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Where can I find a description of CartoCSS?
Navigate to a selected symbolizer to view a description of the CartoCSS property, sample CartoCSS code, the default value, and the available values. CARTO is currently maintaining this library of CartoCSS properties and values.
Can a CartoCSS be applied to a feature layer?
For details, see CartoCSS Properties for Torque Style Maps. These common element CartoCSS properties can be applied to any feature layer in a map. A feature layer is any data layer that contains points, lines, or polygons (not a basemap).
Why is there an alpha value in CartoCSS?
There is a known issue about how tile edges are appearing. An alpha value for the style. This indicates that the alpha value is applied to all features in a separate buffer, then composited back to main buffer. 1, no separate buffer is used and no alpha is applied to the style after rendering.
How does background image Uri CartoCSS work in Carto?
The background-image-uri CartoCSS property is only supported when using the Maps API with Carto.js, not with the CARTO Editor. Sets the compositing operation used to blend the image into the background. src-over, the background image is placed on top of any existing background-image.
Can you use CartoCSS on torque style maps?
In addition to customizing the look of your maps using CartoCSS, CARTO provides additional CartoCSS properties that you can apply to Torque style maps. For details, see CartoCSS Properties for Torque Style Maps.
Who is maintaining the CartoCSS library and values?
CARTO is currently maintaining this library of CartoCSS properties and values. This content was adapted from the open source material provided by Mapbox, who has ceased active development of CartoCSS documentation.
What are the properties of CartoCSS in Photoshop?
These CartoCSS properties can be applied to the fill and outline of a polygon layer. The fill color assigned to a polygon. Gray (as indicated with the rgb color=128, 128, 128) and fully opaque (as indicated with alpha=1).
What kind of parser is CartoCSS for Mapnik?
CartoCSS is a Mapnik stylesheet pre-processor developed by MapBox and inspired by Cascadenik. The reference parser is written in JavaScript and optimized for large stylesheets. CartoCSS stylesheets are used by TileMill but also usable using the carto executable included in the package.
What kind of file structure does Carto use?
If you generate Mapnik XML from a stylesheet this is the file you feed to carto and from which and its references the XML is produced. You may wonder whether you should use YAML or JSON.
Can a stylesheet based off of CartoCSS be used?
Though CartoCSS stylesheets can work with any data structure, an ‘OSM’ carto stylesheet based off of one schema, like Imposm or HighRoad, can be swapped with another stylesheet based on the same schema. Mapbox considers Mapbox GL to be replacement of CartoCSS (https://www.mapbox.com/blog/the-end-of-cartocss/).
Which is the default background image in CartoCSS?
These generic CartoCSS background and string element properties can be applied to any layer in a map. An image that appears as the map background. This image appears underneath any other applied styles on the map. This parameter is not applied by default. The default background image is transparent. See uri.
Where to find composite operation effects in CartoCSS?
See CartoCSS Composite Operations for a description of composite operation effects. The comp-op value can be applied as an overall style effect, or it can be applied to the specific symbolizer property, depending on the color blending (or alpha blending) operation that you are trying to achieve. For details, see Composite Operation Effects.