SkyTruth Alerts
How-To Guide: Add Data Layers
Photo of pipeline explosion, Center Township, PA, taken 2 April 2019. Provided by FracTracker Alliance
If you have a data layer you would like to view in SkyTruth Alerts, you can drag it onto the map to view it as a layer. Alerts supports GeoJSON, shapefile, CSV and KML data layers.
After you add a layer, you can adjust the opacity and the color of your data.
All files (except shapefile data) must be decompressed before you add them to Alerts.
To add a data layer to Alerts:
- Find the data layer from your desktop or in a list of files on your computer in the Finder or Explore window, etc.
- Click and drag the data layer to the center the SkyTruth Alerts map.
To remove the data layer:
- Click the X icon next to the data layer filename in the Drag and Drop Files tab.
Save a data layer to My Layers on the Layers tab:
- Click the save icon at the top left of the Drag and Drop sidebar.
- Add a name for your layer and any information required to cite it — copyright information, link to the source, etc.
- Click the Save button.
Click the Layers tab and your layer will be listed in the My Layers section.
