MapTiler Ocean 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 Ocean is a tileset that contains contour lines with minimum depth in meters, adjacent polygons with minimum depth for world oceans and seas.

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Definition of layers

The MapTiler Ocean tileset contains the following layers:

contour #

Contains polygons of ocean and sea depths.

Fields

depth

Minimal depth value (a negative number).

Possible values:

  • 0
  • -12000

contour_line #

Contains lines of ocean and sea depths.

Fields

depth

Minimal depth value (a negative number).

Possible values:

  • 0
  • -12000

landform #

A landform is any topographic feature on the Earth, e.g., canyons, hills, or ridges.

Fields

name

The name of landform entity.

class

The type of landform entity.

Possible values:

  • Bank
  • Caldera
  • Canyon
  • Deep
  • Guyot
  • Hill
  • Knoll
  • Reef
  • Ridge
  • Seamount
  • Shoal
  • Valley
  • Sea Valley

water_name #

Ocean and sea names.

Fields

name

The name value of the water body.

class

Distinguish between ocean and sea.

Possible values:

  • sea
  • ocean

License

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

© MapTiler