Vector Tileset thunderforest.outdoors-v2

This vector tileset contains all the information needed to render maps such as our Outdoors, Landscape and OpenCycleMap layers. Notably it contains a rich set of points of interest, along with topographic information such as contours and hillshading.

The TileJSON endpoint for this vector tileset is

https://tile.thunderforest.com/thunderforest.outdoors-v2.json?apikey={apikey}

Available layers

Layer ID Description
elevation
Elevation polygons. Can be used for contour lines or elevation colouring.
height
Number. Height above sea level in metres
hillshade
Shading polygons
level
Number. The amount of hillshading, in steps of 5, from 110 (shaded) to 180 (level) to 230 (sun facing)
landcover-lowzoom Lowzoom landcover
landuse
Landuse polygons, such as residential, industrial, park, garden, school
type
String. The type of landuse. One of residential, commercial, retail, industrial, railway, military, quarry, landfill, construction, cemetery, harbour, village_green, recreation_ground, allotments, farmyard, garages, park, golf_course, pitch, garden, common, playground, marina, stadium, sports_centre, track, swimming_pool, resort, beach_resort, parking, school, kindergarten, college, university, grave_yard
way_area
Number. Area of landuse in Mercator square metres
landcover
Landcover polygons, such as forest, wood, orchard, beach, farmland etc
leaf_cycle
String. One of evergreen, deciduous, semi_evergreen, semi_deciduous, mixed, null and various others (appropriate to forest and wood landcover types)
leaf_type
String. One of broadleaved, needleleaved, mixed, leafless, null and various others (appropriate to forest and wood landcover types)
type
String. The type of landcover. One of scree, bare_rock, sand, shingle, wood, scrub, heath, grassland, beach, forest, orchard, vineyard, grass, farmland, farm, meadow
way_area
String. Area of landcover in Mercator square metres
wood
String. Values are mixed, coniferous, deciduous, null and various others (appropriate to forest and wood landcover types)
poi-area
Selection of point of interest areas. Each area has a corresponding poi-label, but not all poi-label features have areas.
feature
String. One of hospital, camp_site, caravan_site, picnic_site, zoo, rest_area, services, wastewater_plant, water_works, monument, castle, forst, archaeological_site
way_area
Number. Area of the point of interest in Mercator square metress
glacier Glaciers
wetland
Wetland areas
name
String. Name of the wetland
type
String. One of marsh, swamp, bog, fen and tidalflat
way_area
Number. Area of wetland in Mercator square metres
water
Water polygons
type
String. One of reservoir, water, basin, dock, riverbank, canal
way_area
Number. Area of water in Mercator square metres
waterway
Linear water features - rivers, streams, canals etc
bridge
String. 'yes' if the waterway is on a bridge
intermittent
String. 'yes' if the waterway is intermittent
tunnel
String. 'yes' if the waterway is in a tunnel
waterway
String. One of river, stream, canal, ditch or drain
water-feature
Selected water features
name
String. The name of the feature
type
String. One of dam, weir, lock_gate, pier, breakwater or groyne
piste-line
Ski pistes mapped as lines
piste:difficulty
String. The difficulty rating of the piste, on of novice, easy, intermediate, advanced, expert, freeride, extreme or null
piste-area
Ski pistes mapped as areas
piste:difficulty
String. The difficulty rating of the piste, on of novice, easy, intermediate, advanced, expert, freeride, extreme or null
ocean Ocean Polygons
ferry
Ferry routes
name
The name of the route
operator
The operator of the route
ref
The reference of the route
aeroway-area
Aeroway areas, such as runways and taxiways
aeroway
String. One of runway, taxiway, apron, helipad, aerodrome or heliport
aeroway
Aeroway linear features, such ares runways and taxiways
aeroway
String. One of runway or taxiway
road-area
Roads and paths mapped as areas
bicycle
String. Bicycle permissions
foot
String. Walker permissions
highway
String. The highway classification, one of 'residential', 'unclassified', 'pedestrian', 'service', 'footway', 'living_street', 'track', 'raceway', 'path', 'cycleway', 'steps', 'via_ferrata'
horse
String. Horse riding permissions
mtb
String. Mountain biking permissions
golf
Golfing features
golf
The type of golfing feature
name
The name of the feature
par
The par of the hole
ref
The reference of the feature
sport-pitch Sports pitches. Uses the openstreetmap-fr scheme
building
Buildings
aeroway
String. This is 'terminal' for airport terminals
building
String. The type of building
barrier
Linear barriers
feature
One of fence, wall, hedge or cliff
railway
Railways, monorails, subways etc.
bridge
String
railway
String. The type of railway
service
String. Includes service and yard.
tunnel
String
railway-platform Railway platforms
path
Paths
bicycle
String
foot
String
highway
String. The type of path, on of 'path', 'footway', 'cycleway', 'bridleway', 'pedestrian', 'steps', 'via_ferrata'
horse
String
mtb
String
mtb:scale
String
mtb:scale:imba
String
mtb:scale:uphill
String
sac_scale
String
surface
String
trail_visibility
String
road
Roads
bridge
String
cycleway
String
cycleway_left
String
cycleway_right
String
highway
String. The type of highway, from motorway through to track. One of motorway, motorway_link, trunk, trunk_link, primary, primary_link, secondary, secondary_link, tertiary, tertiary_link, residential, unclassified, living_street, service, track, raceway
layer
Number. Relative layer compared to nearby features
tunnel
String
z_order
Number. The order in which the roads should be drawn
snowmobile
Snowmobile routes
ice_road
String
snowmobile
String. One of 'yes', 'designated', 'permissive'
toll
String
hiking Signed hiking routes
cycling-lowzoom Signed cycling routes, simplified for low zooms
cycling Signed cycling routes
mountain-biking Signed mountain biking routes
aerialway
Aerialways, such as cable cars and chair lifts
aerialway
The type of aerialway. One of chair_lift, cable_car, drag_lift, gondola, mixed_lift, t-bar, j-bar, rope_tow, platter
name
The name of the aerialway
power Electricity transmission lines
protected-area Areas that are protected by legislations, such as nature reserves
admin Administrative boundaries, such as countries, states and regions
country-line
Country Borders from Natural Earth
adm0_a3_l
String
adm0_a3_r
String
adm0_left
String
adm0_right
String
adm0_usa
Number
comment
String
featurecla
String
FID_ne_10m
Number
labelrank
Number
name
String
note_
String
scalerank
Number
sov_a3_l
String
sov_a3_r
String
type
String
state-line
State borders from Natural Earth
adm0_a3
String
adm0_name
String
featurecla
String
mapcolor13
Number
mapcolor9
Number
name
String
name_alt_l
String
name_alt_r
String
name_l
String
name_len_l
Number
name_len_r
Number
name_loc_l
String
name_loc_r
String
name_r
String
note
String
scalerank
Number
shape_leng
Number
sov_a3
String
country-label Country centroids, for label placement
state-label
State centroids, for label placement
name
String
postal
String
sr_adm0_a3
String
place-label
Places, such as town, cities, villages and islands
name
String. The local name
name_de
String. The German name, or the local name if not present
name_en
String. The English name, or the local name if not present
name_es
String. The Spanish name, or the local name if not present
name_fr
String. The French name, or the local name if not present
name_with_de
String. The local name, with the German name added (if different)
name_with_en
String. The local name, with the English name added (if different)
name_with_es
String. The local name, with the Spanish name added (if different)
name_with_fr
String. The local name, with the French name added (if different)
place
String. One of city, town, suburb, village, neighbourhood, hamlet, locality, isolated_dwelling, farm, island, islet
place_priority
Number
railway-station
Railway stations
railway
String
poi-label Points of Interest
golf-label Labels for golf courses
protected-area-label Labels for protected areas
glacier-label Labels for glaciers
cycling-node-network-label Labels for cycling node networks
hiking-label
Labels for signed hiking routes
name
String. Name of the hiking route
ref
String. Reference of the hiking route
ref_length
Number. Length of the route reference - useful for shields
symbol_code
The osmc symbol code for the route
path-label
Labels for paths
name
String. The name of the path
road-label
Labels for roads
cycleway
String
highway
String. One of motorway, motorway_link, trunk, trunk_link, primary, primary_link, secondary, secondary_link, tertiary, tertiary_link, residential, unclassified, living_street, service, track, raceway
name
String. The name of the highway
oneway
String
ref
String. The reference of the highway
ref_length
Number. The number of characters in the ref
tracktype
String
water-label Labels for water areas
landuse-label
Labels for landuse areas
name
String. The name of the landuse area
type
String. The type of landuse. One of residential, commercial, retail, industrial, railway, military, quarry, landfill, construction, cemetery, harbour, village_green, recreation_ground, allotments, farmyard, garages, park, golf_course, pitch, garden, common, playground, marina, stadium, sports_centre, track, swimming_pool, resort, beach_resort, parking, school, kindergarten, college, university, grave_yard
way_area
Number. Area of landuse in Mercator square metres
landcover-label Labels for landcover areas
aeroway-label
Labels for aeroway features
aeroway
String. The type of aeroway. One of aerodrome, heliport, helipad
iata
String. The IATA code for the aeroway, e.g. LHR, JFK
icao
String. The ICAO code for the aeroway, e.g. EGLL, KJFK
name
String. The name of the aeroway
waterway-label
Labels for waterways
name
String. The name of the waterway
waterway
String. The type of waterway. One of river, canal, stream, drain, ditch
interpolation Interpolation lines for addresses
address Address point labels

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