Bing Maps: Shaded Maps - Adding Statistics

As well as displaying values - for example the number of People on a map - you can also generate and display a calculated statistic for those people being represented on the map.

Let’s use the example of Occupations by Postal Areas created here . We can now amend this example to optionally display the total profit each of those occupations (in the specific Postal Area) has contributed to our business.

  1. Click on the Layer tab (Entitled Occupations by Postal Areas).

  2. Click on the Add Statistics… button to display the Statistics window.

  1. Click on the radio button Specify other Table, Variable or Expression.

  2. We can now drag on the Profit variable and select the statistic we want to apply (in this example Sum).

  1. Click OK.

  2. Within the Statistics panel change the Primary Statistic from People to Sum(Profit).

  1. Click the Build button.

When we move the mouse pointer over a chart, the tool tip that is displayed now shows the total profit figure per occupation for the Postal Area they live in.