From 694db46a6bad31360900a415948892b593fadab2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: shimoncohen Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 15:14:52 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] docs: add a basic explanation about map viewers --- docs/KnowledgeBase/MapViewers/README.md | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/KnowledgeBase/MapViewers/README.md b/docs/KnowledgeBase/MapViewers/README.md index 5dd55af3c..9e95c617d 100644 --- a/docs/KnowledgeBase/MapViewers/README.md +++ b/docs/KnowledgeBase/MapViewers/README.md @@ -18,5 +18,8 @@ Some of the viewers may be incompatible with some of our data or services and wi So lets get started! -## What is a map viewer? +## What is a map viewer / component? +A map viewer is a visual component to help us display `geographic` data such as raster, vector, 3D and DEM. It does all of the heavy-lifting in fetching, calculating and displaying the data correctly. + +There are many features that a map viewer could implement, please read more about the different libraries and features [here](/docs/KnowledgeBase/MapViewers/map-components.md).