Contains administrative boundaries as linestrings. Until z4 Natural Earth data is used after which OSM boundaries (boundary=administrative) are present from z5 to z14 (also for maritime boundaries with admin_level <= 2 at z4). OSM data contains several admin_level but for most styles it makes sense to just style admin_level=2 and admin_level=4.

Fields

admin_level

OSM admin_level indicating the level of importance of this boundary. The admin_level corresponds to the lowest admin_level the line participates in. At low zoom levels the Natural Earth boundaries are mapped to the equivalent admin levels.

adm0_l

State name on the left of the border. For country boundaries only (admin_level = 2).

adm0_r

State name on the right of the border. For country boundaries only (admin_level = 2).

disputed

Mark with 1 if the border is disputed.

Possible values:

  • 0
  • 1

disputed_name

Field containing name of the disputed area (extracted from border relation in OSM, without spaces). For country boundaries only (admin_level = 2). Value examples from Asian OSM pbf extract

Possible values:

  • AbuMusaIsland
  • BaraHotiiValleys
  • ChineseClaim
  • Crimea
  • Demchok
  • Dokdo
  • IndianClaim-North
  • IndianClaimwesternKashmir
  • PakistaniClaim
  • SamduValleys
  • TirpaniValleys

claimed_by

ISO2 code of country, which wants to see the boundary line. For country boundaries only (admin_level = 2).

maritime

Mark with 1 if it is a maritime border.

Possible values:

  • 0
  • 1
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