MapTiler Countries 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.

MapTiler Countries is a tileset that contains data about administrative divisions of a world based on countries and their territories.

List of features and IDs

Useful links with features for data joins.

cdn.maptiler.com/data/countries/administrative-level-0.csv
cdn.maptiler.com/data/countries/administrative-level-1.csv
cdn.maptiler.com/data/countries/administrative-level-2.csv
cdn.maptiler.com/data/countries/administrative-level-3.csv
cdn.maptiler.com/data/countries/postal-level-0.csv
cdn.maptiler.com/data/countries/postal-level-1-extra.csv
cdn.maptiler.com/data/countries/postal-level-1.csv

Explore the tileset in the interactive map viewer, check the date of the last update, use it as vector tiles, etc.

Inspect MapTiler Countries schema

Definition of layers

The MapTiler Countries tileset contains the following layers:

administrative #

Contains data about administrative divisions of a world.

Fields

gid

Unique ID for every administrative unit.

level

Hiearchy of administrative level (0 - country; 1 - state, kraj, federal state; 2 - county, ORP; 3 - municipalities; 4 - minor civil divisions).

iso_a2

ISO A2 code of the country.

code

Locally recognized code of the administrative unit.

name

Name of the administrative unit.

wikidata

Wikidata ID of the administrative unit.

area

Area of the administrative unit (square kilometer).

continent

The name of the continent in which the country is located.

level_0

ISO A2 code of the country.

level_1

The name of the 1st hierarchy division of the administrative unit.

level_2

The name of the 2st hierarchy division of the administrative unit.

level_3

The name of the 3st hierarchy division of the administrative unit.

postal #

Contains data about administrative divisions at zip code level.

Fields

gid

Unique ID for every administrative unit.

level

Hiearchy of administrative level (0 - grouped zip code; 1 - detailed zip codes).

iso_a2

ISO A2 code of the country.

code

Locally recognized code of the administrative unit.

name

Name of the administrative unit.

area

Area of the administrative unit (square kilometer).

level_0

ISO A2 code of the country.

level_1

The name of the 1st hierarchy division of the administrative unit.

level_2

The name of the 2st hierarchy division of the administrative unit.

License

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

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