# Satellite Tile Map in Kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/satellite-tile-map-in-kibana/182765>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 25, 2019, 3:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/satellite-tile-map-in-kibana/182765 "2019-05-25T15:23:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![cblackburn36](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@cblackburn36](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cblackburn36)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2019, 3:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/satellite-tile-map-in-kibana/182765/1 "2019-05-25T15:23:56Z")

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Hi All,

I'm trying to get the Kibana Maps app to show satellite images rather than the standard cartesian "road\_map" that's provided by default.

Is it possible to connect it to another data source for this? If so is there a guide online or a tutorial. I'm thinking like connecting it to the Google Maps API to fetch tiles.

Thanks

Chris

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**Author:** ![cblackburn36](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@cblackburn36](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cblackburn36)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 7:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/satellite-tile-map-in-kibana/182765/2 "2019-05-26T19:11:10Z")

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FYI, anyone who finds this thread through a google search in a few years time....

I solved this via this post :- [https://answers.splunk.com/answers/186394/how-to-specify-google-maps-url-for-map-tiles-in-sp.html](https://answers.splunk.com/answers/186394/how-to-specify-google-maps-url-for-map-tiles-in-sp.html)

Summary: you use the URL: [https://mt.google.com/vt/lyrs=m&x={x}&y={y}&z={z}](https://mt.google.com/vt/lyrs=m&x=%7Bx%7D&y=%7By%7D&z=%7Bz%7D) in the custom tile layer

You can customise lyrs=m with the following...

Where `lyrs=`

`h` = roads only  
`m` = standard roadmap  
`p` = terrain  
`r` = somehow altered roadmap  
`s` = satellite only  
`t` = terrain only  
`y` = hybrid

Now, I've not been able to find any official google documentation about this API so it may not be officially supported. Especially since it doesn't require an API key which most of GMaps seems to need. So, YMMV. But it looks good for development even if not production.

Regards

Chris

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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:** [May 27, 2019, 1:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/satellite-tile-map-in-kibana/182765/3 "2019-05-27T01:31:52Z")

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There are other examples of third party basemaps in [this blog post](https://www.elastic.co/blog/custom-basemaps-for-region-and-coordinate-maps-in-kibana).

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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:** [June 24, 2019, 1:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/satellite-tile-map-in-kibana/182765/4 "2019-06-24T01:32:07Z")

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