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The point representing the palce.It include populated settlements,capital, city, town, village etc. (ordered by scalerank for NE data.) Note: 'admin_level' renamed it to scalerank, city(scarlerank< =3), town(scarlerank=4,5), county(scarlerank=6)
geometry
type : point
Field | Description |
---|---|
name | The name (or names) used locally for the place. |
name_en | English (if available, otherwise same as name) |
name_zh | Chinese (if available, otherwise same as name) |
name_ar | Arabic (if available, otherwise same as name) |
name_de | German name name_de if available, otherwise name or name_en . |
The main field used for styling the place is class
. For NE data, there is only scalerank to filter and simplify the place, so we refined it: class
= 'city'
(for NE data, scalerank⇐'3'); class
= 'town'
(for NE data, scalerank = '4' and '5'); class
= 'county'
(for NE data, scalerank = '6');
Value | |
---|---|
'city' | the largest settlement, settlements with a territory, including national, state and provincial capitals, and some other conurbations. |
'town' | the important urban centre which is smaller than a 'city' and larger than a 'village'. It has various shops and public facilities used by people from nearby villages. |
'county' | A nation state or other high-level national political/administrative area. |
'suburb' | it is a area in a 'town' or 'city' with a distinct and recognised local name and identity. The definition of 'suburb' is based on its size and situation rather than by any clues given its name. |
'village' | A smaller distinct settlement, often is is smaller than a 'town' with few social facilities available with people traveling to nearby 'town' to access these. |
'farm' | It can be a part of a human settlement where are a few buildings and land for farming. |
'neighbourhood' | It is an area within a 'suburb' of a larger settlement or a smaller settlement, such as 'village' . |
population
: the population of the place.
Zoom Level | Possible Values | Data Download Source |
---|---|---|
3 | city | ne_10m_populated_places (scalerank = 0) |
4 | city | ne_10m_populated_places (scalerank < = 2) |
5 | city, town | ne_10m_populated_places (scalerank < = 4) |
6~7 | city, town, county | ne_10m_populated_places (scalerank < = 6) |
8~9 | city, town, county | place IN ('city','county','town') |
10~13 | city, town, county, suburb, village | place IN ('city', 'county', 'suburb', 'town', 'village') |
14~19 | city, town, county, suburb, village, farm, neighbourhood | place IN ('city', 'county', 'suburb', 'town', 'village', 'farm', 'neighbourhood') |