Map Styles

Vista provides a set of Carto basemap styles as background maps.

Base Map Styles

Open the Base Map panel to select from a list of default map styles.

Open the base map style drop down menu to change map colour scheme and imagery. Options include:

  • Dark: dark base map with light-coloured text.

  • Positron: light base map with dark-coloured text.

  • Voyager: coloured base map.

Toggle Map Layers

Map Layers

Hide and show water, buildings, roads, and more. Options include:

  • Labels: shows labels for cities, neighbourhoods, and so on.

  • Roads: displays a translucent layer of road lines.

  • Borders: shows state and continent borders.

  • Buildings: shows building footprints.

  • Water: displays bodies of water.

  • Land: Shows parks, mountains, and other landscape features.

  • 3d Building: Shows 3D buildings on the map. 3D buildings are only visible in the 3D map view. Resolution automatically updates based on current map zoom level. Use the input below to edit 3D building colour.

Layer Order

To control the order in which map imagery layers are displayed, toggle the move to top icon:

TIP: Move labels to the top on maps with coloured layers to keep the labels from being concealed.

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