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| Maps you create in the GIS Editor will contain one or more **layers**. A layer can be thought of as a container for geographic data that is alike. For example, you might have a layer containing roads, another containing rivers and still another containing cities. A layer gets its data from a data source, which can be a file containing vector information (for instance, [[Shapefiles]] or [[Tab Files]]), raster imagery (i.e., satellite photos) in formats like [[GeoTIFF Files|GeoTIFF]], or even Web Map Services like [[Bing Maps]], [[OpenStreetMap]] or ThinkGeo's [[World Map Kit]]. | Maps you create in the GIS Editor will contain one or more **layers**. A layer can be thought of as a container for geographic data that is alike. For example, you might have a layer containing roads, another containing rivers and still another containing cities. A layer gets its data from a data source, which can be a file containing vector information (for instance, [[Shapefiles]] or [[Tab Files]]), raster imagery (i.e., satellite photos) in formats like [[GeoTIFF Files|GeoTIFF]], or even Web Map Services like [[Bing Maps]], [[OpenStreetMap]] or ThinkGeo's [[World Map Kit]]. | ||
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| * [[Style Builder|Applying Styles]] | * [[Style Builder|Applying Styles]] | ||
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