This may be a dumb question, but can someone explain the difference between a "Map Image Layer" and a "Feature Layer" in AGOL terms?
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Hi Michael,
A Map Image Layer is the entire map service. For example, a map service may consist of many layers. When you add a Map Image Layer to a web map, you are not specifying an index value at the end of the URL, so all layers are added.
A Feature Layer is one layer within a map service. For example, you specify an index at the end of the URL.
Map Image Layer
http://ags/arcgis/rest/services/Parcels/MapServer
Feature Layer
Hi Michael,
A Map Image Layer is the entire map service. For example, a map service may consist of many layers. When you add a Map Image Layer to a web map, you are not specifying an index value at the end of the URL, so all layers are added.
A Feature Layer is one layer within a map service. For example, you specify an index at the end of the URL.
Map Image Layer
http://ags/arcgis/rest/services/Parcels/MapServer
Feature Layer
Thanks Jake!
Wasn't there a time when "Map Image Layers" were called dynamic layers??
Yes, in my opinion, those two can be considered the same.