You can use different types of data layers to access and display different types of data in your applications. Data layers can access ArcGIS data sources and other types of data sources such as OGC data and files.
Different data layers provide different types of functionality. The functionality available is largely dependent on the capabilities of the data source. For example, a feature layer can access a feature service and perform queries, edits, and data export, whereas a vector tile layer can only access tiles from a vector tile service.
The Layer
class is the base class for all types of layers. The type of layer you create depends on the type of data you want to display. To display feature data (point, line, or polygon geometry), for example, you can create a FeatureLayer
that points to an online service (such as a feature service) or a supported local dataset. The tables below summarizes common types of layers.
The following layers work with ArcGIS data sources.
Layer Data type Display Query Edit Offline Data sourcesAnnotationLayer
Feature 2D True True True ArcGIS Enterprise service, mobile map package (.mmpk),
ArcGISMapImageLayer
Image 2D/3D False False True Map service ArcGISSceneLayer
Indexed 3D Scene Layers (I3S) 3D False False True Scene service, mobile scene package (.mspk),
ArcGISTiledLayer
Image Tile 2D/3D False False True Tile service, tile package (.tpk/.tpkx) ArcGISVectorTiledLayer
Vector Tile 2D/3D False False True Vector tile service, vector tile package (.vtpk) DimensionLayer
Feature 2D True False True ArcGIS Enterprise service, mobile map package,
DynamicEntityLayer
Dynamic entity 2D/3D False False False ArcGIS stream service FeatureCollectionLayer
Feature 2D/3D True True True Portal item, web map, feature set / query result FeatureLayer
Feature 2D/3D True True True  ⢠Online sources:
OGCFeatureCollectionTable
ServiceFeatureTable
WFSFeatureTable
GeodatabaseFeatureTable
GeoPackageFeatureTable()
ShapefileFeatureTable
IntegratedMeshLayer
I3S 3D False False True Scene service, mobile scene package,
PointCloudLayer
I3S 3D False False True Scene service, mobile scene package,
RasterLayer
Raster 2D/3D False False True  ⢠Remote ArcGIS Image services,
ImageServiceRaster
.
Raster
Class.
GeoPackageRaster
.
MosaicDatasetRaster
. OGC data layers
The following layers work with OGC data sources.
Layer Data type Display Query Edit Offline Data sourcesArcGISSceneLayer
I3S 3D False False True Scene service, mobile scene package,
FeatureLayer
Feature 2D/3D True True True OGC API - Features, Web Feature Service (WFS),
IntegratedMeshLayer
I3S 3D False False True Scene service, mobile scene package,
KMLLayer
Feature/Image 2D/3D True True True KML file (.kml, .kmz) OGC3DTilesLayer
3D Tiles 3D False False True 3D Tiles Archive Format (.3tz),
PointCloudLayer
I3S 3D False False True Scene service, mobile scene package,
RasterLayer
Raster 2D/3D True False True GeoPackage WMSLayer
Image 2D/3D False False False Web Map Service (WMS) WMTSLayer
Image Tile 2D/3D False False False Web Map Tile Service (WMTS) Other data layers
The following layers work with non-ArcGIS data sources.
Layer Data type Display Query Edit Offline Data sourcesENCLayer
Binary (SENC) 2D False False True ENC exchange set RasterLayer
Raster 2D/3D False False False Raster files e.g. GeoTiff (.tiff, .tif), MrSID (.sid) WebTiledLayer
Image Tile 2D/3D False False False {level},{row},{col} Image tile service
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