# Kibana Maps wrong encoding

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-maps-wrong-encoding/251895>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** maps\
**Created:** [October 13, 2020, 11:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-maps-wrong-encoding/251895 "2020-10-13T11:34:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![tomsozolins](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tomsozolins/32/57007_2.png) [@tomsozolins](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tomsozolins)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 11:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-maps-wrong-encoding/251895/1 "2020-10-13T11:34:53Z")

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Hello!

I have a problem with Kibana Maps character encoding.  
Im using ElasticStack version 7.9.2 and when i load UTF-8 geojson file in Kibana Maps some of the characters look wrong.  
If i update the maps index document with Elastic API then then characters look correct:

Before:

 ![kibana encoding before](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/8/8/88963fda7e22e7da585f5e81f73e9b7196f8f20a.jpeg)  
After:  
 ![kibana encoding after](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/a/e/ae0c3fc12d1a121da5e1073cc72cfd7fb6f5f2b3.jpeg)

P.S. Sorry i marked with red line wrong words, but you will get the idea.

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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:** [October 13, 2020, 1:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-maps-wrong-encoding/251895/2 "2020-10-13T13:27:58Z")

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Sorry for the inconvenience @tomsozolins , this is a known issue but still pending to be fixed

> <https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/56604>
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> Kibana version: 7.6.0
> Elasticsearch version: 7.6.0
> Server OS version: On Elastic Cloud
> Browser version: Chrome Version 79.0.3945.130 (Official Build) (64-bit)
> Browser OS version: Mac OS
> Original...

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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:** [November 10, 2020, 1:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-maps-wrong-encoding/251895/3 "2020-11-10T13:28:21Z")

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