Administration Panel -> Data – > Layers is where the Administrator manages the Layers.
This is where a lot of things happen. This is the place where the Administrator:
- Manages vector layers, in particular
- Adds new Layers from data sources
- Changes the Layer Settings
- Manages the Object Card
- Gives default symbolisation to general layers
- Manages WMS layers
- Adds WMS Layers to the System
- Manages existing WMS Layers
- Manages the Layer Manager, i.e. decides which layers Users can use in the Map Module
Use cases for layers
- Creating a layer from a source (point 4 of this article)
- Creating a layer with a filter. (Section 4.2.c of this article)