# Developers

Ellipsis Drive helps you to render vector, raster and point cloud data into your own applications at high performance with minimal coding effort.

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#### 👇Getting Started

[Getting Started](https://docs.ellipsis-drive.com/getting-started) to familiarize yourself with Ellipsis Drive.

#### Advanced Usage

Everything available in the UI, and much more, can be accessed programmatically via the API and Python:

* Full Python documentation:[ https://ellipsis-package.readthedocs.io/en/latest/](https://ellipsis-package.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)
* Full API documentation:[ https://docs.ellipsis-drive.com/developers/api-v3](https://docs.ellipsis-drive.com/developers/api-v3)

**App integration**

* [Display Ellipsis Drive layers in your app](https://docs.ellipsis-drive.com/developers/integration-options/display-ellipsis-drive-layers-in-your-app)
* [Display Ellipsis Drive layers in third-party software](https://docs.ellipsis-drive.com/developers/integration-options/display-ellipsis-drive-layers-in-your-app)
* [Integrate Ellipsis Drive with your platform](https://docs.ellipsis-drive.com/developers/integration-options/connect-ellipsis-drive-to-your-platform)

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* Review the [glossary](https://docs.ellipsis-drive.com/getting-started/glossary) to familiarize yourself with key terms.
* Explore all [supported OGC protocols](https://docs.ellipsis-drive.com/developers/api-v3/ogc-protocols) and standards to ensure compatibility with your workflows. 
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#### Integration options for your tools of choice

All packages can be found here:[ https://app.ellipsis-drive.com/integrate](https://app.ellipsis-drive.com/integrate)

#### Authorization

Some API calls require authorization via bearer tokens. Learn more about the three token types [here](https://docs.ellipsis-drive.com/developers/authentication-options).

**Highlighted integration options**

* Leaflet:[ https://github.com/ellipsis-drive/leaflet-package](https://github.com/ellipsis-drive/leaflet-package)
* Mapbox GL:[ https://github.com/ellipsis-drive/mapboxgljs-package](https://github.com/ellipsis-drive/mapboxgljs-package)
* React-Leaflet:[ https://github.com/ellipsis-drive/react-leaflet-package](https://github.com/ellipsis-drive/react-leaflet-package)
* MapLibre:[ https://github.com/ellipsis-drive/mapboxgljs-package](https://github.com/ellipsis-drive/mapboxgljs-package)
* HTML (embedded viewer):[ https://docs.ellipsis-drive.com/integrate-with-ed/use-viewer-as-embedded-window](https://docs.ellipsis-drive.com/integrate-with-ed/use-viewer-as-embedded-window)
* ArcGIS API JS:[ https://github.com/ellipsis-drive/arcgisjs-package](https://github.com/ellipsis-drive/arcgisjs-package)
* Folium:[ https://github.com/ellipsis-drive/folium](https://github.com/ellipsis-drive/folium)

#### Practical examples

See real-world developer and data science use cases:[ https://medium.com/@daniel\_819](https://medium.com/@daniel_819)


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