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ui.Map.Layer
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A layer generated from an Earth Engine object for display on a ui.Map.
| Usage | Returns | ui.Map.Layer(eeObject, visParams, name, shown, opacity) | ui.Map.Layer |
| Argument | Type | Details | eeObject | Collection|Feature|Image, optional | The object to add to the map. Defaults to an empty ee.Image. |
visParams | FeatureVisualizationParameters|ImageVisualizationParameters, optional | The visualization parameters. See ee.data.getMapId() docs. |
name | String, optional | The name of the layer. |
shown | Boolean, optional | Whether the layer is initially shown. Defaults to true. |
opacity | Number, optional | The layer's opacity represented as a number between 0 and 1. Defaults to 1. |
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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