MapTiler Planet Lite schema

aerodrome_label #

Aeroports.

Fields

name

Name of the aerodrome.

class

Distinguish between more and less important aerodromes.

Possible values:

• spaceport
• regional
• military
• national
• international

iata

3-character code issued by the IATA.

boundary #

Contains administrative boundaries as linestrings.

Fields

admin_level

Admin_level indicating the level of importance of this boundary.

Possible values:

• 2
• 4
• 6

adm0_l

State name on the left of the border. For country boundaries only (admin_level = 2) from z4.

adm0_r

State name on the right of the border. For country boundaries only (admin_level = 2) from z4.

disputed

Mark with 1 if the border is disputed.

Possible values:

• 0
• 1

disputed_name

Field containing name of the disputed area. For country boundaries only (admin_level = 2).

maritime

Mark with 1 if it is a maritime border.

Possible values:

• 0
• 1

globallandcover #

Landcover with generalized polygons up to zoom 10 with classes - crop, grass, scrub, tree, forest, snow.

Fields

class

An attribute o assign natural colors for globallandcover.

Possible values:

• crop
• grass
• scrub
• tree
• forest
• snow

landcover #

Landcover is used to describe the physical material at the surface of the earth.

Fields

class

Use the class to assign natural colors for landcover.

Possible values:

• ice

subclass

Use subclass to do more precise styling.

Possible values:

• glacier
• ice_shelf

landuse #

Landuse is used to describe use of land by humans.

Fields

class

Use the class to assign special colors to areas.

Possible values:

• residential

mountain_peak #

Natural peaks.

Fields

name

Name of the peak.

class

Possible values:

• mountain

ele

Elevation (ele) in meters.

ele_ft

Elevation (ele) in feets.

customary_ft

Value 1 for peaks in location where feet is used as customary unit (USA).

Possible values:

• 1

rank

Rank of the peak within one tile (starting at 1 that is the most important peak).

park #

National Park units in the United States only.

Fields

class

Possible values:

• national_park
• nature_reserve
• protected_area

name

Name of the park (point features only).

rank

Rank of the park within one tile, starting at 1 that is the most important park (point features only).

place #

The place layer consists out of continents, countries, states and cities.

Fields

id

ID of the place name. When available, the ID is Wikidata ID, then GeoNames, or generic.

name

The name of the unit.

capital

The capital field marks the place is a capital of.

Possible values:

• 2
• 4

class

Distinguish between continents, countries, states and places like settlements or smaller entities. Use class to separately style the different places and build a text hierarchy according to their importance.

Possible values:

• continent
• country
• state
• province
• city

iso_a2

Two-letter country code ISO alpha-2.

rank

Countries, states and the most important cities all have a rank to boost their importance on the map.

poi #

Points of interests containing port and cape tags.

Fields

name

The name value of the POI.

class

Possible values:

• harbor
• natural

rank

Values of importance.

transportation #

Transportation contains roads, railways and shipping lines. It contains all roads from motorways to primary, secondary and tertiary. Roads Styling the roads is the most essential part of the map.

Fields

class

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

Possible values:

• ferry
• motorway
• primary
• secondary
• tertiary
• minor
• track
• motorway_construction
• rail

network

See more info about us-*, ca-transcanada, or gb-*.

Possible values:

• ca-transcanada
• gb-motorway
• gb-trunk
• us-highway
• us-interstate
• us-state

transportation_name #

This is the layer for labelling the highways. Only highways that are named name=* and are long enough to place text upon appear. The 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 name of the highway or road.

ref

Name value 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

See more info about us-*, ca-transcanada, or gb-*.

Possible values:

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

class

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

Possible values:

• motorway
• primary
• secondary
• tertiary
• minor
• track
• motorway_construction
• rail
• ferry

route_1

1st route concurrency.

route_2

2nd route concurrency.

route_3

3rd route concurrency.

route_4

4th route concurrency.

Possible values:

• E442
• E70
• E761
• E85

water #

Water polygons representing oceans and lakes.

Fields

id

ID of the lake. When available, the ID is Wikidata ID (e.g. Lake Geneva - Q6403)

class

All water polygons.

Possible values:

• ocean
• lake

water_name #

Labelling of water bodies. See possible values in class.

Fields

name

Name of the water body.

class

Distinguish between lake, ocean, sea and others .

Possible values:

• lake
• bay
• channel
• fjord
• gulf
• inlet
• lagoon
• ocean
• reef
• river
• sea
• sound
• strait

waterway #

Waterways.

Fields

name

Name of the waterway.

class

Possible values:

• canal
• river

intermittent

Mark with 1 if it is an intermittent waterway.

Possible values:

• 0
• 1