---
title: Tile layer
description: Tile layers display image tiles served from a tile server. To add a tile layer to your map, click Add layer, then select one of the following: 
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/explore-analyze/visualize/maps/tile-layer
products:
  - Kibana
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless: Generally available
  - Elastic Stack: Generally available
---

# Tile layer
Tile layers display image tiles served from a tile server.
![tile layer](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/explore-analyze/images/kibana-tile_layer.png)

To add a tile layer to your map, click **Add layer**, then select one of the following:
<definitions>
  <definition term="Configured Tile Map Service">
    Tile map service configured in kibana.yml. See map.tilemap.url in [*Configure Kibana*](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/kibana/configuration-reference/general-settings) for details.
  </definition>
  <definition term="EMS Basemaps">
    Tile map service from [Elastic Maps Service](https://www.elastic.co/elastic-maps-service).
  </definition>
  <definition term="Tile Map Service">
    Tile map service configured in interface.
  </definition>
  <definition term="Vector tiles">
    Data service implementing the Mapbox vector tile specification.
  </definition>
  <definition term="Web Map Service">
    Maps from OGC Standard WMS.
  </definition>
</definitions>