Showing layers on the map

Toggle your layers on and off from the Layers widget, stack as many as you like at once, reorder them, choose the satellite imagery, and switch on 3D terrain.

Showing layers is the everyday part of layer management. Once you have layers, the Layers widget in the widget panel on the right is where you turn them on and off.

Toggle any layer

Each layer has its own switch. Turn one on and it appears on the map; turn it off and it disappears. Nothing else changes, so toggling is always safe.

Stack as many as you want

You can show more than one layer at a time. Turn on a drone flyover and a survey overlay together, or compare a couple of satellite passes. Every layer you switch on stacks onto the map at once.

When two or more are on, the order matters, since the top one draws over the ones beneath it. Drag the layers in the widget to reorder them until the map looks right.

Satellite imagery

The card at the top of the widget shows which satellite imagery the map is drawn on: Mapbox, Google or Esri. This is a property-wide setting. The owner picks it, and everyone on the property sees the same imagery on web and mobile.

If you are the owner, click the card to open the imagery picker. It shows the three providers beside a live preview of your property, so you can compare them before choosing. Pick whichever shows your property most clearly, then confirm with Switch to. Your mapped objects and layers stay exactly where they are; only the picture underneath changes.

While Google or Esri imagery is showing, the map carries that provider’s mark and copyright line next to the Mapbox wordmark. On web they form one row along the bottom left; on mobile the mark sits beside the Mapbox wordmark and the copyright line under it. These are required by the imagery providers and cannot be turned off.

The first time you open a new property, the picker opens on its own so you can choose up front. It only does this once.

Additional controls

3D Terrain. A separate toggle at the top of the widget adds Mapbox terrain relief, useful for reading slopes and drainage.
Hidden layers. If a layer’s missing from the list, it may be hidden from the widget. The widget shows how many are hidden; bring them back from Manage layers. See Managing your layers.

That’s the whole widget: switch layers on, stack and reorder them, and set the map up the way your crew works the course.