# Google 3D Map Tiles Floating in Wrong Position

**URL:** <https://community.cesium.com/t/google-3d-map-tiles-floating-in-wrong-position/38221>\
**Category:** Cesium for Unreal\
**Created:** [January 24, 2025, 10:57pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/google-3d-map-tiles-floating-in-wrong-position/38221 "2025-01-24T22:57:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![George\_Rivara](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/cesium/user_avatar/community.cesium.com/george_rivara/32/27789_2.png) [@George\_Rivara](https://community.cesium.com/u/George_Rivara)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 10:57pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/google-3d-map-tiles-floating-in-wrong-position/38221/1 "2025-01-24T22:57:29Z")

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I use Cesium in Unreal to visualize heavy marine construction projects on the water.

I had a project in Cesium I made in Oct 2024 that was working as expected but in December I loaded it again and the map tiles were floating 20ft off the terrain. I thought at first it was a Cesium issue but I actually see the error on google maps 3D too:

[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Weehawken+Township,+NJ+07086/@40.7622382,-74.0191588,159a,35y,39.52t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x89c258301585d001:0x254f9f592d089a94!8m2!3d40.7714596!4d-74.0192872!16zL20vMHhuOXA?entry=ttu&g\_ep=EgoyMDI1MDEyMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Weehawken+Township,+NJ+07086/@40.7622382,-74.0191588,159a,35y,39.52t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x89c258301585d001:0x254f9f592d089a94!8m2!3d40.7714596!4d-74.0192872!16zL20vMHhuOXA?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDEyMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D)

You can see all the trees along the waters edge are floating about 20ft above where they should be. I experience the exact same issue in Cesium too.

Unfortunately it has made using Cesium with google for my use case unusable.

Is Cesium aware of this issue? I filed a bug report with Google last week but they haven’t responded and I doubt they ever will. Maybe there is a chance Cesium has a contact at Google Map Tiles API that could look into this.

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**Author:** ![janine](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/cesium/user_avatar/community.cesium.com/janine/32/5135_2.png) [@janine](https://community.cesium.com/u/janine)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/google-3d-map-tiles-floating-in-wrong-position/38221/2 "2025-01-28T21:24:44Z")

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Hi @George_Rivara, welcome to the community!

Thanks for bringing this to our attention, and I apologize for the inconvenience it has caused. We’ll use our contacts to make this more known to Google. I can’t promise what the response time will be or when action will be taken, but we’ll do our best to make sure there is awareness of the issue. 🤞