# Can I use map if I only have country name?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-use-map-if-i-only-have-country-name/225025>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [March 25, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-use-map-if-i-only-have-country-name/225025 "2020-03-25T16:36:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![zozo6015](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zozo6015/32/12117_2.png) [@zozo6015](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zozo6015)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-use-map-if-i-only-have-country-name/225025/1 "2020-03-25T16:36:57Z")

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Hello,

In the documents I have only the country name is there a way I can use the map app with that?

Regards,  
Peter

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**Author:** ![nickpeihl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nickpeihl/32/112622_2.png) [@nickpeihl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nickpeihl)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 3:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-use-map-if-i-only-have-country-name/225025/2 "2020-03-26T03:41:53Z")

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Hi Peter,

You may run into issues with using country names since the names in our Elastic Maps Service layer may differ from the country names in your indices.

I suggest comparing at the names in the World Countries layer at [https://maps.elastic.co](https://maps.elastic.co) to the country names in your index and look for any that don't match.

You could download the GeoJSON file for the World Countries layer from [https://maps.elastic.co](https://maps.elastic.co) and change the names in that file to match the data in your index. Then use the [GeoJSON Upload tool](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/geojson-upload.html) in Elastic Maps to load the World Countries layer as a new index in Elasticsearch. That would allow you to load the layer as a Documents layer in Elastic Maps and [do a terms join to your aggregated data in another index](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/maps-add-choropleth-layer.html#_join_the_vector_layer_with_the_sample_web_log_index) just as if you were using the data directly from Elastic Maps Service.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2020, 3:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-use-map-if-i-only-have-country-name/225025/3 "2020-04-23T03:42:00Z")

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