How to start working with spatial data

Question

Hello,

I have a table with city, state, country ( mostly of united states) and then some count. the location columns are all varchar. I want to build a map with count as the value. I am just not sure how to get started. I read some articles on using spatial data but just got very confused. SInce I have never used spatial data before, please guide me on how to do this. Thanks. 

I would be using SSRS to build my map.

Answer 1

Hi CK1286,

It is really a long topic for building a map with limited information provided.
But you could refer to the MS online articles:

Maps (Report Builder 3.0 and SSRS)

Tutorial: Creating a Map Report (Report Builder 3.0)

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Best Regards,
Peja

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