Maps with Ssrs

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/querysimon/archive/2012/06/17/bi-data-on-maps-in-sql-server-2012.aspx

Good post on maps with Reporting Services by Simon Lidberg, Microsoft.

One strong advantage using this technique, is that you can simplify the maps  by removing parts of the world that are of no interest. Picture below is a reporting services 2008 r2 report.