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Use custom images on Map Charts instead of default marker shape.

Have the ability to add custom images to use on a map rather than the standard square, triangle, or circle.

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    Mar 17, 2021

    <##Sorry ! Accidentally saved the previous comment when editing and lost my internet connection ##>

    When I give Spotfire Training classes, this is one of the biggest criticisms I get about Spotfire Maps! (The same criticism also applies to Scatter Plot Shapes!).

    It is also something I have also encountered when I am working as a Consultant:

    I am sure that this inability to simply add an Icon or Shapes Column to a Map and display a Picture or Icon as the Shape, has caused rejection of Spotfire Map use in the past.

    Seriously, adding this functionality could mean that I never hear the following remark again ..

    "When my CEO wants to see Our Company Standard Symbols or Icons displayed on a Map - I had better find a Software app that does it! ( and of course the Power BI developers will always claim they can do everything ???!!!)...so it could be by-bye to Spotfire!"


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    Mar 17, 2021

    Wen I give Spotfire Training classes, this is one of the biggest criticisms I get about Spotfire Maps! (The same criticism also applies to Scatter Plot Shapes!).

    It is also something I have also encountered when I am working as a Consultant:

    I am sure that this inability to simply add an Icon or Shapes Column to a Map and display a Picture or Icon as the Shape, has caused rejection of Spotfire Map use in the past.

    Seriously, adding this functionality could mean that I neverhear the following remark again ..
    "When my CEO wants to see Our Company Standard Symbols or Icons displayed on a Map - I had better find a Software app that does it! ( and of course the Power BI developers will always claim they can do everything ???!!!)...so it could be by-bye to Spotfire!"


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    Oct 3, 2016

    Would also love some more flexibility on color/border/etc.