# tkTileProvider.ProviderCustom

**URL:** <https://mapwindow.discourse.group/t/tktileprovider-providercustom/822>\
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**Created:** [December 11, 2020, 3:08am UTC](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/t/tktileprovider-providercustom/822 "2020-12-11T03:08:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![lang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/0ea827/32.png) [@lang](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/u/lang)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 3:08am UTC](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/t/tktileprovider-providercustom/822/1 "2020-12-11T03:08:50Z")

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Is there a way to use this offline? Or download the tiled image service?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![jerryfaust](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/mapwindow.discourse.group/jerryfaust/32/378_2.png) [@jerryfaust](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/u/jerryfaust)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2020, 7:14am UTC](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/t/tktileprovider-providercustom/822/2 "2020-12-12T07:14:16Z")

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Hello @lang.

Yes, it can be done, but there are a number of steps, and it depends also on whether you’re referring to a freely downloadable content, such as OpenStreetMaps, vs a proprietary source, such as ESRI.

To get started, you can search this forum for similar questions. Open the search (in the top right corner) and type **offline** , and you will get a number of helpful results (hopefully), as shown.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/mapwindow1/original/1X/72d636b70ecb476b6823f457f4b9c7a958008ea4.png)

Hope that helps.

Regards,  
Jerry.

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**Author:** ![lang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/0ea827/32.png) [@lang](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/u/lang)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/t/tktileprovider-providercustom/822/3 "2020-12-14T15:00:09Z")

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Hi Jerry,

Appreciate it a lot!

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**Author:** ![pmeems](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/mapwindow.discourse.group/pmeems/32/9_2.png) [@pmeems](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/u/pmeems)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/t/tktileprovider-providercustom/822/4 "2022-01-05T15:10:42Z")

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