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5-2. Key concepts

  • We often work with categorical data such as classifications (e.g. land cover).
  • The data can arrive in several ways — as a WMS where the server has already rendered the classes (like the World Cover WMS in tutorial 2-9), or as a COG where the raw pixel values represent the class codes.
  • In both cases we can set up categories in the CB.
    • For WMS layers, categories define the legend shown in the Explorer.
    • For COGs, categories define both how the raw pixel values are rendered and the legend that is shown.
  • The categories comprise of a colour, label and a value
  • In this tutorial we will run through a few examples of how to set them up See Categories for the full reference.