---
title: MKMapConfiguration
framework: mapkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Class
path: mapkit/mkmapconfiguration
---

# MKMapConfiguration

An abstract class that represents the shared elements of map configurations.

## Declaration

```swift
class MKMapConfiguration
```

## Topics

### Controlling the elevation style

- [elevationStyle](mapkit/mkmapconfiguration/elevationstyle-swift.property.md)
- [MKMapConfiguration.ElevationStyle](mapkit/mkmapconfiguration/elevationstyle-swift.enum.md)

### Initializers

- [init(coder:)](mapkit/mkmapconfiguration/init(coder:).md)

## Relationships

### Inherits From

- [NSObject](objectivec/nsobject-swift.class.md)

### Inherited By

- [MKHybridMapConfiguration](mapkit/mkhybridmapconfiguration.md)
- [MKImageryMapConfiguration](mapkit/mkimagerymapconfiguration.md)
- [MKStandardMapConfiguration](mapkit/mkstandardmapconfiguration.md)

### Conforms To

- [CVarArg](swift/cvararg.md)
- [CustomDebugStringConvertible](swift/customdebugstringconvertible.md)
- [CustomStringConvertible](swift/customstringconvertible.md)
- [Equatable](swift/equatable.md)
- [Hashable](swift/hashable.md)
- [NSCoding](foundation/nscoding.md)
- [NSCopying](foundation/nscopying.md)
- [NSObjectProtocol](objectivec/nsobjectprotocol.md)
- [NSSecureCoding](foundation/nssecurecoding.md)

## See Also

### Configuring the map appearance

- [preferredConfiguration](mapkit/mkmapview/preferredconfiguration.md)
- [pitchButtonVisibility](mapkit/mkmapview/pitchbuttonvisibility.md)
- [showsUserTrackingButton](mapkit/mkmapview/showsusertrackingbutton.md)
- [MKStandardMapConfiguration](mapkit/mkstandardmapconfiguration.md)
- [MKHybridMapConfiguration](mapkit/mkhybridmapconfiguration.md)
- [MKImageryMapConfiguration](mapkit/mkimagerymapconfiguration.md)