User Guide

The User Guide covers every catalog-side workflow in GeoLens: searching for datasets, browsing dataset detail pages, composing maps, running analysis on the layers in them, organizing collections, importing data, understanding where each source mode keeps its bytes, and exporting to portable formats.

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Search & Discovery Find datasets fast with filters, faceted search, semantic search, and saved searches.

Dataset Detail Browse a dataset's overview, data, metadata, and access tabs, then trigger exports from any of them.

Map Builder Compose maps from datasets: add layers, style features, filter on-the-fly, and share with a link or embed.

Analysis Buffer, centroid, clip, dissolve, spatial join, measure, select by location, and intersect the vector layers in a map, then save the result as a new dataset.

Collections Group datasets into named collections; manage membership and browse collection-scoped catalogs.

Importing Data Upload files, register in-place PostGIS tables, copy feature-service layers, reference STAC assets, and create empty layers.

Where Your Data Lives Compare managed copies, in-place PostGIS tables, Service snapshots, and live STAC references, including what refresh does for each.

Exports & Integrations Export formats (GeoPackage, GeoJSON, Shapefile, CSV, GeoParquet), OGC API access, STAC, and machine-client examples.