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ui.Map.DrawingTools.addLayer
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Adds a given list of ee.Geometry objects to the drawing tools as a geometry layer.
Returns the new geometry layer.
| Usage | Returns | DrawingTools.addLayer(geometries, name, color, shown, locked) | ui.Map.GeometryLayer |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: ui.map.drawingtools | ui.Map.DrawingTools | The ui.Map.DrawingTools instance. |
geometries | List[Geometry] | The geometries with which to initialize the layer. |
name | String, optional | The name of the layer. |
color | String, optional | The CSS color of shapes in the layer, for instance
"white" or "#FFFFFF". |
shown | Boolean, optional | Whether to show the shapes in the layer. Defaults to true. |
locked | Boolean, optional | Whether to lock shape editing in the layer. Defaults to false. |
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Last updated 2026-01-08 UTC.
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