5.4.2 VectorTileLayer
5.4.2 VectorTileLayer
Description:
- newer technology than raster tiles
- data are still cached, but aren’t just static pictures
- service passes geometry and styling info to client, which then does the rendering
- Attributes are not included, popups and other feature interactions are not available
- same set of tiles can be styled in many ways
- also mostly associated with basemaps; the -vector options of the Map’s basemap property result in the addition of a VectorTileLayer
- tile creation much shorter process than for raster tiles
- tile creation can be done in ArcGIS Pro, but not ArcMap
How do I know I’m dealing with a VectorTileLayer?
- unlike the other layer types described here, vector tile layers can only be discovered through ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Portal
- in ArcGIS Online, when viewing the layer’s Details page, its Source will be listed as a Vector Tile Service and it will have a View Style button
Class description in the SDK:
Example service:
- several world-scale vector tile layers (all based on the same data, just styled differently) created by Esri and hosted on ArcGIS Online: ArcGIS Vector Basemaps
Code sample: