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.