📄️ Introduction to backgrounds
Icon Map Pro provides the ability to use a number of different background map providers, as well as our own Icon Map map tiles.
📄️ Icon Map
When you purchase the Icon Map Pro visual, this includes background mapping provided by Tekantis. These maps are based on OpenStreetMap data and are periodically updated with the latest data.
📄️ Azure Maps
It is possible to use Azure Maps as a map background within Icon Map Pro
📄️ ESRI ArcGIS
With an ESRI ArcGIS developer API key, it is possible to use ESRI's background mapping within Icon Map Pro.
📄️ Google Maps
With an API key from the Google Maps SDK, it is possible to use Google Maps backgrounds within Icon Map Pro.
📄️ Mapbox
With a Mapbox access token entered into the APIs Keys formatting options, Icon Map Pro enables you to display both Mapbox raster and vector tiles as your background map. It also supports custom styles created in Mapbox Studio.
📄️ Mappable
Icon Map Pro supports Mappable background maps provided by Mappable's Tiles API.
📄️ MapTiler
With a MapTiler API Key, Icon Map Pro enables you to use MapTiler map backgrounds.
📄️ Ordnance Survey
With an Ordnance Survey API Key entered in the API Keys formatting section, Icon Map Pro can use Ordnance Survey maps as a background map.
📄️ Custom Raster Tiles
To display custom raster tiles in Icon Map Pro you need to use the template XYZ template for the URL.
📄️ Custom Vector Tiles
Icon Map Pro enables you to display tiles that comply with the TileJSON specification, including MapLibre, Mapbox and MapTiler. The link should point to the style JSON file.
📄️ Custom Image
Ability to use a custom image (.png, .jpg or .svg) as a map background, and use simple XY coordinates within the image to overlay data-bound items.
📄️ WMS Source
Icon Map Pro has the ability to use tiles provided by a WMS server as background tiles. The server must use an https address to work within Power BI, and serve layers in EPSG:3857.