# Google Maps in Ignition

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/google-maps-in-ignition/4652>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [June 18, 2012, 8:47am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/google-maps-in-ignition/4652 "2012-06-18T08:47:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![marioquark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/22d042/32.png) [@marioquark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/marioquark)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 8:47am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/google-maps-in-ignition/4652/1 "2012-06-18T08:47:00Z")

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IS it possible to get Maps working in Igntion without using Static Maps and/or ActiveX components?

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**Author:** ![nathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nathan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nathan)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/google-maps-in-ignition/4652/2 "2012-06-18T12:49:01Z")

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I don’t think this will be possible anytime soon. The “Document Viewer” is not designed for that sort of thing. From your post I suspect that you wouldn’t be happy launching an external web browser.

An enterprising programmer could write a “Google Maps” Ignition module. There has been discussion of a native Java web browser component within Ignition. As cool as that would be, it’s tough to justify against other features because, let’s face it, every computer already has a browser.

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**Author:** ![marioquark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/22d042/32.png) [@marioquark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/marioquark)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/google-maps-in-ignition/4652/3 "2012-06-18T13:30:39Z")

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Thank you.

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> From your post I suspect that you wouldn't be happy launching an external web browser.

Think about not Windows client and mobiles 😐