# Elastic Maps: show text instead of circles?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-maps-show-text-instead-of-circles/211145>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** maps\
**Created:** [December 9, 2019, 2:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-maps-show-text-instead-of-circles/211145 "2019-12-09T14:51:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![richardchin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/richardchin/32/58168_2.png) [@richardchin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/richardchin)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 2:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-maps-show-text-instead-of-circles/211145/1 "2019-12-09T14:51:38Z")

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I am using the elastic maps service to visualize status of HW devices around the US. Each location has a 4 character identifier for its location. Instead of a static icon like a circle (or as well as), is it possible to put this text, which would come from a field, on the map, such as "WXYZ"? I know I can configure this to appear on hover, but need it to be always visible for all points on the map. Or any other way using the other mapping visualisations? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![jsanz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jsanz/32/53734_2.png) [@jsanz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jsanz)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 5:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-maps-show-text-instead-of-circles/211145/2 "2019-12-09T17:20:11Z")

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Hi Richard,

I'm afraid that neither current visualizations nor Kibana Maps support feature labeling. It would be great if you can capture your requirements in a Github issue at [our tracker](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/).

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**Author:** ![richardchin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/richardchin/32/58168_2.png) [@richardchin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/richardchin)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 10:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-maps-show-text-instead-of-circles/211145/3 "2019-12-10T10:02:31Z")

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Ah OK, thanks. I have raised a feature request #52607. In the meatime, think I'll explore trying to create a custom base map with the IDs on it, though not sure how possible that is either.

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**Author:** ![jsanz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jsanz/32/53734_2.png) [@jsanz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jsanz)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 11:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-maps-show-text-instead-of-circles/211145/4 "2019-12-10T11:44:08Z")

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Great @richardchin, much appreciated to continue the discussion on github. Even not being in our short term roadmap this is definitely a feature that would be really nice to have.

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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:** [January 7, 2020, 11:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-maps-show-text-instead-of-circles/211145/5 "2020-01-07T11:44:13Z")

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