Basic styling

Layer styling allows you to customize the visual appearance of your data to create clear, appealing maps. GOAT automatically assigns default styles based on your data type (points, lines, or polygons), but you can customize colors, strokes, opacity, and other visual properties.

How to style your layers

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Select your layer and navigate to Layer design and find the Style section

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Choose the styling category you want to modify: Fill color, Stroke color, Stroke width, Custom Marker and Point settings (if point data).

Fill color

Fill color defines the interior appearance of point and polygon features.

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On Color use the Color picker to select your color or the Preset colors to choose from the predefined color palette.

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Use the opacity slider or enter a value between 0 (transparent) and 1 (opaque) to control transparency.

Stroke color

Stroke color applies to the outlines and edges of map features. It helps distinguish features and enhance their visibility.

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On Color use the Color picker or the Preset colors to customize stroke appearance.

Stroke width

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On Stroke width move the slider to adjust the thickness of lines and feature outlines.

Custom markers

For point layers, you can use custom markers instead of basic shapes.

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In the styling menu, turn on the Custom Marker toggle to enable custom markers

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Click on Select Marker and browse the icon library or upload your own marker by clicking on the Custom tab and uploading your file (JPEG, PNG, or SVG format).

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Name your icon (this name will be used for searching). You can later click on Manage icons to rename or delete uploaded icons

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On Size adjust the marker size using the slider

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You can only edit the color of icons from the library, not uploaded custom icons.

Point settings

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Under Point settings, on Size adjust the radius using the slider or enter precise values in the text box for exact control.

Default settings

When you have created a style you like, you can save it as the default for future uses of this dataset, so whenever you copy or re-add the dataset, your custom styles are applied automatically.

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Click on the More options next to Active layer

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Choose your action:

• Save as default - Apply current styles to future uses of this dataset
• Reset - Return to original default styles

Smart styling

Explore attribute-based styling for advanced visualization options based on your data values.