[Maps] Allow for custom coordinate systems in Maps to better support floor maps #35149
Labels
enhancement
New value added to drive a business result
Feature:Maps
impact:low
Addressing this issue will have a low level of impact on the quality/strength of our product.
loe:needs-research
This issue requires some research before it can be worked on or estimated
Team:Presentation
Presentation Team for Dashboard, Input Controls, and Canvas
Describe a specific use case for the feature:
With Kibana Maps I'd like to implement solutions with local geo-enrichment such as factory floor maps that use relative/fixed positioning of items (tools, sensors, robots). Main use cases would be analytical, such as heatmap overlays of factory KPIs.
In case we would use actual geo-references (more tedious but possible), Kibana-Maps would not be able (afaik) to rotate the map to provide a visually aligned user experience, that is building walls should be aligned with window.
The current workaround seems to NOT use actual geo-refs but use dummy coordinates along with using custom shapes (as done in https://www.elastic.co/blog/operational-analytics-with-elasticsearch-at-elasticon-2017-part-2). This is tricky since we still need to respect lat-long constraints when preparing shapes and map zooming is not properly configurable (see #35148)
Describe the feature:
Kibana maps should allow for custom coordinate systems, such as a flat world defined by an upper left and lower right coordinate.
Maybe this is possible with WMS base layers, which have not tried yet?
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