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I've been watching the following Esri video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULhrWCIH0SQ
And the following two slides confuse me:
What is the difference between Features and Vectors? It seems that in both I specify the area which I want to render, and get in return data from which I can draw the point/line/polygon on the client side.
Feature return vector feature, it's like regular connecting to a database or datasource but over the web.
Vector (or as in the slide and more accuratly "Vector Tile Service") return a vector tile ie. a container where all vectorial data are cropped by the tile extend and are packaged together.
You will use the tile with a style-sheet for rendering, as the rendering is client side you could use different style-sheet with the same tile set to get the symbology that suit you the most
As a single feature may be separated between several tile this format is good for base map as you get all relevant data in vectorial format in a single tile but not so for analysis.
