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Work with layers and data

Layers are logical collections of geographic data that are used to create web maps. They include a wide range of information about people, the earth, life, and more. To add layers to a map, Open ArcGIS Maps for Fabric and sign in to your ArcGIS organizational account. From there you can Add data from your lakehouse, from your ArcGIS organizational account, or from ArcGIS Living Atlas.

Note:

To access ArcGIS Maps for Fabric, you must have a supported ArcGIS organizational account. By signing in with your ArcGIS organizational account, you can access your ArcGIS Online content as well as your organization's content, basemaps, and ArcGIS Living Atlas layers. You cannot access ArcGIS Maps for Fabric with an ArcGIS Public account.

ArcGIS Maps for Fabric supports a variety of data formats such as GeoJSON, Parquet, and CSV data. Parquet data must be geographically enabled by including spatial variables to interpret feature geometry such as latitude and longitude. You can use data stored in a comma-separated values (CSV) text file (.csv) in ArcGIS Maps for Fabric. To add .csv files to your map, the file must include location fields that contain latitude and longitude coordinates.

The following table shows the layers you can add to a map and the method to use to add them. When you save the map, any items you have added are saved with the map.

Layer type

How you add it

Parquet

Add data from your lakehouse in Microsoft Fabric

GeoJSON

Add data from your lakehouse in Microsoft Fabric

Comma-separated values (CSV)

Add data from your lakehouse in Microsoft Fabric

Sketch layer

Create sketch layers

Web layers hosted in your ArcGIS organization

Layer types include feature layers, tile layers, map image layers, imagery layers, tiled imagery layers, group layers, stream layers, and feeds.

Browse and add content from your ArcGIS organizational account

Layers from ArcGIS Living Atlas

Add ArcGIS Living Atlas layers