# Welcome to the Highcharts Maps JS (highmaps) Options Reference

These pages outline the chart configuration options, and the methods and properties of Highcharts objects.

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# plotOptions.mapline.dataLabels.allowOverlap

Whether to allow data labels to overlap. To make the labels less sensitive for overlapping, the dataLabels.padding can be set to 0.