visuals in Power BI.

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What it does

Transforms geographic or categorical data into geometric shapes such as circles, squares, rectangles, diamonds, and triangles in Power BI. Data points can become scalable, positionable objects with size, color, labels, and formatting driven by the dataset. The visual supports conditional styling, selection, highlighting, and tooltips.

Key capabilities

from the Microsoft Marketplace listing

Geometric representations

Represents locations, regions, or custom shapes with circles, squares, rectangles, diamonds, triangles, and circular or rectangular images.

Data-driven formatting

Uses dataset values to control object size, color, labels, and formatting.

Conditional styling

Supports conditional styling for the visual elements.

Interactive features

Supports selection, highlighting, and tooltips.

Use cases

  • Supports density-equalizing cartograms and grid-based layouts.
  • Can be used for KPI dashboards, market comparisons, cluster visualizations, and abstracted spatial data.

How it compares

Cartogram is free, while Hexbin Scatterplot by iFour is paid. Both listings use cloud deployment. Cartogram was updated on Mar 2026, while Hexbin Scatterplot by iFour was updated in 2025.

NamePricingDeploymentUpdated
Cartogramthis pluginFreeCloud
Hexbin Scatterplot by iFourPaidCloud

In the catalog

657 plugins in Power BI · Analytics

Price distribution: 73 free, 108 freemium, 441 paid, 35 price not published

Pricing & deployment

Platform
Microsoft 365
Product
Power BI
Deployment
Cloud
Pricing
Free

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What the vendor says

«Cartogram is a new custom visual for Power BI that transforms geographic or categorical data into clean, geometric representations—perfect for scenarios where spatial relationships matter less than clarity, comparability, and visual impact. Building on the foundation of the Maps visual, Cartogram lets you abstract …»

Official marketplace listing

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cartogramvisualshapemappinggeometricdataabstractmapsshapesspatial