This is the layer for labelling the highways. Only highways that are named name=* and are long enough to place text upon appear. The OSM roads are stitched together if they contain the same name to have better label placement than having many small linestrings. For motorways you should use the ref field to label them while for other roads you should use name.

Fields

name

The OSM name value of the highway.

name_en

English name name:en if available, otherwise name.

name_de

German name name:de if available, otherwise name or name:en.

ref

The OSM ref tag of the motorway or its network.

ref_length

Length of the ref field. Useful for having a shield icon as background for labeling motorways.

network

The network type derived mainly from network tag of the road. See more info about us-*, ca-transcanada, or gb-*.

Possible values:

• us-interstate
• us-highway
• us-state
• ca-transcanada
• gb-motorway
• gb-trunk
• road (default)

class

Distinguish between more and less important roads and roads under construction.

Possible values:

• motorway
• trunk
• primary
• secondary
• tertiary
• minor
• service
• track
• path
• raceway
• motorway_construction
• trunk_construction
• primary_construction
• secondary_construction
• tertiary_construction
• minor_construction
• service_construction
• track_construction
• path_construction
• raceway_construction
• rail
• transit
• motorway_junction

subclass

Distinguish more specific classes of path: Subclass is value of the highway (for paths), and “junction” for motorway junctions.

Possible values:

• pedestrian
• path
• footway
• cycleway
• steps
• bridleway
• corridor
• platform
• junction

brunnel

Mark whether way is a bridge, a tunnel or a ford.

Possible values:

• bridge
• tunnel
• ford

level

Experimental feature! Filled only for steps and footways. Original value of level tag.

layer

Experimental feature! Filled only for steps and footways. Original value of layer tag.

indoor

Experimental feature! Filled only for steps and footways. Original value of indoor tag.

Possible values:

• 1

route_1

1st route concurrency.

route_2

2nd route concurrency.

route_3

3rd route concurrency.

route_4

4th route concurrency.

route_5

5th route concurrency.

route_6

6th route concurrency.