diff --git a/src/mapml/utils/Util.js b/src/mapml/utils/Util.js
index 34ac1352a..9e18790a9 100644
--- a/src/mapml/utils/Util.js
+++ b/src/mapml/utils/Util.js
@@ -646,29 +646,54 @@ export const Util = {
     return [column, row];
   },
 
-  // Pastes text to a mapml-viewer/map element(mapEl), text can be a mapml link, geojson, or a map-layer
-  //    used for pasting layers through ctrl+v, drag/drop, and pasting through the contextmenu
+  // Pastes text to a mapml-viewer/map element(mapEl), text can be a mapml link, GeoJSON link, GeoJSON,
+  //    or a map-layer used for pasting layers through ctrl+v, drag/drop, and pasting through the contextmenu
   // _pasteLayer: HTMLElement Str -> None
   // Effects: append a map-layer element to mapEl, if it is valid
-  _pasteLayer: function (mapEl, text) {
+  _pasteLayer: async function (mapEl, text) {
     try {
+      // try to process text as a link
       new URL(text);
-      // create a new <map-layer> child of the <mapml-viewer> element
-      let l =
-        '<map-layer src="' +
-        text +
-        '" label="' +
-        mapEl.locale.dfLayer +
-        '" checked=""></map-layer>';
-      mapEl.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', l);
-      mapEl.lastElementChild.whenReady().catch(() => {
-        if (mapEl) {
-          // should invoke lifecyle callbacks automatically by removing it from DOM
-          mapEl.removeChild(mapEl.lastChild);
+      // get the content type of the link
+      const response = await fetch(text);
+      const contentType = response.headers.get('Content-Type');
+      // get the file extension by removing any query strings that may exist
+      let ext = response.url
+        .split('?')[0]
+        .split('#')[0]
+        .split('.')
+        .pop()
+        .toLowerCase();
+      if (
+        contentType === 'application/json' ||
+        contentType === 'application/geo+json' ||
+        ext === 'geojson' ||
+        ext === 'json'
+      ) {
+        // try to process as GeoJSON
+        const textContent = await response.text();
+        try {
+          mapEl.geojson2mapml(JSON.parse(textContent));
+        } catch {
+          console.log('Error parsing GeoJSON from: ' + text);
         }
-        // garbage collect it
-        l = null;
-      });
+      } else {
+        // try to process as a mapml file
+        // create a new <map-layer> child of the <mapml-viewer> element
+        let l =
+          '<map-layer src="' +
+          text +
+          '" label="' +
+          mapEl.locale.dfLayer +
+          '" checked=""></map-layer>';
+        mapEl.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', l);
+        mapEl.lastElementChild.whenReady().catch(() => {
+          if (mapEl) {
+            // should invoke lifecyle callbacks automatically by removing it from DOM
+            mapEl.removeChild(mapEl.lastChild);
+          }
+        });
+      }
     } catch (err) {
       text = text
         .replace(/(<!--.*?-->)|(<!--[\S\s]+?-->)|(<!--[\S\s]*?$)/g, '')
diff --git a/test/e2e/data/geojson/geojsonFeature.geojson b/test/e2e/data/geojson/geojsonFeature.geojson
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e3d01eaf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/data/geojson/geojsonFeature.geojson
@@ -0,0 +1,276 @@
+{
+    "type": "FeatureCollection",
+    "features": [
+        {
+            "type": "Feature",
+            "properties": {},
+            "geometry": {
+                "type": "Polygon",
+                "coordinates": [
+                    [
+                        [
+                            -75.70780569986765,
+                            45.5920359149936
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.73525628546578,
+                            45.59108894489039
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.76243975673378,
+                            45.58825724974241
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.7890916789868,
+                            45.58356838256187
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.81495294677363,
+                            45.57706795783245
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.83977237381661,
+                            45.568819194325386
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.86330919462635,
+                            45.558902282226015
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.8853354504608,
+                            45.547413581621775
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.90563823403548,
+                            45.534464661229705
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.92402176947941,
+                            45.520181187936664
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.94030930641726,
+                            45.504701679264016
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.95434480968453,
+                            45.488176132233605
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.96599442899006,
+                            45.470764543288006
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.97514773576597,
+                            45.45263533489585
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.98171871743018,
+                            45.433963705246484
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.98564652227138,
+                            45.414929918005164
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.98689595109964,
+                            45.39571754946352
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.98545769463844,
+                            45.37651171058487
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.98134831832753,
+                            45.35749726141881
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.97460999872716,
+                            45.33885703515545
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.9653100180382,
+                            45.320770088720245
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.95354002536402,
+                            45.3034099962873
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.93941507522847,
+                            45.28694320143128
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.92307245552915,
+                            45.271527442856325
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.90467031854962,
+                            45.25731026775368
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.88438612988863,
+                            45.24442764585996
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.86241495120186,
+                            45.23300269623039
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.8389675735094,
+                            45.22314453761789
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.81426851851788,
+                            45.21494727217167
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.78855392596125,
+                            45.2084891109474
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.76206934539545,
+                            45.203831648465346
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.73506745121092,
+                            45.2010192922696
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.70780569986765,
+                            45.20007885213734
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.68054394852436,
+                            45.2010192922696
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.65354205433984,
+                            45.203831648465346
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.62705747377403,
+                            45.2084891109474
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.6013428812174,
+                            45.21494727217167
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.5766438262259,
+                            45.22314453761789
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.55319644853343,
+                            45.23300269623039
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.53122526984666,
+                            45.24442764585996
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.51094108118566,
+                            45.25731026775368
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.49253894420613,
+                            45.271527442856325
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.47619632450683,
+                            45.28694320143128
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.46207137437128,
+                            45.3034099962873
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.45030138169709,
+                            45.320770088720245
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.44100140100812,
+                            45.33885703515545
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.43426308140776,
+                            45.35749726141881
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.43015370509684,
+                            45.37651171058487
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.42871544863564,
+                            45.39571754946352
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.4299648774639,
+                            45.414929918005164
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.4338926823051,
+                            45.433963705246484
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.44046366396931,
+                            45.45263533489585
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.44961697074523,
+                            45.470764543288006
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.46126659005076,
+                            45.488176132233605
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.47530209331804,
+                            45.504701679264016
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.49158963025587,
+                            45.520181187936664
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.5099731656998,
+                            45.534464661229705
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.53027594927448,
+                            45.547413581621775
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.55230220510894,
+                            45.558902282226015
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.57583902591867,
+                            45.568819194325386
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.60065845296165,
+                            45.57706795783245
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.6265197207485,
+                            45.58356838256187
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.6531716430015,
+                            45.58825724974241
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.6803551142695,
+                            45.59108894489039
+                        ],
+                        [
+                            -75.70780569986765,
+                            45.5920359149936
+                        ]
+                    ]
+                ]
+            }
+        }
+    ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/e2e/data/geojson/geojsonPoint.json b/test/e2e/data/geojson/geojsonPoint.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ec19c57b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/data/geojson/geojsonPoint.json
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+{
+    "type": "FeatureCollection",
+    "features": [
+        {
+            "id": "1535.115.1",
+            "type": "Feature",
+            "geometry": {
+                "coordinates": [
+                    -139.12777777777777,
+                    64.04305555555555
+                ],
+                "type": "Point"
+            },
+            "properties": {
+                "CURRENT_FLAG": "Y"
+            }
+        }
+    ],
+    "numberMatched": 592926,
+    "numberReturned": 1,
+    "links": [
+        {
+            "type": "application/geo+json",
+            "rel": "self",
+            "title": "This document as GeoJSON",
+            "href": "https://api.weather.gc.ca/collections/climate-normals/items?f=json&limit=10&lang=en"
+        },
+        {
+            "rel": "alternate",
+            "type": "application/ld+json",
+            "title": "This document as RDF (JSON-LD)",
+            "href": "https://api.weather.gc.ca/collections/climate-normals/items?f=jsonld&limit=10&lang=en"
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "text/html",
+            "rel": "alternate",
+            "title": "This document as HTML",
+            "href": "https://api.weather.gc.ca/collections/climate-normals/items?f=html&limit=10&lang=en"
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "application/geo+json",
+            "rel": "next",
+            "title": "items (next)",
+            "href": "https://api.weather.gc.ca/collections/climate-normals/items?offset=10&limit=10&lang=en"
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "application/json",
+            "title": "1981-2010 Climate Normals",
+            "rel": "collection",
+            "href": "https://api.weather.gc.ca/collections/climate-normals/items"
+        }
+    ],
+    "timeStamp": "2024-10-09T17:03:07.763201Z"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/e2e/mapml-viewer/mapml-viewer.html b/test/e2e/mapml-viewer/mapml-viewer.html
index 03a7a3101..d2243bbad 100644
--- a/test/e2e/mapml-viewer/mapml-viewer.html
+++ b/test/e2e/mapml-viewer/mapml-viewer.html
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@
   <textarea id="invalidLink" name="message" rows="10" cols="100">https://example.com</textarea>
   <textarea id="invalidText" name="message" rows="10" cols="100">asdasdasdadsasd</textarea>
   <textarea id="copyLink" name="message" rows="10" cols="100">http://localhost:30001/data/query/DouglasFir</textarea>
+  <textarea id="linkGeoJSONContentType" name="message" rows="10" cols="100">http://localhost:30001/data/query/geojsonFeature</textarea>
+  <textarea id="linkJSONContentType" name="message" rows="10" cols="100">http://localhost:30001/data/query/geojsonPoint</textarea>
+  <textarea id="linkGeoJSONExt" name="message" rows="10" cols="100">http://localhost:30001/data/query/geojsonFeature.geojson</textarea>
+  <textarea id="linkJSONExt" name="message" rows="10" cols="100">http://localhost:30001/data/query/geojsonPoint.json</textarea>
 </body>
 
 </html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/e2e/mapml-viewer/mapml-viewer.test.js b/test/e2e/mapml-viewer/mapml-viewer.test.js
index 56663c639..1911cfede 100644
--- a/test/e2e/mapml-viewer/mapml-viewer.test.js
+++ b/test/e2e/mapml-viewer/mapml-viewer.test.js
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ test.describe('Playwright mapml-viewer Element Tests', () => {
 
     await page.click('body > mapml-viewer');
     await page.keyboard.press('Control+v');
+    await page.waitForTimeout(1000);
     const layerCount = await page.$eval(
       'body > mapml-viewer',
       (map) => map.layers.length
@@ -193,6 +194,66 @@ test.describe('Playwright mapml-viewer Element Tests', () => {
     expect(layerCount).toEqual(3);
   });
 
+  test('Paste links with GeoJSON content-type to map using ctrl+v', async () => {
+    await page.click('body > textarea#linkGeoJSONContentType');
+    await page.keyboard.press('Control+a');
+    await page.keyboard.press('Control+c');
+
+    await page.click('body > mapml-viewer');
+    await page.keyboard.press('Control+v');
+    await page.waitForTimeout(1000);
+    const layerCount = await page.$eval(
+      'body > mapml-viewer',
+      (map) => map.layers.length
+    );
+    expect(layerCount).toEqual(4);
+  });
+
+  test('Paste links with JSON content-type to map using ctrl+v', async () => {
+    await page.click('body > textarea#linkJSONContentType');
+    await page.keyboard.press('Control+a');
+    await page.keyboard.press('Control+c');
+
+    await page.click('body > mapml-viewer');
+    await page.keyboard.press('Control+v');
+    await page.waitForTimeout(1000);
+    const layerCount = await page.$eval(
+      'body > mapml-viewer',
+      (map) => map.layers.length
+    );
+    expect(layerCount).toEqual(5);
+  });
+
+  test('Paste links with GeoJSON extension to map using ctrl+v', async () => {
+    await page.click('body > textarea#linkGeoJSONExt');
+    await page.keyboard.press('Control+a');
+    await page.keyboard.press('Control+c');
+
+    await page.click('body > mapml-viewer');
+    await page.keyboard.press('Control+v');
+    await page.waitForTimeout(1000);
+    const layerCount = await page.$eval(
+      'body > mapml-viewer',
+      (map) => map.layers.length
+    );
+    expect(layerCount).toEqual(6);
+  });
+
+  test('Paste links with JSON extension to map using ctrl+v', async () => {
+    await page.click('body > textarea#linkJSONExt');
+    await page.keyboard.press('Control+a');
+    await page.keyboard.press('Control+c');
+
+    await page.click('body > mapml-viewer');
+    await page.keyboard.press('Control+v');
+    await page.waitForTimeout(1000);
+    const layerCount = await page.$eval(
+      'body > mapml-viewer',
+      (map) => map.layers.length
+    );
+    expect(layerCount).toEqual(7);
+  });
+
   test('Press spacebar when focus is on map', async () => {
     // scroll to the top
     await page.mouse.wheel(0, -1000);
diff --git a/test/e2e/web-map/map.html b/test/e2e/web-map/map.html
index 36b311d5f..b6306876d 100644
--- a/test/e2e/web-map/map.html
+++ b/test/e2e/web-map/map.html
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@
   <textarea id="invalidLink" name="message" rows="10" cols="100">https://example.com</textarea>
   <textarea id="invalidText" name="message" rows="10" cols="100">asdasdasdadsasd</textarea>
   <textarea id="copyLink" name="message" rows="10" cols="100">http://localhost:30001/data/query/DouglasFir</textarea>
+  <textarea id="linkGeoJSONContentType" name="message" rows="10" cols="100">http://localhost:30001/data/query/geojsonFeature</textarea>
+  <textarea id="linkJSONContentType" name="message" rows="10" cols="100">http://localhost:30001/data/query/geojsonPoint</textarea>
+  <textarea id="linkGeoJSONExt" name="message" rows="10" cols="100">http://localhost:30001/data/query/geojsonFeature.geojson</textarea>
+  <textarea id="linkJSONExt" name="message" rows="10" cols="100">http://localhost:30001/data/query/geojsonPoint.json</textarea>
 </body>
 
 </html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/e2e/web-map/map.test.js b/test/e2e/web-map/map.test.js
index a23de6635..9bd91394c 100644
--- a/test/e2e/web-map/map.test.js
+++ b/test/e2e/web-map/map.test.js
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ test.describe('Playwright web-map Element Tests', () => {
 
     await page.click('body > map');
     await page.keyboard.press('Control+v');
+    await page.waitForTimeout(1000);
     const layerCount = await page.$eval(
       'body > map',
       (map) => map.layers.length
@@ -74,6 +75,66 @@ test.describe('Playwright web-map Element Tests', () => {
     expect(layerCount).toEqual(3);
   });
 
+  test('Paste links with GeoJSON content-type to map using ctrl+v', async () => {
+    await page.click('body > textarea#linkGeoJSONContentType');
+    await page.keyboard.press('Control+a');
+    await page.keyboard.press('Control+c');
+
+    await page.click('body > map');
+    await page.keyboard.press('Control+v');
+    await page.waitForTimeout(1000);
+    const layerCount = await page.$eval(
+      'body > map',
+      (map) => map.layers.length
+    );
+    expect(layerCount).toEqual(4);
+  });
+
+  test('Paste links with JSON content-type to map using ctrl+v', async () => {
+    await page.click('body > textarea#linkJSONContentType');
+    await page.keyboard.press('Control+a');
+    await page.keyboard.press('Control+c');
+
+    await page.click('body > map');
+    await page.keyboard.press('Control+v');
+    await page.waitForTimeout(1000);
+    const layerCount = await page.$eval(
+      'body > map',
+      (map) => map.layers.length
+    );
+    expect(layerCount).toEqual(5);
+  });
+
+  test('Paste links with GeoJSON extension to map using ctrl+v', async () => {
+    await page.click('body > textarea#linkGeoJSONExt');
+    await page.keyboard.press('Control+a');
+    await page.keyboard.press('Control+c');
+
+    await page.click('body > map');
+    await page.keyboard.press('Control+v');
+    await page.waitForTimeout(1000);
+    const layerCount = await page.$eval(
+      'body > map',
+      (map) => map.layers.length
+    );
+    expect(layerCount).toEqual(6);
+  });
+
+  test('Paste links with JSON extension to map using ctrl+v', async () => {
+    await page.click('body > textarea#linkJSONExt');
+    await page.keyboard.press('Control+a');
+    await page.keyboard.press('Control+c');
+
+    await page.click('body > map');
+    await page.keyboard.press('Control+v');
+    await page.waitForTimeout(1000);
+    const layerCount = await page.$eval(
+      'body > map',
+      (map) => map.layers.length
+    );
+    expect(layerCount).toEqual(7);
+  });
+
   test('Press spacebar when focus is on map', async () => {
     //  scroll to the top
     await page.mouse.wheel(0, -1000);
diff --git a/test/server.js b/test/server.js
index b48500698..908875223 100644
--- a/test/server.js
+++ b/test/server.js
@@ -114,6 +114,50 @@ app.get('/data/noMapMeta', (req, res, next) => {
     }
   );
 });
+app.get('/data/query/geojsonFeature', (req, res, next) => {
+  res.sendFile(
+    __dirname + '/e2e/data/geojson/geojsonFeature.geojson',
+    { headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/geo+json' } },
+    (err) => {
+      if (err) {
+        res.status(403).send('Error.');
+      }
+    }
+  );
+});
+app.get('/data/query/geojsonPoint', (req, res, next) => {
+  res.sendFile(
+    __dirname + '/e2e/data/geojson/geojsonPoint.json',
+    { headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' } },
+    (err) => {
+      if (err) {
+        res.status(403).send('Error.');
+      }
+    }
+  );
+});
+app.get('/data/query/geojsonFeature.geojson', (req, res, next) => {
+  res.sendFile(
+    __dirname + '/e2e/data/geojson/geojsonFeature.geojson',
+    { headers: { 'Content-Type': 'text/html' } },
+    (err) => {
+      if (err) {
+        res.status(403).send('Error.');
+      }
+    }
+  );
+});
+app.get('/data/query/geojsonPoint.json', (req, res, next) => {
+  res.sendFile(
+    __dirname + '/e2e/data/geojson/geojsonPoint.json',
+    { headers: { 'Content-Type': 'text/html' } },
+    (err) => {
+      if (err) {
+        res.status(403).send('Error.');
+      }
+    }
+  );
+});
 
 app.use('/data', express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'e2e/data/tiles/cbmt')));
 app.use('/data', express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'e2e/data/tiles/wgs84')));