# Region Map does not show **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [March 18, 2018, 2:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/region-map-does-not-show/124447 "2018-03-18T14:34:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BicaLuv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BicaLuv](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BicaLuv)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2018, 2:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/region-map-does-not-show/124447/1 "2018-03-18T14:34:39Z")
Hi! I'm playing with my own German region maps. I got a geojson file with the following format: {"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[ {"type":"Feature","geometry":{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[...]]]},"properties":{"plz":"01067","note":"01067 Dresden","qkm":6.866412,"einwohner":11957}}, I registered it in kibana.yml with the little trick of kibana server self hosting: regionmap: layers: - name: "Deutschland" url: "../plugins/mm\_geo/plz-5stellig.geojson" fields: - name: "plz" description: "zip code" And I see it in kibana region map definition and can select the given field "zip code". But I still do not get any visual feedback. The data in Elasticsearch uses this mapping: put streaming { "mappings":{ "exc":{ "properties":{ "id": {"type":"keyword"}, "eventTime":{"type":"date"}, "plz": {"type":"long"} } } } } ---
**Author:** ![timroes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/timroes/32/19712_2.png) [@timroes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/timroes)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 11:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/region-map-does-not-show/124447/2 "2018-03-19T11:09:51Z")
Hi, the issue is most likely due to a data type mismatch. As you can see in your geojson file, the field is `"plz": "01067"`, so of type string, where as you index it in your mapping as type `long`. Since German _Postleizahls_ can begin with a 0, you must actually use a string format, since numeric values, won't have the capabilities for any leading zeroes. So you should change the type to `string` and reindex the data with the leading zeroes. In that case the mapping should work. Cheers, Tim ---
**Author:** ![BicaLuv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BicaLuv](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BicaLuv)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 12:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/region-map-does-not-show/124447/3 "2018-03-19T12:52:15Z")
Thx Tim, I will try using string type. Should I use type string or keyword? ---
**Author:** ![timroes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/timroes/32/19712_2.png) [@timroes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/timroes)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 12:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/region-map-does-not-show/124447/4 "2018-03-19T12:54:47Z")
Sorry, you should use type `keyword` i.e. a non analyzed string for that field. ---
**Author:** ![BicaLuv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BicaLuv](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BicaLuv)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 5:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/region-map-does-not-show/124447/5 "2018-03-19T17:19:50Z")
Changed mapping to the following: put streaming { "mappings":{ "exc":{ "properties":{ "id": {"type":"keyword"}, "eventTime":{"type":"date"}, "plz": {"type":"keyword"} } } } } But still do not get anything displayed. ---
**Author:** ![timroes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/timroes/32/19712_2.png) [@timroes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/timroes)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 5:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/region-map-does-not-show/124447/6 "2018-03-19T17:21:34Z")
@thomasneirynck is the above GeoJSON format correct or do you see any other issues? ---
**Author:** ![BicaLuv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BicaLuv](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BicaLuv)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 5:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/region-map-does-not-show/124447/7 "2018-03-19T17:37:05Z")
No warnings or things like that. I see the correct name of the region map in kibana and the correct description of my field. How can I check the correct format of the geojson file? I downloaded it from here: [https://www.suche-postleitzahl.org/plz-karte-erstellen](https://www.suche-postleitzahl.org/plz-karte-erstellen) If you want to, I can provide the geojson file. Or does elastic provide a zip code geojson file ? ---
**Author:** ![thomasneirynck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/thomasneirynck/32/23313_2.png) [@thomasneirynck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thomasneirynck)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 6:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/region-map-does-not-show/124447/8 "2018-03-19T18:06:57Z")
Hi @BicaLuv, can you double check a couple of things: - open the spy panel (little arrow bottom left). Do you see the correct result there? Be sure that the values in the first column exactly match the property-values in your geojson - open the browser debugger. is your geojson file correctly served by Kibana? (ie. no errors) Make sure you keep "display warnings" in the Options-tab checked. It will give you feedback if any rows from your terms-aggregation cannot be joined to the geojson from your Germany file. ---
**Author:** ![BicaLuv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BicaLuv](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BicaLuv)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 6:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/region-map-does-not-show/124447/9 "2018-03-19T18:54:33Z")
spy panel: Yes, I see plz 64291 and count 16. both are right BUT I get an 404 for the following url: [http://localhost:5601/plugins/region\_map/data/plz-5stellig.geojson](http://localhost:5601/plugins/region_map/data/plz-5stellig.geojson) I thought I can place my geojson file under "/Users/BicaLuv/kibana-6.1.1-darwin-x86\_64/plugins" to get it served by kibana server like I read in another post. Isn't this correct? Do you support file serving/providing go geojson files? ---
**Author:** ![thomasneirynck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/thomasneirynck/32/23313_2.png) [@thomasneirynck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thomasneirynck)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 6:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/region-map-does-not-show/124447/10 "2018-03-19T18:58:39Z")
Serving files with Kibana is not recommended as it uses internal implementation details. There recommend way is to setup your own server, see [https://www.elastic.co/blog/custom-region-maps-in-kibana-6-0](https://www.elastic.co/blog/custom-region-maps-in-kibana-6-0) for a tutorial. As for your particular problem. Did you put the file inside a "kibanainstallfolder/core\_plugins/region\_map/data" folder? It seems from the 404 that Kibana is trying to get the file from that location. ---
**Author:** ![BicaLuv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BicaLuv](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BicaLuv)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 7:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/region-map-does-not-show/124447/11 "2018-03-19T19:06:36Z")
I understand and know that it is not an officially supported way but due to the absence of file serving in kibana, I tried this for a quick test. I provided the file under "kibanainstallfolder/plugins/region\_map/data". Moving it to the core\_plug-ins/region\_map/public folder, everything works! ---
**Author:** ![BicaLuv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BicaLuv](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BicaLuv)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 7:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/region-map-does-not-show/124447/12 "2018-03-20T19:23:23Z")
One addition: When I copy my geojson file to my own web server and change the kibana.yml file accordingly I get the following error while kibana (5.6.x) tries to load my region map: Uncaught (in promise) Error: Could not retrieve manifest from the tile service: status -1 at ServiceSettings. (kibana.bundle.js?v=15554:262) at tryCatch (commons.bundle.js?v=15554:52) at Generator.\_invoke (commons.bundle.js?v=15554:52) at Generator.prototype.(anonymous function) [as throw] ([http://vxbdlabneo4je01:5611/bundles/commons.bundle.js?v=15554:52:28913](http://vxbdlabneo4je01:5611/bundles/commons.bundle.js?v=15554:52:28913)) at step (kibana.bundle.js?v=15554:262) at kibana.bundle.js?v=15554:262 Promise.then (async) (anonymous) @ kibana.bundle.js?v=15554:277 $digest @ commons.bundle.js?v=15554:39 $apply @ commons.bundle.js?v=15554:39 (anonymous) @ commons.bundle.js?v=15554:42 dispatch @ commons.bundle.js?v=15554:28 elemData.handle @ commons.bundle.js?v=15554:28 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2018, 7:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/region-map-does-not-show/124447/13 "2018-04-17T19:23:41Z")
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