The Hex Tile Layer must be used to visualize Hex Tile, Foursquare's analytic tiling system for geospatial data that combines the ability of tiling systems to handle massive datasets with the power of the H3 hierarchical grid system.

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Settings

The following sections detail every setting available for the Hex Tile Layer.

Basic

Core settings for the Hex Tile Layer.

Setting	Description
Layer Type	Must be Hex Tile to display a Hex Tile dataset.
Dataset	The Hex Tile dataset to use.

Fill Color

Color settings for the Hex Tile fill color.

Setting	Description
Color Based On	The metric that the fill color is based on.
Color Scale	The color scale and palette of the layer.
Dynamic Color	Use a dynamic color scale based on the data visible in the viewport.
Opacity	The opacity of color fill.

Height

Height settings for the Hex Tile layer. This is best viewed with 3D view mode enabled.

Setting	Description
Height Slider	Increase to raise the height of the layer's hexagons.
Height Based On	An column to base the height off of.
Height Scale	Choose from linear, sqrt, and log.

JSON Schema

For details on how to programmatically specify layer properties, refer to the Studio Layer Configuration specification.