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GC005
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Jan 19, 2025

Map Views in SharePoint online

Hi team my first post here...
Can someone point me in the direction of the steps to follow to setup SharePoint online so that map views on custom lists display all the locations of list items in a view as pins on a map? There is info on-line showing how to set up Bing maps but they are deprecated with Azure replacing them - I think. So - again, I think - I need to configure map views in my sharepoint on-line site to work with Azure. It looks as though the 'Location' column type is not available in out-of-the-box custom list maintenance in SharePoint on-line. I managed to create a Location type column in my custom list with 'add column' on the right most side of a view - but the longitude and latitude aren't populated when i select the address for each item. Might that be fixed once map integration is in place? My end goal is to display the location of each custom list item on a map. If Azure maps aren't the best way to achieve this then what should I use? Any help much appreciated. 

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      GC005
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      Jan 28, 2025

      Hi DaveMehr365 , Thanks for your input however, I don't have Bing maps and as far as I am aware they have been deprecated. Therefore, do I need to set up Azure maps and enable SharePoint map views based on those?

      This is what I think needs to happen: 
      1. The latitude and longitude coordinates need to be set on sharepoint custom list items when the address is set - this is not happening currently because my site is not integrated with any maps Bing or Azure. For the coordinates to be set I need my SharePoint site integrated with Azure maps.
      2. I suspect that once Azure maps are integrated with my SharePoint site and '1' above starts working so too will SharePoint 'map views' and I will be able to display multiple locations on a map using a custom list 'map view' - which is the ultimate goal of this whole exercise - I didn't state that very well in my original post - sorry for that.
      NOTE I am able to display a single 'location' on a google map in most cases by building a URL with the address included and no coordinates.

      The trail seems to stop at Bing maps - I don't have Bing maps and from what I can see 'new' connections to Bing maps from SharePoint on-line are no longer possible...

      Is Azure map integration/set-up the solution here? If so, can someone please post tips for how to do that? 

      Thanks all in advance.

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