# Map Labeling street names/building names

**URL:** <https://community.nianticspatial.com/t/map-labeling-street-names-building-names/3984>\
**Category:** I'm Stuck\
**Tags:** vps, maps\
**Created:** [November 9, 2023, 11:33am UTC](https://community.nianticspatial.com/t/map-labeling-street-names-building-names/3984 "2023-11-09T11:33:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Cormac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@Cormac](https://community.nianticspatial.com/u/Cormac)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 11:33am UTC](https://community.nianticspatial.com/t/map-labeling-street-names-building-names/3984/1 "2023-11-09T11:33:37Z")

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- **Issue category** : Lightship Maps / Semantic Segmentation / Multiplayer / Real-time Mapping-Depth / ARDK Documentation / Unity Example Package / Sample App aka ‘AR Voyage’ / ARDK Virtual Studio Tools / Developer Tools / Networking / VPS / Scanning Framework
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Description of the issue:

Im making a university project that is a loction based game with an aim to teach about local area history. So its kind of an essential to have the map labeled like how it would be on google maps, is this possible and if so how

Thanks  
Like this but i do want the design of the lightship maps

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/niantic/original/2X/2/2294ba85c8ca410292c2cf5bbe8751c43c95fdaa.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Stacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Stacy](https://community.nianticspatial.com/u/Stacy)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://community.nianticspatial.com/t/map-labeling-street-names-building-names/3984/2 "2023-11-10T14:57:50Z")

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Hello Cormac,

I recommend starting by checking out the [Labels Sample](https://lightship.dev/docs/maps/sample_projects/#labels-sample) of the Maps documentation. While it’s not the exact format as Google Maps, you are able to create labels for areas on your map. It will automatically label the streets (you can set it to your area by changing the Default Location’s Latitude and Longitude values on the LightshipMap GameObject in the Inspector). You could reference this sample implementation for custom label placement.

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**Author:** ![Maverick\_Niantic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8edcca/32.png) [@Maverick\_Niantic](https://community.nianticspatial.com/u/Maverick_Niantic)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 11:44pm UTC](https://community.nianticspatial.com/t/map-labeling-street-names-building-names/3984/3 "2026-03-05T23:44:35Z")

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Closed on March 5, 2026, 11:44pm UTC

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