Resources
Guides, reference material and a glossary for anyone building, publishing or embedding a map.
Guides
Open the live mapExplore the main map and ask Atlas a question.How a map is built and publishedThe full path from a data source to an embedded map.Data and governanceSources, access modes, versions and what Atlas may do.Talk to the Atlas teamWalk through your data, request access or ask about embedding.
Glossary
- Access mode
- Who can open a map: public, organisation or private.
- Activity
- The record of every step Atlas takes: its plan, each tool call and the result.
- ArcGIS FeatureServer
- Esri's REST service for vector features, read by Atlas as GeoJSON with paging.
- Basemap
- The background map under your layers: light, dark or satellite.
- Camera
- The map's view: centre, zoom, pitch and bearing.
- Clean-embed parameters
- URL options that set an embed's language, layers, panel, camera, basemap and title.
- Connection
- A tested link to an external source such as a PostGIS database, an ArcGIS FeatureServer or a WFS.
- Dataset
- The data behind a layer, with its source, schema, coverage, licence and ingestion status.
- Embed
- A published map placed inside another website with an iframe.
- GeoJSON
- An open format for geographic features and their attributes.
- Governed action
- A named operation, such as map.publish, that is authorised, validated, executed and audited.
- Layer
- One dataset drawn on the map with a style, legend, order and zoom range.
- Layer group
- A heading in the layers panel, such as Transport or Energy, with labels in English and Portuguese.
- Map
- A configured set of layers, camera and basemap, with its own access mode and published versions.
- Map client
- @afcen/map-client, the typed package for reading published maps and driving embeds.
- PostGIS
- The spatial extension of PostgreSQL, storing geometry and geography columns.
- Version
- An immutable, checksummed snapshot of a map. Corrections create a new version.
- WFS
- OGC Web Feature Service, a standard for serving vector features over the web.
Standard caveat
Maps show the data their sources contain, at the date and precision of those sources. Locations, boundaries and attributes are indicative. They are not survey-grade, cadastral or legal records, and should be verified on the ground before any investment, land or engineering decision.
Bring your corridor data to the map
Connect a database, a web service or a file, shape the layers, and publish a map your partners can open, embed and question.