A tile layer is a data layer
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- data layer
A data layer is a layer that references geographic data from a file or a service and is used to visualize the data in a map or scene. - vector tile layer
A vector tile layer is a data layer used to access and display tiled data and its corresponding styles. - image tile layer
An image tile layer is a data layer that can access and display raster tile data provided by an image layer service. - image tile service
A map tile service, formerly known as image tile service, is a data service that provides access to static, pre-rendered mao tiles. The tiles are typical in PNG format. Map tiles are typically retrieved by specifying a specific level, row, and column value. - vector tile service
A vector tile service is a data service that provides access to vector tile data and a style definition.