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.