Introduction to styling and data visualizations
Styling is the process of creating meaningful data visualizations for layers in 2D maps and 3D scenes. Styling helps you build more meaningful applications by telling a story about the data. The two main types of styling you can perform is to create a custom basemap style for a basemap layer or you can define a data-driven visualization for feature layers. You create basemap styles interactively with the ArcGIS Vector Tile style Editor. You create data-driven visualizations by creating symbols and renderers with different ArcGIS Maps SDKs. Learn how to create different styles and visualizations in the topics below.
Topics
Basemap styles
Learn how to create custom basemap styles for the basemap styles service.
Point, line, and polygon styles
Learn how to define simple symbols and renders for feature layers.
Data-driven visualization
Learn how to define symbols and renders based on attribute values in feature layers.
3D visualization
Learn how to create 3D symbols and visualizations.
Tutorials
Display a custom basemap style
Add and display a styled vector tile basemap layer.
Style a feature layer
Use symbols and renderers to style feature layers.
Create a custom basemap style
Use the Vector tile style editor to style a vector tile basemap layer.
Style layers in a web map
Use Map Viewer to style layers in a web map.
Style layers in a web scene
Use Scene Viewer to style layers in a web scene.
Services
Basemap styles service (v1)
Access streets, satellite, and other basemap styles for maps and scenes.
Feature service
Add, update, delete, and query feature data.
API support
| Point, line, and polygon styles | Data-driven visualization | 3D visualization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript | |||
| ArcGIS Maps SDK for Kotlin | |||
| ArcGIS Maps SDK for Swift | |||
| ArcGIS Maps SDK for Java | |||
| ArcGIS Maps SDK for .NET | |||
| ArcGIS Maps SDK for Qt | |||
| ArcGIS API for Python | 1 | 2 |
- 1. Define renderers with JavaScript.
- 2. Supports web scenes only.
Different APIs have different levels of support for data-driven visualization.
| Unique types | Class breaks | Visual variables | Time | Multivariate | Predominance | Dot density | Relationship | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript | ||||||||
| ArcGIS Maps SDK for Kotlin | ||||||||
| ArcGIS Maps SDK for Swift | ||||||||
| ArcGIS Maps SDK for Java | ||||||||
| ArcGIS Maps SDK for .NET | ||||||||
| ArcGIS Maps SDK for Qt | ||||||||
| ArcGIS API for Python |