# Possible to load map without internet connection?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/possible-to-load-map-without-internet-connection/180475>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 10, 2019, 3:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/possible-to-load-map-without-internet-connection/180475 "2019-05-10T03:30:43Z")\
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@jrplus You'll need to either host or have some other means to get the mapping tiles/layers. We have blogpost on getting started for that located here: [https://www.elastic.co/blog/custom-basemaps-for-region-and-coordinate-maps-in-kibana](https://www.elastic.co/blog/custom-basemaps-for-region-and-coordinate-maps-in-kibana).

The long story is that Kibana acts as a gateway to the Elastic Maps Service, and without a "hot" internet connection to load this information, you'll need to supply it by some other means.

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