Excel 2013 power map ribbon group

This module introduces:

the Excel 2013 Ribbon, Power Map group
the Excel 2016 Tours group > 3D Map item that replaces the Power Map group
an example of a 3D map

Power map

Power map was introduced in Excel 2013 as a COM add-in.

It is availability in:

Excel 2013 as Power Map Preview download https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/download/details.aspx?id=38395 [Accessed 19 February 2017]
After installation the Power Map group is added to the Insert tab on the ribbon (figure 1)
Power Map is already included in Office 365 Excel client (figure 2). No download or add-in activation required

xlf-2013-powermap-item — Fig 1: Excel 2013 Power Map group, Map item on the Insert tab of the ribbon

In Excel 2016, the Power Map group has been renamed as the Tours group (item: 3D Map) under the Insert tab (figure 2)

xlf-2016-tours-group — Fig 2: Excel 2016 Tours group, Map item on the Insert tab of the ribbon

3D Maps

xlf-power-map-100 — Fig 3: Office 365 Excel client 3D Maps window. Data source xlf-power-map-100.xlsm

xlf-power-map-100-xlsm — Fig 4: xlf-power-map-100.xlsm workbook - with City count displayed on the map in figure 3

Download the file: Excel file (xlsm) [196 KB]
Development platform: Excel 2013 (32 bit) on Windows 10, and Excel 2016 (64 bit) Office 365 ProPlus on Windows 10
Revised: Saturday 25th of February 2023 - 10:12 AM, [Australian Eastern Time (AET)]