AGOL Content
AGOL offers the ability to share and edit a variety of spatial data thru creation of AGOL content, services, and applications.
The following is a list describing the most common types of AGOL content the average user will come across:
- Feature Layer (hosted): Used to utilize vector data (point, line, or polygon spatial information) for display, editing, and query overlaid on a basemap. Support interactive highlighting, queries, and pop-ups.
- Tile Layer (hosted): Basemaps that give a map a geographic context. Support fast map visualization using a collection of predawn map images or tile.
- Web Maps: A 2D map that can be created, stylized, and shared between applications. Web maps can consist of Feature Layers (hosted) and Tile Layer (hosted).
- Feature Layer (hosted, view): Reference the same data as the Feature Layer (hosted) to create the view, but you can apply different editing, sharing, and other settings to the view.
- Service Definitions: A file that contains information about Feature Layers (hosted) and Tile Layers (hosted) such as properties, capabilities, and service type. Files are automatically published when any hosted service is published.
For more information on AGOL TRecs LIS recommends this free ESRI Web Course which is included in the Portal_User_Basics Learning Plan that is recommended for all Portal users.