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

Additional information

lowzoom-landcover