Introducing JViews Maps > Developing a Dynamic Map > Creating a Map with the Map Builder > Styling Properties

The Map Builder has a Property Sheet for assigning values to layer style properties and thus styling the different layers of the map. The properties available depend on the format imported on a particular layer. The scope of properties covers the following types:

Layers can be organized in hierarchies, where parent layers contain sublayers. Sublayers can be set to inherit the properties of their parent or can be set to be independent and override the properties of their parent.

Layers can be set to be shown or hidden. The ability to hide layers from the end user can be useful when you want to retain control of some construction layers.

Dynamic styling allows you to map property values to a specific scale level. The values change as you cross the scale threshold to another layer.