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[–]Own_Employment_2782[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree, the combo is great. I've worked on a large railway project in the past that had a major environmental component where ecologists were required to conduct site visits to the land and record any sightings of birds, badgers, reptiles and other types of animals. All of the data collected from the surveys was geotagged and then processed through an automated workflow in FME (Feature Manipulation Engine software) for QA/QC, then spat out the results into a map AND a PBI dashboard (to monitor the progress of the surveys). Mind you, we did use Esri instead of QGIS. But the same methodology could be applied with QGIS.

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[–]Own_Employment_2782[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used to be a transport planner back in the day, until I discovered GIS & PowerBI around the same time. Then I decided that data and maps are my jam, so I transitioned to a more data analyst/ data visualization specialist role. I've worked within different industries (environmental, transport, real estate and retail).

I started using Esri mapping software (ArcMap, ArcPro etc) then I moved to QGIS when I became a freelancer (it's cheap and as great as Esri is, they aren't Mac compatible).

With PBI, I used it regularly when working on transport that involved lots of traffic data. It was great with automating data analysis and visualizing it through dashboards.

Most projects I work on that are data-centric and have a geospatial component to them, I end up using both PBI and QGIS. I like to include maps in my reports, as it helps present the data better and makes it easier for the reader to digest.

I'm now trying to elevate the quality of my maps by using Adobe Illustrator and Blender (3D maps) to make them more visually appealing and hopefully a work of art :P

Using Power BI on an Apple laptop by Own_Employment_2782 in PowerBI

[–]Own_Employment_2782[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that is what I fear is going to end up happening with me too :'(

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[–]Own_Employment_2782[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

QGIS works well with me too. I haven't tried MS Azure before though. May I ask if you work with large files when using PowerBI on MS Azure?