First Data-to-Map Workflow

This is the core loop of Tamaat: bring a file in, let it become a managed layer, and style it so the map says something. We walk it with water-hydrants.geojson, a point file that becomes the "Hydrants" layer in Ava's Harbourview Network Buildout project.

Upload the file as a layer

1. In the Maps pane, open the layer explorer's "⋯" menu and choose "Add Layer".
2. In the "Add layer" dialog, stay on the "Upload" tab and drop water-hydrants.geojson on the dropzone ("Drop a file or browse"). Supported formats are listed right there: "Shapefile, GeoJSON, TAB".
3. Set the "Layer name" — it "Defaults to the file name", so type Hydrants.
4. Click "Add layer".

Watch the progress and leave the dialog open until it finishes.

You can also go the other way: bring the file into Data Store with "Add dataset", then "Add to Project" to put it on the map. Same result either way.

Zoom to the layer

"Hydrants" now appears in the layer list. Open its "⋯" menu and choose "Zoom to Layer" — the map flies to your data.

Style it

1. From the same layer menu, open "Labels & Symbols".
2. On the "Symbol" tab, keep the "Standard" type and adjust "Size", "Fill color", and "Stroke" until the points read clearly against your basemap. (There's more you can do here — see Style Layers — but one symbol is plenty for a first map.)
3. Switch to the "Label" tab, enable "Feature Labels", and build the label from your fields under "Parts" — a hydrant ID field is enough for a first map. Adjust "Text size" and "Halo width" for legibility.
4. Click "Save Changes".

The map restyles as you go. You now have a map that says something.

Demo data: City of Vancouver Open Data.