Vector Tileset thunderforest.transport-v2

Originally designed to power the Transport layer, this vector tileset is 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.

The TileJSON endpoint for this vector tileset is

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

Available layers

Layer ID	Description
ocean	Ocean Polygons
greenspace	Green spaces - a mixture of parks, gardens, woods and forests
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 One of dam, weir, lock_gate, pier, breakwater or groyne
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
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
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
building	Buildings aeroway String. This is 'terminal' for airport terminals building String. The type of building
road	Roads bridge String highway String. The type of highway, from motorway through to track layer Number. Relative layer compared to nearby features tunnel String z_order Number. The order in which the roads should be drawn
path	Paths, tracks, steps etc
railway-platform	Railway platforms
railway-platform-area	Railway platform areas
railway	Railways, monorails, subways etc. bridge String railway String. The type of railway service String. Includes service and yard. tunnel String
stop-zone	Bus stop zones, collected by name name String - The name of the zone stop_count Number - Number of stops in this zone
bus-route	Bus route and trolley bus route lines bus_route String trolleybus_route String
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, followed by the English name if different. Contains a * to be used as a newline character name_en String. The English name, or the local name if not present name_local String. The local name place String place_priority Number
railway-station	Railway stations, halts and tram stops name String. The local name name_de String. The German name, or local name if not present. name_en String. The English name, or local name if not present. name_es String. The Spanish name, or local name if not present. name_fr String. The French name, or 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) railway String. One of station, halt or tram_stop
aeroway-label	Labels for aeroway features
stop-zone-label	Labels for bus stop zones name String
bus-stop	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-stop-label	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-route-label	Labels for bus routes bus_route String - Whether the route is a bus route (yes or null) ref String - The route reference
trolleybus-route-label	Labels for trolleybus routes ref String - the route reference trolleybus_route String - whether the line is a trolleybus route (yes or null)
railway-platform-label	The name and ref for railway platforms name String
road-label	Labels for roads
path-label	Labels for paths, tracks, steps etc name String. The name of the path