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vectortile:schema:v2:place
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Place 
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Contains points for labeling places including countries, states, cities, Counties, towns, villages, suburb, quarter, and neighborhoods. The different zoom level returns the data in different label_ranks.
Columns
class
Provides a broad distinction between place types.
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
'continent' | The world's main continuous expanses of land. |
'country' | A nation with its own government, occupying a particular territory. |
'state' | State, province, region or municipality, First-level administrative divisions or similar. |
'city' | The settlement in a territory, including national, state, or county. |
'town' | Urban settlement, smaller than a 'city' and larger than a 'village'. |
'borough' | A part in larger city grouped into administrative unit. |
'suburb' | An area in a 'town' or 'city' with a distinct and recognized local name and identity. |
'quarter' | A named, geographically localized place within a suburb of a city or within a town. |
'neighborhood' | A settlement within a 'suburb'. |
'county' | A nation state or other high-level national political/administrative area. |
'village' | A smaller settlement smaller than a 'town' with few social facilities available. |
'hamlet' | A smaller settlement with fewer than 100-200 inhabitants, and little infrastructure. |
'archipelago' | A named group or chain of related islands and islets. |
'island' | Any piece of land that is completely surrounded by water and isolated from other significant landmasses. |
'ocean' | The world's five main major oceanic divisions. |
type
Indicates a particular location with a known name.
name
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
name | The default name of the location, most of time it's in native language. |
name_en | The name in English of the location. |
name_zh | The name in Chinese of the location. |
name_ar | The name in Arabic of the location. |
name_de | The name in German of the location. |
name_ru | The name in Russian of the location. |
name_fr | The name in French of the location. |
name_ja | The name in Japanese of the location. |
population
The rough number of citizens in the place.
abbr
The abbreviation of the location’s name. Only available for some countries and states.
label_rank
Shows the importance of places for labeling.
admin_level
Describes the administrative level of the location within a government hierarchy.
capital
Identity if it’s the capital of a country, sar, or states/provinces.
vectortile/schema/v2/place.txt · Last modified: 2020/03/18 06:55 by tgwikiupdate