NeXtMidas layers support a number of data types and have specific capabilities:
| Layer Name | Data Types | Capabilities |
|---|
| Layer1D | 1000 & 2000 | XY plots |
| Layer2D | 2000 | raster plots |
| LayerDrawable | Features & Layers | supports layer Features & provides coordination across layers |
| LayerGeo | 5001 (State Vector) | hold & plot geo events, including computing TDOA/FDOA & horizon |
| LayerGeoJSON(2) | GeoJSON | plot GeoJSON points, linestrings, and polygons |
| LayerGrid | N/A | automatically provide a grid for Views 3DGraph, LatLon, & LatLonContinuous |
| LayerImage | jpeg,jpg,gif,bmp,wbmp,png | plot imagery |
| LayerKML(2) | KML | plot KML data |
| LayerMulti | 3000 | plot multi-track data |
| LayerMulti2D | 2000 | show individual traces of 2000 data as separate lines |
| LayerNMS(1) | NeXtMidas Map Server | map imagery |
| LayerPoly | 1999 | plots lines (ex: world.prm) |
| LayerScatter | 1000,3000,5010,6000 & CSV | Scatter Plots |
| LayerShape | shp/dbf | plots Shapes in a ShapeFile, shape/country names can be displayed |
| LayerT5(2) | 5000, CSV, Point3D | plots 3D points/cones/ellipses/ellipsoids, supports filtering
& highlighting, Supports Map, 3DGraph, & XY views |
| LayerWMS(1) | WMS Map Servers/GeoWebCache | plot map tiles |
| LayerXY | 3000 & CSV | plot x versus y data |