Map layers, while they exist in several different formats, all accomplish the same goal; displaying data on top of a map in order to provide visual context and helpful abstraction. Our Map interface supports the adding, viewing, and manipulating of various formats broken up into two distinct groups:
Feature Layers:
Uses vector type data (such as polygons, polylines, etc.) to represent data - i.e. locations of earthquakes or path of a pipeline.
Supported formats include shapefiles (.shp), Web Feature Service (WFS), and ArcGIS Feature Service
Raster Layers:
Users raster type data (images) for it's visualization, and is useful for overlaying blueprints, building schematics, third party satellite imagery etc. on top of base maps.
Supported formats include common image files (jpg, png, etc.), tile bundles (MapTiler, etc.), Tile Map Service (TMS), Web Map Service (WMS) and aerial photographs from Drone Deploy.
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