[role="xpack"] [[vector-layer]] == Vector layer Vector layers display points, lines, and polygons. [role="screenshot"] image::maps/images/vector_layer.png[] To add a vector layer to your map, click *Add layer*, then select one of the following: *Choropleth*:: Shaded areas to compare statistics across boundaries. *Clusters*:: Geospatial data grouped in grids with metrics for each gridded cell. The index must contain at least one field mapped as {ref}/geo-point.html[geo_point] or {ref}/geo-shape.html[geo_shape]. *Create index*:: Draw shapes on the map and index in Elasticsearch. *Documents*:: Points, lines, and polyons from Elasticsearch. The index must contain at least one field mapped as {ref}/geo-point.html[geo_point] or {ref}/geo-shape.html[geo_shape]. + Results are limited to the `index.max_result_window` index setting, which defaults to 10000. Select the appropriate *Scaling* option for your use case. + * *Limit results to 10,000* The layer displays features from the first `index.max_result_window` documents. Results exceeding `index.max_result_window` are not displayed. * *Show clusters when results exceed 10,000* When results exceed `index.max_result_window`, the layer uses {ref}/search-aggregations-bucket-geotilegrid-aggregation.html[GeoTile grid aggregation] to group your documents into clusters and displays metrics for each cluster. When results are less then `index.max_result_window`, the layer displays features from individual documents. * *Use vector tiles.* Vector tiles partition your map into tiles. Each tile request is limited to the `index.max_result_window` index setting. When a tile exceeds `index.max_result_window`, results exceeding `index.max_result_window` are not contained in the tile and a dashed rectangle outlining the bounding box containing all geo values within the tile is displayed. *EMS Boundaries*:: Administrative boundaries from https://www.elastic.co/elastic-maps-service[Elastic Maps Service]. *ML Anomalies*:: Points and lines associated with anomalies. The {anomaly-job} must use a `lat_long` function. Go to {ml-docs}/geographic-anomalies.html[Detecting anomalous locations in geographic data] for an example. *Point to point*:: Aggregated data paths between the source and destination. The index must contain at least 2 fields mapped as {ref}/geo-point.html[geo_point], source and destination. *Top hits per entity*:: The layer displays the <>. The index must contain at least one field mapped as {ref}/geo-point.html[geo_point] or {ref}/geo-shape.html[geo_shape]. *Tracks*:: Create lines from points. The index must contain at least one field mapped as {ref}/geo-point.html[geo_point]. *Upload Geojson*:: Index GeoJSON data in Elasticsearch. include::vector-style.asciidoc[] include::vector-style-properties.asciidoc[] include::vector-tooltips.asciidoc[]