<layer->
Maps have one or more layers. Map layers are implemented by the <layer->
custom element.
All <mapml-viewer>
content is contained by one or more <layer->
elements, either inline or by remote fetch representing the layer's content.
<layer- label="My Layer" checked>
...layer content goes here...
</layer->
<layer->
is not a 'void' element - it must be closed with a </layer->
tag.
Map content can either be inline, as shown above - between the beginning <layer->
and ending </layer->
tags -
or fetched, from the <layer- src="..."></layer->
source attribute URL:
<layer- label="My Layer" src="https://example.org/mapml/mylayer" checked></layer->
This documentation uses the convention of inline content mostly. Fetched map content follows similar semantics, except it is parsed with the browser's XML parser and so must follow both MapML document conventions as well as XML syntax rules.
Attributes​
src
​
Contains the path to a MapML document.
checked
​
The <layer- checked>
attribute and property is boolean. When present,
the checked property value is taken to be 'true'; when not present, the property
value is 'false'. Beware that it is the presence of the attribute that makes it
true, not the value of the attribute. For example, the attribute checked="false"
actually turns out to be checked,
as described by MDN Web docs.
hidden
​
The <layer- hidden>
attribute and property is boolean. When present,
the layer is hidden in the layer control.
label
​
The label
attribute is used by inline content as the displayed text label of the
layer in the layer control. In fetched content, the label
attribute is ignored,
and the fetched <map-title>
element is used.
Specifications​
Specification |
---|
MapML layer element |
Requirements​
Report problems with these requirements on GitHub
requirementenhancementimpracticalundecidedunder discussion
Spec | Viewer | API | |
---|---|---|---|
Rendering base layers (5.1) | |||
Display an image file as a map layer (5.1.3) | under review | limited | |
User navigation (pan and zoom) (5.4) | |||
Maintain reasonable scale of labels and lines when zooming (5.4.5) | limited | full |