diff --git a/examples/internet-speeds.ipynb b/examples/internet-speeds.ipynb
index e0a52adc..a344aaa7 100644
--- a/examples/internet-speeds.ipynb
+++ b/examples/internet-speeds.ipynb
@@ -365,20 +365,22 @@
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": 10,
    "id": "326f5f4e-a8f7-425b-8e9f-6744ba65cf62",
-   "metadata": {},
+   "metadata": {
+    "scrolled": true
+   },
    "outputs": [
     {
      "data": {
       "application/vnd.jupyter.widget-view+json": {
-       "model_id": "30ba30dd2b9f4d47b307fa98ea9bf896",
+       "model_id": "cd6f767934bd451bb8f89088039e7af5",
        "version_major": 2,
        "version_minor": 0
       },
       "text/plain": [
        "ScatterplotLayer(table=pyarrow.Table\n",
-       "avg_d_kbps: int64\n",
        "__index_level_0__: int64\n",
-       "geometry: fixed_size_list<item…"
+       "geometry: fixed_size_list<item: double>[2]\n",
+       "  chi…"
       ]
      },
      "execution_count": 10,
@@ -387,7 +389,7 @@
     }
    ],
    "source": [
-    "map_ = viz(gdf)\n",
+    "map_ = viz(gdf.geometry)\n",
     "map_"
    ]
   },
@@ -396,7 +398,8 @@
    "id": "91af2a88-9363-4c00-8e54-f06a635ff991",
    "metadata": {},
    "source": [
-    "This map object is a `ScatterplotLayer` type. You could have created the same map by using\n",
+    "This map object is a [`ScatterplotLayer`](https://developmentseed.org/lonboard/api/layers/scatterplot-layer/) type. You could have created the same map by using\n",
+    "\n",
     "```py\n",
     "map_ = lonboard.ScatterplotLayer.from_geopandas(gdf)\n",
     "```"
@@ -531,7 +534,7 @@
        "<div style=\"vertical-align: middle;\"><strong>BrBG</strong> </div><div class=\"cmap\"><img alt=\"BrBG colormap\" title=\"BrBG\" style=\"border: 1px solid #555;\" src=\"data:image/png;base64,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\"></div><div style=\"vertical-align: middle; max-width: 514px; display: flex; justify-content: space-between;\"><div style=\"float: left;\"><div title=\"#543005ff\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 1em; height: 1em; margin: 0; vertical-align: middle; border: 1px solid #555; background-color: #543005ff;\"></div> under</div><div style=\"margin: 0 auto; display: inline-block;\">bad <div title=\"#00000000\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 1em; height: 1em; margin: 0; vertical-align: middle; border: 1px solid #555; background-color: #00000000;\"></div></div><div style=\"float: right;\">over <div title=\"#003c30ff\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 1em; height: 1em; margin: 0; vertical-align: middle; border: 1px solid #555; background-color: #003c30ff;\"></div></div>"
       ],
       "text/plain": [
-       "<matplotlib.colors.LinearSegmentedColormap at 0x1105c2950>"
+       "<matplotlib.colors.LinearSegmentedColormap at 0x2d8cd3590>"
       ]
      },
      "execution_count": 15,
diff --git a/examples/north-america-roads.ipynb b/examples/north-america-roads.ipynb
index cfb45b40..9894f4f3 100644
--- a/examples/north-america-roads.ipynb
+++ b/examples/north-america-roads.ipynb
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     "import geopandas as gpd\n",
     "import palettable.colorbrewer.diverging\n",
     "\n",
-    "from lonboard import PathLayer\n",
+    "from lonboard import PathLayer, viz\n",
     "from lonboard.colormap import apply_continuous_cmap"
    ]
   },
@@ -101,7 +101,9 @@
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": 4,
    "id": "14d60ee4-4006-48b3-8ddb-52e3ae6002da",
-   "metadata": {},
+   "metadata": {
+    "scrolled": true
+   },
    "outputs": [
     {
      "data": {
@@ -277,7 +279,7 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "gdf = gdf[(gdf['country'] == 'United States') & (~gdf['state'].isin(['Hawaii', 'Alaska']))]"
+    "gdf = gdf[gdf[\"state\"] == \"California\"]"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -297,17 +299,14 @@
     {
      "data": {
       "application/vnd.jupyter.widget-view+json": {
-       "model_id": "ab1597e0dde74743a143d1b4f35247a7",
+       "model_id": "8b473d8dd0c640d09b2f7b1163785f8d",
        "version_major": 2,
        "version_minor": 0
       },
       "text/plain": [
-       "PathLayer(get_color=[0, 0, 0], table=pyarrow.Table\n",
-       "prefix: string\n",
-       "number: string\n",
-       "class: string\n",
-       "type: string\n",
-       "di…"
+       "PathLayer(table=pyarrow.Table\n",
+       "__index_level_0__: int64\n",
+       "geometry: list<item: list<item: fixed_size_list<item: d…"
       ]
      },
      "execution_count": 6,
@@ -316,11 +315,61 @@
     }
    ],
    "source": [
-    "black = [0, 0, 0]\n",
-    "map_ = PathLayer.from_geopandas(gdf, get_color=black, width_min_pixels=0.8)\n",
+    "map_ = viz(gdf.geometry, width_min_pixels=0.8)\n",
     "map_"
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "id": "42b7892e-b0b6-4fa8-87a5-937e363c6e34",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "This map object is a [`PathLayer`](https://developmentseed.org/lonboard/api/layers/path-layer/) type. You could have created the same map by using\n",
+    "\n",
+    "```py\n",
+    "map_ = lonboard.PathLayer.from_geopandas(gdf)\n",
+    "```"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 7,
+   "id": "8ff0879a-ae90-4302-91df-7c381a0a1f09",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "lonboard.layer.PathLayer"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 7,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "type(map_)"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "id": "a6bdfd6d-2689-42f6-a538-8f833c6d539a",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "We can look at the [documentation for `PathLayer`](https://developmentseed.org/lonboard/api/layers/path-layer/) to see what other rendering options it allows. Let's set the path color to something other than black:"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 8,
+   "id": "75f67a77-062a-4043-9454-5b2b97b52288",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "map_.get_color = [200, 0, 200]"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "id": "9bac0f0b-7129-476c-8ea0-51c1bede0f4d",
@@ -333,7 +382,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 7,
+   "execution_count": 9,
    "id": "5c33098b-0348-4b07-9ae4-5c56d5d50723",
    "metadata": {
     "scrolled": true
@@ -343,20 +392,20 @@
      "data": {
       "text/plain": [
        "scalerank\n",
-       "3       255\n",
-       "4       320\n",
-       "5       317\n",
-       "6       700\n",
-       "7      3332\n",
-       "8      4339\n",
-       "9      1228\n",
-       "10     5902\n",
-       "11     9859\n",
-       "12    10179\n",
+       "3       19\n",
+       "4       93\n",
+       "5       35\n",
+       "6       94\n",
+       "7      178\n",
+       "8      122\n",
+       "9        1\n",
+       "10     237\n",
+       "11     541\n",
+       "12    1562\n",
        "Name: count, dtype: int64"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 7,
+     "execution_count": 9,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
@@ -375,7 +424,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 8,
+   "execution_count": 10,
    "id": "c7d26678-418e-48f8-827d-050d9f2df1dd",
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
@@ -393,7 +442,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 9,
+   "execution_count": 11,
    "id": "12be09c8-0857-44d8-ad14-69b4c7277fbc",
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
@@ -403,7 +452,7 @@
        "(0.0, 1.0)"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 9,
+     "execution_count": 11,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
@@ -422,7 +471,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 10,
+   "execution_count": 12,
    "id": "1df9d2c9-6f10-49e6-aa4f-6718f3d2f765",
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
@@ -432,7 +481,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 11,
+   "execution_count": 13,
    "id": "6e0f48ab-0cbe-4ce9-b804-9a1a3330ff9f",
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
@@ -443,10 +492,10 @@
        "<div style=\"vertical-align: middle;\"><strong>PuOr</strong> </div><div class=\"cmap\"><img alt=\"PuOr colormap\" title=\"PuOr\" style=\"border: 1px solid #555;\" src=\"data:image/png;base64,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\"></div><div style=\"vertical-align: middle; max-width: 514px; display: flex; justify-content: space-between;\"><div style=\"float: left;\"><div title=\"#7f3b08ff\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 1em; height: 1em; margin: 0; vertical-align: middle; border: 1px solid #555; background-color: #7f3b08ff;\"></div> under</div><div style=\"margin: 0 auto; display: inline-block;\">bad <div title=\"#00000000\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 1em; height: 1em; margin: 0; vertical-align: middle; border: 1px solid #555; background-color: #00000000;\"></div></div><div style=\"float: right;\">over <div title=\"#2d004bff\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 1em; height: 1em; margin: 0; vertical-align: middle; border: 1px solid #555; background-color: #2d004bff;\"></div></div>"
       ],
       "text/plain": [
-       "<matplotlib.colors.LinearSegmentedColormap at 0x125fcbcd0>"
+       "<matplotlib.colors.LinearSegmentedColormap at 0x2959c6b50>"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 11,
+     "execution_count": 13,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
@@ -460,41 +509,23 @@
    "id": "74d9d749-4222-4aa8-bf12-ded79187a616",
    "metadata": {},
    "source": [
-    "Now we'll use `apply_continuous_cmap` onto this array to generate colors for our data:"
+    "Now we'll use `apply_continuous_cmap` onto this array to generate colors for our data. Just set this new array onto the existing map, and you'll see the map update with the new colors!"
    ]
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 12,
+   "execution_count": 14,
    "id": "7288a2d7-3190-4f9e-b29e-bbba32109024",
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "get_color = apply_continuous_cmap(normalized_scale_rank, palettable.colorbrewer.diverging.PuOr_10, alpha=0.8)"
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "cell_type": "markdown",
-   "id": "efbe28aa-c004-41cd-90c9-d12c310b5d95",
-   "metadata": {},
-   "source": [
-    "Just set this new array onto the existing map, and you'll see the map update with the new colors!"
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 13,
-   "id": "0173cced-68fa-4966-9bb8-42f44f35e74b",
-   "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
-   "source": [
-    "map_.get_color = get_color"
+    "map_.get_color = apply_continuous_cmap(normalized_scale_rank, palettable.colorbrewer.diverging.PuOr_10, alpha=0.8)"
    ]
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,
-   "id": "82e50385-137d-46e5-91cc-558b252fd757",
+   "id": "72807632-f5de-4dcc-9c8e-f4e0c8495e2b",
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": []
@@ -502,9 +533,9 @@
  ],
  "metadata": {
   "kernelspec": {
-   "display_name": "lonboard",
+   "display_name": "Python 3 (ipykernel)",
    "language": "python",
-   "name": "lonboard"
+   "name": "python3"
   },
   "language_info": {
    "codemirror_mode": {