--- layout: example.html title: WebGL points layer shortdesc: Using a WebGL-optimized layer to render a large quantities of points docs: > This example shows how to use a `WebGLPointsLayer` to show a large amount of points on the map. The layer is given a style in JSON format which allows a certain level of customization of the final reprensentation. The following operators can be used: * Reading operators: * `['get', 'attributeName']` fetches a feature attribute (it will be prefixed by `a_` in the shader) Note: those will be taken from the attributes provided to the renderer * `['var', 'varName']` fetches a value from the style variables, or 0 if undefined * `['time']` returns the time in seconds since the creation of the layer * `['zoom']` returns the current zoom level * `['resolution']` returns the current resolution * Math operators: * `['*', value1, value2]` multiplies `value1` by `value2` * `['/', value1, value2]` divides `value1` by `value2` * `['+', value1, value2]` adds `value1` and `value2` * `['-', value1, value2]` subtracts `value2` from `value1` * `['clamp', value, low, high]` clamps `value` between `low` and `high` * `['%', value1, value2]` returns the result of `value1 % value2` (modulo) * `['^', value1, value2]` returns the value of `value1` raised to the `value2` power * Transform operators: * `['case', condition1, output1, ...conditionN, outputN, fallback]` selects the first output whose corresponding condition evaluates to `true`. If no match is found, returns the `fallback` value. All conditions should be `boolean`, output and fallback can be any kind. * `['match', input, match1, output1, ...matchN, outputN, fallback]` compares the `input` value against all provided `matchX` values, returning the output associated with the first valid match. If no match is found, returns the `fallback` value. `input` and `matchX` values must all be of the same type, and can be `number` or `string`. `outputX` and `fallback` values must be of the same type, and can be of any kind. * `['interpolate', interpolation, input, stop1, output1, ...stopN, outputN]` returns a value by interpolating between pairs of inputs and outputs; `interpolation` can either be `['linear']` or `['exponential', base]` where `base` is the rate of increase from stop A to stop B (i.e. power to which the interpolation ratio is raised); a value of 1 is equivalent to `['linear']`. `input` and `stopX` values must all be of type `number`. `outputX` values can be `number` or `color` values. Note: `input` will be clamped between `stop1` and `stopN`, meaning that all output values will be comprised between `output1` and `outputN`. * Logical operators: * `['<', value1, value2]` returns `true` if `value1` is strictly lower than `value2`, or `false` otherwise. * `['<=', value1, value2]` returns `true` if `value1` is lower than or equals `value2`, or `false` otherwise. * `['>', value1, value2]` returns `true` if `value1` is strictly greater than `value2`, or `false` otherwise. * `['>=', value1, value2]` returns `true` if `value1` is greater than or equals `value2`, or `false` otherwise. * `['==', value1, value2]` returns `true` if `value1` equals `value2`, or `false` otherwise. * `['!=', value1, value2]` returns `true` if `value1` does not equal `value2`, or `false` otherwise. * `['!', value1]` returns `false` if `value1` is `true` or greater than `0`, or `true` otherwise. * `['between', value1, value2, value3]` returns `true` if `value1` is contained between `value2` and `value3` (inclusively), or `false` otherwise. * Conversion operators: * `['array', value1, ...valueN]` creates a numerical array from `number` values; please note that the amount of values can currently only be 2, 3 or 4. * `['color', red, green, blue, alpha]` creates a `color` value from `number` values; the `alpha` parameter is optional; if not specified, it will be set to 1. Note: `red`, `green` and `blue` components must be values between 0 and 255; `alpha` between 0 and 1. Values can either be literals or another operator, as they will be evaluated recursively. Literal values can be of the following types: * `boolean` * `number` * `string` tags: "webgl, point, layer, feature" experimental: true ---