PMTiles

The layer type "PMTiles" offers the possibility of displaying vector data in PlexMap 2D in a high-performance manner using vector tiles.  

Vector tiles are packets of geographic data that are packaged into predefined, roughly square “tiles” for transmission over the Internet. As with the widely used raster tile web maps (Map Proxy layer type), the map data is requested by the viewer as a set of “tiles”. However, unlike web maps with raster tiles, the server returns vector map data cropped to the boundaries of each tile, rather than a pre-rendered map image.

In contrast to displaying vector data using the "Map Proxy" layer type, when using "PMTiles" your vector data is not rasterized but is actually displayed as a vector data set. This methodology enables very pleasant loading behavior of the data sets (no visible reloading of tiles as with "Map Proxy"). In addition, “PMTiles”, for example, can also be used to use hover effects in the viewer.

In contrast to the “2D Features” layer type, the “PMTiles” layer type can process significantly larger amounts of data.

So use the "PMTiles" layer type if you want to display a large number of features as a vector data set in the viewer.