Do so until the following issue is resolved: https://github.com/vladest/googlemaps/issues/9 With the satellite map ([1]), the black tiles at relatively high zoom levels over the Red Sea cannot be seen. Instead it shows white tiles at the ultra-maximum zoom level at places. As a side note, the "satellite" map does not have the country labels which the "hybrid" map has. Signed-off-by: Lubomir I. Ivanov <neolit123@gmail.com>