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# MKMapConfiguration

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

```
class MKMapConfiguration
```

## Topics

### Controlling the elevation style

[`elevationStyle`](/documentation/MapKit/MKMapConfiguration/elevationStyle-swift.property)

The value that indicates the map’s elevation style.

[`ElevationStyle`](/documentation/MapKit/MKMapConfiguration/ElevationStyle-swift.enum)

Values that control the map’s elevation style.

## Relationships

### Inherits From

[`NSObject-swift.class`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObject-swift.class)

### Conforms To

[`CustomDebugStringConvertible`](/documentation/Swift/CustomDebugStringConvertible)

[`NSCopying`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCopying)

[`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable)

[`CVarArg`](/documentation/Swift/CVarArg)

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

[`NSSecureCoding`](/documentation/Foundation/NSSecureCoding)

[`NSCoding`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCoding)

[`NSObjectProtocol`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObjectProtocol)

[`CustomStringConvertible`](/documentation/Swift/CustomStringConvertible)

### Inherited By

[`MKHybridMapConfiguration`](/documentation/MapKit/MKHybridMapConfiguration)

[`MKStandardMapConfiguration`](/documentation/MapKit/MKStandardMapConfiguration)

[`MKImageryMapConfiguration`](/documentation/MapKit/MKImageryMapConfiguration)

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