Hi @nathanoday ! It looks like our documentation is not clear for using this panel visualization in Grafana Cloud environments. Grafana Cloud users do not have access to modify the /public/maps path for the “loaded” GeoJSON maps available.
I found that you should be able to use your own URL though. I grabbed a couple of example URLs from geojson.xyz to test:
No custom map selected:
Using the map named “admin 1 states provinces shp:”
Using map named “rivers lake centerlines scale rank:”
The downside is that for frequently used custom GeoJSON maps, they do not stay populated as a dropdown option. I’ll create a feature request for this, and also let our UI/UX team know the navigation and panel setting descriptions could use some attention. It was not immediately clear to me that just pasting a URL in there would work! If you haven’t already tried that, please give it a shot. Also be sure that the external web location you’re using provides sufficient permissions to access that content.
Also, the local Grafana server you installed is entirely separate from the Grafana Cloud instance. Changes made to a Grafana OSS configuration will not have any influence on your hosted Grafana instance.