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3 stars
3 stars
Posted: Mar 20, 2024

Great support but not enough mapping functionality

Maps are not able to be more granular than county level - no cities or lat/long geocoordinates. If you input "City" and "State" (2 separate data fields), it'll map it to the County - so it's kinda smart but without letting you know it does that. But you cannot pass lat/long and you cannot pass a single "City, State" field.

Once your map is published, the map is not zoomable to drill down and view more closely.

I chatted with support multiple times. They were excellent - eager to help and understanding of my challenges getting started.

However, as a mapping tool, it's not recommended at this time.

Positive was that the UI is responsive, the maximum rows of data allowed is huge, and support is detailed.

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ShawnCao

ShawnCao

May 9, 2024

Thanks for writing up the review, glad that I can support you.

As you discovered, Columns is not designed for a map focus tool, it’s a lightweight BI for simple data analytics and visualization, and map is one of its visual type. Except the professional mapping functions like zooming, I believe Columns map for both US and World are working well for bunch of simple scenarios, thanks again!

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