CH Swisstopo LeichteBasiskarte schema

The vector tile schema describes how the vector data is organized into different thematic layers and which attribute and values each layer contains. This is useful for writing a map style.

CH Swisstopo Leichte Basiskarte tileset is a tileset showcasing all SwissTopo layers.

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Definition of layers

The CH Swisstopo LeichteBasiskarte tileset contains the following layers:

aerodrome_label #

Aerodrome labels

Fields

name

common name

name:latin

common name, latin alphabet

name:de

german name, if unavailable uses default name

name:fr

french name, if unavailable uses default name

name:it

italien name, if unavailable uses default name

name:rm

romansh name, if unavailable uses default name

class

Distinguish between more and less important aerodromes.

Possible values:

  • international
  • helipad
  • regional
  • other

ele

elevation in meters, measured in reference system LV95, srid 2056.

ele_ft

elevation in feet, measured in reference system LV95, srid 2056.

iata

iata-code

icao

icao-code

aeroway #

Airport buildings are contained in the building layer but all other airport related polygons can be found in the aeroway layer.

Fields

class

polygon of surfaces used for aerial operations

Possible values:

  • runway
  • runway_grass

area_name #

area_name layer for the LBM, contains points and lines for labelling areas.

Fields

class

area names

Possible values:

  • place

subclass

different classes of areas

Possible values:

  • massif
  • glacier

name

common name

name:latin

common name, latin alphabet

name:de

german name, if unavailable uses default name

name:fr

french name, if unavailable uses default name

name:it

italien name, if unavailable uses default name

name:rm

romansh name, if unavailable uses default name

boundary #

Contains administrative boundaries as linestrings.

Fields

admin_level

admin_level indicating the level of importance of this boundary. The admin_level corresponds to the lowest admin_level the line participates in.

adm4_l

the name of the administrative unit with admin_level = 4 to the left side of the boundary (canton name) or if it is an enclave (foreign territory) the name of the country. can be used to label boundaries.

adm4_r

the name of the administrative unit with admin_level = 4 to the right side of the boundary (canton name) or if it is an enclave (foreign territory) the name of the country. can be used to label boundaries.

disputed

wether the boundary is disputed or not

maritime

wether the boundary is in the sea or not

building #

buildings including roofs without sidewalls

Fields

render_height

the average height of a building

render_min_height

the height of the bottom of the building

building_ln #

building_line layer for the LBM

Fields

name

common name

name:latin

common name, latin alphabet

name:de

german name, if unavailable uses default name

name:fr

french name, if unavailable uses default name

name:it

italien name, if unavailable uses default name

name:rm

romansh name, if unavailable uses default name

class

Distinguish between classes of geometries.

Possible values:

  • horse_racing
  • ski_jump
  • toboggan
  • track
  • weir

construct #

manmade structures not suitable for the layer building.

Fields

class

use class to differentiate between different manmade structures.

Possible values:

  • dam
  • lock
  • platform

contour_line #

contour lines

Fields

class

use class attribute to assign differnt colors for contour_lines.

Possible values:

  • land
  • ice
  • scree
  • water

ele

elevation in meters, measured in reference system LV95, srid 2056.

ele_ft

elevation in feet, measured in reference system LV95, srid 2056.

landcover #

Landcover is used to describe the physical material at the surface of the earth.

Fields

class

Use the class to assign natural colors for landcover.

Possible values:

  • farmland
  • ice
  • wood
  • rock
  • grass
  • wetland

subclass

Use subclass to do more precise styling.

Possible values:

  • allotments
  • forest
  • loose_forest
  • glacier
  • golf_course
  • orchard
  • park
  • plant_nursery
  • scrub
  • swamp
  • vineyard
  • woody_plant

landuse #

Landuse is used to describe use of land by humans.

Fields

class

Use the class to assign special colors to areas.

Possible values:

  • cemetery
  • landfill
  • parking
  • pitch
  • quarry

mountain_peak #

peaks or other topographical landmarks.

Fields

name

common name

name:latin

common name, latin alphabet

name:de

german name, if unavailable uses default name

name:fr

french name, if unavailable uses default name

name:it

italien name, if unavailable uses default name

name:rm

romansh name, if unavailable uses default name

class

Use the class to differentiate between different topographic landmarks.

Possible values:

  • alpine_peak
  • main_peak
  • peak
  • main_hill
  • hill
  • rocky_knoll
  • mountain_pass
  • saddle

ele

elevation in meters, measured in reference system LV95, srid 2056.

ele_ft

elevation in feet, measured in reference system LV95, srid 2056.

rank

values of 1-5 according to relevance of a peak with more important peaks having lower rank values. can be used to adapt styling and filter mountain_peaks with lower values.

park #

The park layer contains parks from national park and protected areas. contains polygons for area and points for labelling

Fields

class

Use the class to differentiate between different parks.

Possible values:

  • national_park

name

common name

name:latin

common name, latin alphabet

name:de

german name, if unavailable uses default name

name:fr

french name, if unavailable uses default name

name:it

italien name, if unavailable uses default name

name:rm

romansh name, if unavailable uses default name

place #

used to label places.

Fields

name

common name

name:latin

common name, latin alphabet

name:de

german name, if unavailable uses default name

name:fr

french name, if unavailable uses default name

name:it

italien name, if unavailable uses default name

name:rm

romansh name, if unavailable uses default name

capital

The capital field marks the admin_level of the boundary the place is a capital of.

Possible values:

  • 2
  • 4

class

distinguish between different size and importance of labelled places.

Possible values:

  • country
  • city
  • town
  • village
  • hamlet
  • isolated_dwelling
  • neighbourhood
  • suburb
  • island

iso_a2

Two-letter country code ISO 3166-1 alpha-2.

code

Two-letter canton code.

population

Approximate number of inhabitants. Can be used to prioritize labelling. Data is not validated and may not be used for analysis!

rank

Use rank to boost importance of places on the map. Important places have lowar ranks than less important ones. The rank field for counries IS 1. The rank field for cities ranges from 3 to 4. places gruadually rank higher serially based on the local importance of the place with higher ranks being less important. You can use the rank to limit density of labels or improve the text hierarchy.

poi #

LBM POIs

Fields

name

common name

name:latin

common name, latin alphabet

name:de

german name, if unavailable uses default name

name:fr

french name, if unavailable uses default name

name:it

italien name, if unavailable uses default name

name:rm

romansh name, if unavailable uses default name

class

More general classes of POIs. If there is no more general class for the subclass this field will contain the same value as subclass.

Possible values:

  • aerialway
  • allotments
  • attraction
  • boundary_stone
  • building
  • bus
  • campsite
  • castle
  • cave
  • cemetery
  • college
  • dam
  • doline
  • elevator
  • ferry_terminal
  • fuel
  • funicular
  • golf
  • hospital
  • lock
  • lodging
  • military
  • monastery
  • monument
  • motorway
  • park
  • pitch
  • place_of_worship
  • power
  • prison
  • railway
  • ruins
  • school
  • sports_centre
  • spring
  • stadium
  • stone
  • storage_tank
  • survey_point
  • swimming_pool
  • tower
  • wastewater_plant
  • waterfall
  • weir
  • zoo

subclass

More refined description.

Possible values:

  • aerialway_station
  • allotments
  • alpine_hut
  • antenna_area
  • attraction
  • boundary_stone
  • building
  • bus_stop
  • cable_car_station
  • camp_site
  • caravan_site
  • car_ferry
  • castle
  • cave
  • cemetery
  • chair_lift_station
  • christian
  • church_tower
  • college
  • communications_tower
  • dam
  • driving_centre
  • elevator
  • entry_exit
  • exit
  • fairground
  • ferry
  • ferry_terminal
  • funicular_stop
  • golf_course
  • gondola_station
  • horse_racing
  • hospital
  • incineration_plant
  • junction
  • lock
  • military
  • monument
  • observation_tower
  • observatory
  • park
  • power_plant
  • prison
  • railway_station
  • rest_area
  • restaurant
  • rest_stop
  • ruins
  • school
  • shop
  • sports_centre
  • spring
  • stadium
  • stone_
  • subway_stop
  • survey_point
  • surveying_pyramid
  • swimming_pool
  • tower
  • toilets
  • tram_stop
  • university
  • viewpoint
  • wastewater_plant
  • waterfall
  • water_tank
  • weir
  • wilderness_hut
  • wind_turbine
  • zoo

direction

can be used to orientate direction for waterfalls

spot_elevation #

spot elevation.

Fields

class

class can be used to allow different styling of elevation points.

Possible values:

  • spot_elevation
  • terrain_spot_elevation
  • lake_elevation
  • sinkhole
  • sinkhole_rock
  • sinkhole_scree
  • sinkhole_ice
  • sinkhole_water
  • doline

ele

elevation in meters, measured in reference system LV95, srid 2056.

ele_ft

elevation in feet, measured in reference system LV95, srid 2056.

lake_depth

the maximum depth of the lake in meters.

lake_depth_ft

the maximum depth of the lake in feet.

transportation #

transportation contains roads, railways, aerialways, and ferry lines. It contains all roads from motorways to primary, secondary and tertiary roads to residential roads and foot paths. Styling the roads is the most essential part of the map.

Fields

class

Distinguish between more and less important roads, railways, shipways and aerialways.

Possible values:

  • motorway
  • trunk
  • primary
  • secondary
  • tertiary
  • minor
  • path
  • footway
  • service
  • track
  • trail
  • transit
  • rail
  • via_ferrata
  • ferry
  • car_ferry
  • cable_car
  • gondola
  • chair_lift

subclass

Distinguish more specific qualities.

Possible values:

  • avalanche_protector
  • avalanche_protector_bridge
  • covered_bridge
  • steps
  • tram
  • subway
  • funicular
  • rail
  • rack_rail
  • narrow_gauge

brunnel

Mark whether it is a bridge or tunnel or ford.

Possible values:

  • bridge
  • tunnel
  • ford

ramp

Mark with 1 whether way is a ramp (link or steps) or not with 0.

Possible values:

  • 0
  • 1

oneway

Trafficways that are not oneway are marked with 0, oneway trafficways are marked with 1 and duplicate road tunnel oneways may be marked with 2 for filtering at lower zoomlevels.

Possible values:

  • 0
  • 1
  • 2

layer

Used to describe vertical relationships between crossing or overlapping features.

Possible values:

  • -5
  • -4
  • -3
  • -2
  • -1
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

surface

Used to describe the surface type of roads.

Possible values:

  • paved
  • unpaved

sac_scale

Different kinds of hiking trails.

Possible values:

  • mountain_hiking
  • hiking
  • alpine_hiking

service

Mark railways that are dead-ends.

Possible values:

  • siding

is_route

Mark roads that are important routes (values 5-10) or main railways (value 99).

Possible values:

  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 10
  • 99

transportation_name #

Labeling geometry for transportation layer.

Fields

class

Distinguish between more and less important roads or railways and roads.

Possible values:

  • motorway
  • trunk
  • primary
  • secondary
  • tertiary
  • minor
  • path
  • service
  • track
  • trail
  • transit
  • rail
  • via_ferrata
  • ferry
  • car_ferry
  • cable_car
  • gondola
  • chair_lift

subclass

Distinguish more specific qualities.

Possible values:

  • avalanche_protector_bridge
  • covered_bridge
  • steps
  • tram
  • subway
  • funicular
  • rail
  • rack_rail
  • narrow_gauge

brunnel

Mark whether it is a bridge or tunnel or ford.

Possible values:

  • bridge
  • tunnel
  • ford

name

common name

name:latin

common name, latin alphabet

name:de

german name, if unavailable uses default name

name:fr

french name, if unavailable uses default name

name:it

italien name, if unavailable uses default name

name:rm

romansh name, if unavailable uses default name

ref

Route number.

ref_length

Length of ref field.

layer

Used to describe vertical relationships between crossing or overlapping features.

Possible values:

  • -5
  • -4
  • -3
  • -2
  • -1
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

is_route

Mark roads that are important routes (values 5-10) or main railways (value 99).

Possible values:

  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 10
  • 99

water #

Water polygons representing rivers and lakes but also artificial constructions such as pools

Fields

class

Water bodies are classified as lake, river or pool.

Possible values:

  • lake
  • river
  • pool

water_name #

The water_name layer contains points to label waterbodies.

Fields

class

used to distinguish entire or parts of waterbodies.

Possible values:

  • lake

name

common name

name:latin

common name, latin alphabet

name:de

german name, if unavailable uses default name

name:fr

french name, if unavailable uses default name

name:it

italien name, if unavailable uses default name

name:rm

romansh name, if unavailable uses default name

direction

direction of the lake to rotate label.

size

values 1 to 10, can be used for label size.

waterway #

Lines of waterways or outlines of waterbodies. Underground waterways are not included.

Fields

name

common name

name:latin

common name, latin alphabet

name:de

german name, if unavailable uses default name

name:fr

french name, if unavailable uses default name

name:it

italien name, if unavailable uses default name

name:rm

romansh name, if unavailable uses default name

class

stream/river are classified by Strahler-order. Upstream rivers are classified as streams, once they reach a certain Strahler number or if they intersect with a waterbody (polygon), they are classified as rivers.

Possible values:

  • stream
  • river
  • pressurised
  • drain

intermittent

Mark with 1 if it is an intermittent waterway.

Possible values:

  • 0
  • 1

width

used to symbolize downstream rivers wider than upstream.

License

With the use of this API, you must visibly credit these attributions:

© swisstopo

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