diff --git a/jsk_maps/launch/start_empty_map.launch b/jsk_maps/launch/start_empty_map.launch
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index 645b7c36a8..0000000000
--- a/jsk_maps/launch/start_empty_map.launch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-<launch>
-  <!-- create empty map -->
-  <node name="$(anon empty_map_server)" pkg="map_server" type="map_server"
-        args="$(find jsk_maps)/raw_maps/empty_map.yaml" >
-    <param name="frame_id" value="/map"/>
-  </node>
-</launch>
diff --git a/jsk_maps/launch/start_empty_map.launch b/jsk_maps/launch/start_empty_map.launch
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..3b6b507c0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jsk_maps/launch/start_empty_map.launch
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+start_map_empty_world.launch
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/jsk_maps/launch/start_map_empty_world.launch b/jsk_maps/launch/start_map_empty_world.launch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..96c338e7af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jsk_maps/launch/start_map_empty_world.launch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<launch>
+  <arg name="launch_map_server" default="true" />
+
+  <!-- unused args; add them to keep the same args as other launches -->
+  <arg name="MACHINE" default="localhost" />
+  <arg name="use_machine" default="false" />
+  <arg name="use_pictogram" default="false" />
+  <arg name="keepout" default="false" />
+
+  <!-- create empty map -->
+  <node if="$(arg launch_map_server)"
+        name="$(anon empty_map_server)" pkg="map_server" type="map_server"
+        args="$(find jsk_maps)/raw_maps/empty_map.yaml" >
+    <param name="frame_id" value="/map"/>
+  </node>
+</launch>