NL Cartiqo 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.

Cartiqo is a Vector Tile product based on open source geo data of the Netherlands. It provides a full and detailed map of the Netherlands customizable to your own likes.

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

Inspect NL Cartiqo schema

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Definition of layers

The NL Cartiqo tileset contains the following layers:

agricultural #

All fields for agricultural purposes, including pastures, greenhouses, arboriculture and fallow.

Together with the layers natural, infrastructure and builtup it covers the total surface of the Netherlands from zoom level 13 and higher.

Fields

originalID

type

The main type of the feature.

Possible values:

  • agriculture
  • arboriculture
  • pasture
  • greenhouse
  • fallow

subtype

Possible values:

  • agriculture
    • orchard
    • fruit
  • arboriculture
    • nursery
  • pasture
  • greenhouse
  • fallow

boundaries #

Administrative boundaries of countries, provinces and municipalities. Will be expanded with regions and neighborhoods in the next editions.

Fields

originalID

name

type

The main type of the feature.

Possible values:

  • country
  • province
  • municipality

subtype

Possible values:

  • country
    • foreign
    • domestic
  • province
  • municipality

waterline #

Contains all the urban areas and buildings. On lower zoom levels a city is represented as an urban area and on higher zoom levels the areas will be split up into building blocks and later by buildings and even more detail, entrances, walls and covers. Together with the layers natural, agriculture and infrastructure it covers the total surface of the Netherlands from zoom level 13 and higher.

Fields

originalID

name

type

The main type of the feature.

Possible values:

  • area
  • building
  • wall

subtype

Possible values:

  • area
    • ` `
    • courtyard
    • industrial
    • residential
    • graveyard
  • building
    • ` `
    • industry
    • main
    • barn
    • entrance
    • waterbassin
    • cover
    • pitch
    • berth
  • wall

infrastructure #

This is NOT the road infrastructure. But physical areas, human-made which are not natural or vegetation covered. Mostly asphalt or stone coverages, often found inside urban areas. Areas supporting the road infrastructure. Together with the layers agriculture, natural and builtup it covers the total surface of the Netherlands from zoom level 13 and higher.

Fields

originalID

name

type

The main type of the feature.

Possible values:

  • parking
  • road
  • railway
  • jetty
  • tunnel
  • bridge
  • runway
  • pavement

subtype

Possible values:

  • parking
  • road
    • motorway
    • transit
    • bike
    • driveway
    • bridle_Way
    • crossing
    • secondary
    • highway
    • local
    • path
  • railway
    • track_surface
    • platform
  • jetty
  • tunnel
  • bridge
  • runway
  • pavement

labels #

Names of areas, usually displayed only as a label (not an icon). Larger areas with natural names of undefined borders and administrative areas. Also including address numbers at zoom level 16.

Fields

originalID

name

type

Possible values:

  • place - Place names of inhabited places like cities, large towns, small towns and hamlets in the Netherlands. Also including urban district names as used by inhabitants (different form administrative districts).
  • admin - Administrative names from administrative areas according to the CBS. Placed as a point inside the area.
  • water - Relevant water names of physical areas. (not harbors)
  • nature - Relevant nature area names. Only large nature areas. (not gardens and dog parks)
  • adress - Address numbers and letters, available at zoom level 16.
  • junction
  • milestone
  • street

subtype

Possible values:

  • place
    • urban_district
    • settlement
  • admin
    • country
    • province
    • municipality
    • district
    • neighborhood
  • water
  • nature
  • address
  • junction
  • milestone
  • street

hierarchy

Place label hierarchy. Based on capitals, population size, category and geometry type. e.g. polygons have a higher hierarchy then points. For a detailed overview see the document Label_hierarchy.ods

Possible values:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13

rotation

Rotation of address numbers in degrees. Only for type == address. Possible values from -90 to 90.

natural #

Contains all nature polygons like nature areas, grass fields and forest areas. It describes the physical material of the land surface. Together with the layers agriculture, infrastructure and builtup it covers the total surface of the Netherlands from zoom level 13 and higher.

Fields

originalID

type

The main type of the feature.

Possible values:

  • high - is all natural vegetation like trees and forest areas. Including tree lines.
  • low - covers all natural vegetation defined as grass, heather and shrubs.
  • bare - are features describing natural areas without vegetation like sand areas: dunes and sand and rock plains.

subtype

The subtype of the feature describes the type in even more detail and can be used to make more distinction in the map styling.

Possible values:

  • high
    • mixed
    • deciduous
    • coniferous
  • low
    • heath
    • grass
    • shrubs
  • bare
    • sand
    • rock
    • dune

obstructions #

Fields

originalID

type

The main type of the feature.

  • fence
  • hedge
  • railing
  • wall

pois #

Points of interest which usually are visualized with an icon. Human-made functionality or human agreements that define a distinct place of reference.

Fields

originalID

name

type

Possible values:

  • food_drink - All food and drink occasions.
  • public_building - A public building with general purposes.
  • public_space - Public areas which are not buildings but fields or areas with a functionality. Like a harbour, industry, dog park or playground. Nature areas which describe physical areas are not in this layer but in Labels. POIs describe an area with a human decided function assigned.
  • public_transport - Public transport stops.
  • commercial - Commercial shops other then food and drink.

subtype

Possible values:

  • food_drink
    • drink
    • food
  • public_building
    • culture
    • education
    • healthcare
    • public_building
  • public_space
    • industry
    • green
    • parking
    • sport
    • water
  • public_transport
    • airport
    • bus_stop
    • ferry_terminal
    • metro_entrance
    • train_station
    • tram_stop
  • commercial
    • groceries
    • convenience
    • fuel

subsubtype

The subsubtype of a POI feature is the original description from source data the POI is derived from. (mainly OSM)

hierarchy

The label hierarchy or size/importance per POI category. Top10NL data is considered priority. Then Polygon sources and larger areas. Then POINTS Most features must contain a name to be considered in the data. Except for the Parking places. Which are hierarchical ordered according to having a name or not. Parks are also hierarchical ordered to name and area size. See POIs_decision.ods for a complete overview of the decisions made.

Possible values:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 10

railways #

Fields

originalID

type

The main type of the feature.

Possible values:

  • rail
  • tram
  • metro
  • industrial
  • touristic
  • light_rail

tunnel

If line feature is tunnel or not.

Possible values:

  • true
  • false

roads #

Fields

originalID

name

type

The main type of the feature.

Possible values:

  • highway
  • motorway
  • main
  • secondary
  • local
  • bike
  • path
  • ferry

tunnel

If line feature is tunnel or not.

Possible values:

  • true
  • false

oneway

Possible values:

  • -1
  • 0
  • 1

road_number

Dutch road number classification if available. Like A roads and N road numbers. These roads often contain a name and a number, so this can be used for double labeling.

water #

Contains all water area polygons like oceans, sea, lakes and rivers. On lower zoom levels it contains all oceans from the Natural Earth data set. At higher zoom levels it contains all water bodies from The Netherlands. Including the Wadden.

Fields

originalID

name

type

The main type of the feature.

Possible values:

  • sea
  • tidal_flat
  • lake
  • water_way

waterline #

Water streams in Dutch geo data sources are sometimes drawn as a Polygon and sometimes as a Line. Therefore a separate layer for water lines is provided. Note! a water body or stream is not defined by the geometry. Water streams can be drawn as a line or a polygon. Water bodies are often given as polygons but also larger rivers are given as polygons. No explicit reasons can be found for this difference. Mostly water drawn as lines are smaller water streams like ditches between fields.

Fields

originalID

name

type

The type of water line is the width given by the source data.

Possible values:

  • 3m
  • 6m
  • 12m
  • 50m
  • 125m

License

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

© MapTiler © Cartiqo © OpenStreetMap contributors