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ui.Map.DrawingTools.addLayer

Adds a given list of ee.Geometry objects to the drawing tools as a geometry layer.

Returns the new geometry layer.

Usage	Returns
`DrawingTools. addLayer (geometries, name , color , shown , locked )`	ui.Map.GeometryLayer

Argument	Type	Details
this: `ui.map.drawingtools`	ui.Map.DrawingTools	The ui.Map.DrawingTools instance.
`geometries`	List[Geometry]	The geometries with which to initialize the layer.
`name`	String, optional	The name of the layer.
`color`	String, optional	The CSS color of shapes in the layer, for instance "white" or "#FFFFFF".
`shown`	Boolean, optional	Whether to show the shapes in the layer. Defaults to true.
`locked`	Boolean, optional	Whether to lock shape editing in the layer. Defaults to false.

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Last updated 2026-01-08 UTC.

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