Create custom geography maps in Power BI using GeoJSON or TopoJSON, with routes, markers, charts, and image-based visuals.

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What it does

Maps Lite is a Power BI visual for mapping user-supplied GeoJSON or TopoJSON data. It can display colored regions, points, routes, bubbles, images, and small charts on mapped elements. Interaction options include panning, zooming, rotation, drilling, automatic centering, and selection. The visual excludes the offline map library included with the full Maps visual.

Key capabilities

from the Microsoft Marketplace listing

Custom geography mapping

Display colored regions, points, routes, bubbles, image markers, and chart-based routes from GeoJSON or TopoJSON.

Animated route lines

Show route movement with animated dash patterns.

Embedded mini-charts

Place column, pie, or donut charts on points, routes, or custom shapes.

Packed visual charts

Represent several category values within one location using grouped circles or images.

Image-based markers

Use fixed-size images or resize image charts according to a measure.

Map interaction

Support panning, zooming, rotation, drilling, automatic centering, and selection.

Formatting controls

Configure category colors, linear or diverging scales, logarithmic scales, multi-field labels, and drill paths.

Mapping metadata

Provide mapping metadata for preparing data for custom shapes.

Use cases

  • Animate routes to present direction and flow across a network.
  • Compare category composition within one location using grouped circles.
  • Show brand or icon categories inside mapped shapes or points.

How it compares

Maps Lite is free and cloud-deployed, while Drill Down Map PRO (Filter) by ZoomCharts and Smart Grid-Map are freemium cloud listings, and kml-kmz-visual is paid and cloud-deployed. Synoptic Panel Lite by OKVIZ is also free and cloud-deployed. Maps Lite was updated in Jul 2026, compared with Aug 2026 for Drill Down Map PRO (Filter) by ZoomCharts, Feb 2026 for kml-kmz-visual, Dec 2025 for Smart Grid-Map, Jul 2026 for Synoptic Panel Lite by OKVIZ, and Dec 2025 for Performance Flow - xViz.

NamePricingDeploymentUpdated
Maps Litethis pluginFreeCloud
Drill Down Map PRO (Filter) by ZoomChartsFreemiumCloud
Smart Grid-MapFreemiumCloud
kml-kmz-visualPaidCloud
Synoptic Panel Lite by OKVIZFreeCloud
Performance Flow - xVizFreemiumCloud

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Pricing & deployment

Platform
Microsoft 365
Product
Power BI
Deployment
Cloud
Pricing
Free

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What the vendor says

«Maps Lite – Your Custom‑Shape Geospatial Power BI Visual Maps Lite is the streamlined version of the widely used Maps visual for Power BI. It offers nearly the full feature set of the original visual, but focuses entirely on scenarios where you bring your own geography. Upload your own GeoJSON or TopoJSON maps and …»

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