Too many data points fail to map render

[Ed_]

Good day all,

I have noticed that Insights Desktop fails to render more than certain number of data points on a map. It returns an error that `there are too many points to display`. I think this really needs to addressed.

[LauraBecht]

This has always been a limitation of insights, desktop, enterprise, AGOL, all are limited to i believe 250k features.  if you can filter them with a predefined filter to get below that number, then they will all display. 

However, if you try to do any spatial tools on the filtered set it will default to the whole dataset and fail.  Maybe that issue can be addressed, but the 250k limit i believe is due to performance and likely won't.

-Laura

[Ed_]

I mean it shouldn't be a computer performance issue.

[Scott_Aulen · Accepted solution]

@Ed_, @LauraBecht 

Correct, for map rendering, the cutoff is 100k features. See more here.

The limitation exists in part because of app performance reasons but also because rendering more than 100k points on nearly any map is largely without analytical value. From a map visualization perspective, I would encourage either a binned map or a heat map at that point.

As stated though, the complete dataset will still be used for for spatial analysis. Hope this helps!