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OBIEE 12c Google Maps - First steps?

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chillychin
chillychin Rank 6 - Analytics Lead
edited Aug 13, 2024 6:08PM in Oracle Analytics Cloud and Server

I was recently asked to take on investigating how to get maps working in OBIEE.

I did some light research and from what I gather I need to familiarize myself with Map Viewer (which is a part of the OBIEE installation) as well as need to get spatial data in a database in order to get maps running.

Finally I can choose to "layer" Google maps on top.

My question is regarding spatial data. I see a lot of people mention samples of spatial data being downloaded.

Assuming that I get everything up and running, are there any "free" resources for spatial data for Canada? Or is it more advisable to purchase spatial data?

In either case, where can I go to find spatial data?

Excuse the slightly ignorant questions as I am newly looking into this, but out also out of curiosity with Google maps, is spatial data necessary? Or can just an address/zip code be used to map things?

Any insight appreciated.

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