# Offline Maps in ignition perspective

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/offline-maps-in-ignition-perspective/91000>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, perspective\
**Created:** [May 28, 2024, 10:28am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/offline-maps-in-ignition-perspective/91000 "2024-05-28T10:28:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![John\_Morgan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/22d042/32.png) [@John\_Morgan1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/John_Morgan1)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 10:28am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/offline-maps-in-ignition-perspective/91000/1 "2024-05-28T10:28:14Z")

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Hi folks,

I have a project were the server hosting ignition is offline. Although, it is required to run maps on ignition. Any idea if maps can be cached somehow and saved so it can be accessed offline.  
If there are another working Idea kindly let me know.

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/offline-maps-in-ignition-perspective/91000/2 "2024-05-28T12:06:07Z")

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You will have to stand up your own tile server within your isolated network, load it with the tiles you need, and point your Perspective Map component at it. The IA docs point at the Leaflet docs that describe what is necessary. Good luck.

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**Author:** ![John\_Morgan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/22d042/32.png) [@John\_Morgan1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/John_Morgan1)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/offline-maps-in-ignition-perspective/91000/3 "2024-05-29T16:21:11Z")

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I don't want to waste your time but if you provided me with ignition resource, I would be very thankful for that.

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/offline-maps-in-ignition-perspective/91000/4 "2024-05-29T16:22:46Z")

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> [@John\_Morgan1](#):
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> provided me with ignition resource

Do you mean documentation? See this page in the user manual:

> **[Perspective - Map | Ignition User Manual](https://www.docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.1/appendix/components/perspective-components/perspective-display-palette/perspective-map)**
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> The Map component provides a mobile-friendly interactive map.

If you mean a working solution you can just drop into your project, I don't have one, and don't know of any public ones. But following the leaflet documentation makes it **possible**. I said "Good luck" because it is likely not **easy**. The kind of "not easy" that one usually has to pay to have someone do.