Vector Tileset thunderforest.transport-v1

This was our very first vector tileset. Originally designed to power the Transport layer, it’s also useful for general-purpose maps since it contains roads and paths and can serve as a reasonably lightweight alternative to the thunderforest.outdoors-v2 tileset. It’s a good place to start.

This vector tileset is now deprecated, and should not be used for your projects. We recommend using thunderforest.transport-v2 instead.

The TileJSON endpoint for this vector tileset is

https://tile.thunderforest.com/thunderforest.transport-v1.json?apikey={apikey}

Available layers

Layer ID	Description
coast-lowzoom	Simplified water-polygon coastlines for drawing at low zooms ID Number - do not use
coast	Coastlines as water-polygons error Number tile_x Number tile_y Number
greenspaces	Green spaces - a mixture of parks, gardens, woods and forests
waterfill-outline-lowzoom	Large-area bodies of water, used for outlines
waterfill-outline	Bodies of water, used for outlines
water	Rivers, streams and canals
waterfill-lowzoom	Large-area bodies of water, used for polygon fills
waterfill	Bodies of water, used for polygon fills
marshy	Marshes and wetlands
ferries	Ferry routes
aeroway-areas	no description yet
aeroway	Runway and taxiway lines
buildings	Buildings aeroway String - 'terminal' - this is an airport terminal building
roads	Minor roads, from tertiary onwards
major-roads	Major roads, and their links highway String
paths	Paths, tracks, steps etc
railway-platforms	Railway platforms
railway-platform-areas	Railway platform areas
railway-sidings	Railway sidings tunnel String
railway	Railways, monorails, subways etc. bridge String railway String tunnel String
railway-station-buildings-midzoom	Buildings that are train stations building String
stop-zones	Bus stop zones, collected by name name String - The name of the zone stop_count Number - Number of stops in this zone
bus-routes	Bus route and trolley bus route lines bus_route String trolleybus_route String
ne-10m-admin-0-land	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
ne-10m-admin-1-lines	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
ne-10m-admin-0-countries	Country centroids, for label placement labelrank Number name String scalerank Number
ne-10m-admin-1-poly	State centroids, for label placement name String postal String sr_adm0_a3 String
cities-point	Cities from the points table name String population Number
cities-poly	Citie centroids from the polygon table name String population Number
places-poly-low	Place centroids from the polygon table name String place String place_priority Number
places-point-low	Places from the point table name String place String place_priority Number
station-areas	Railway station polygons, used for icons railway String
stations-points	Railway station points, used for icons railway String
station-areas-text	Labels for railway stations defined as areas name String railway String
stations-points-text	Labels for railway stations defined as points name String railway String
stop-zones-text	Labels for bus stop zones name String
places-poly-high	Labels for place areas name String place String place_priority Number
places-point-high	Labels for place points name String place String place_priority Number
bus-stops	Bus stop positions has_short_ref String - 'yes' for local_refs of 0,1,2 characters, otherwise 'no' local_ref String - the reference displayed on top of bus stops, usually unique only in the surrounding area
bus-stops-text	Bus stop labels has_short_ref String - 'yes' for local_refs of 0,1,2 characters, otherwise 'no' local_ref String - the reference displayed on top of bus stops, usually unique only in the surrounding area name String - the name of the bus stop
bus-routes-text	Labels for bus routes bus_route String - Whether the route is a bus route (yes or null) padded_bus_ref String - The reference wrapped in spaces
trolleybus-routes-text	Labels for trolleybus routes padded_trolleybus_ref String - the reference wrapped with spaces trolleybus_route String - whether the line is a trolleybus route (yes or null)
railway-platforms-text	The name of railway platforms name String
major-roads-text	Labels for major roads and links name String - The name of the road
roads-text	Labels for minor roads name String - The name of the road
paths-text	Labels for paths, tracks, steps etc name String - The name of the path