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Have two words for "Layer" #1237
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Given that in Painter, layers from tiles are VectorTileLayer instances, I think we should call them |
would this be # 1 or # 2 in your list? |
I'm not sure what you mean. Say more? |
Just confused whether "layers from tiles" means
or
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The second. Datasources have tiles which have layers |
Not that anyone asked me, but I like @peterqliu's notion of chucking "layer" altogether. And if that's gonna happen, it seems to me like the |
In the app we're calling these "subsets", right? I also like the idea of getting rid of "layer" altogether for these. Layers suggest groups that get stacked on top of each other (as style layers do), but data layers are more amorphous than that (at least in GL). |
Indeed, we always call vector-layers subsets in Studio Question is whether mapbox-gl-style-spec, gl-js, gl-native, and so on can or should eventually use the same terminology / cc @lucaswoj |
This would be a huge cross-product change. We should discuss in mapbox/DEPRECATED-mapbox-gl#13 |
Two concepts deserve two words
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