buildings

Content: default
Geometry: point, polygon
Zoom: 14–17

The following figure illustrates an example of buildings rendered from the data.

This layer includes polygons that represent building footprints, building labels placement points, building_part features, and address points. Important buildings appear at zoom level 14 and higher, all other buildings with simplified geometries appear on zoom level 15 and higher. All address points appear at zoom level 14 and higher. The following properties are used to define a building.

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Note
Building geometries, like most geometries, are clipped to the bounds of the tile, even if the building extends beyond the tile. This means that it might be necessary to assemble a geometry from several neighboring tiles to recreate a full building. Some buildings are exceptionally large and span many tiles, which can make rendering complex.

Properties

kind | kind_detail | addr_housenumber | has_landmark | height | min_height | layer | name | name:{language_code} | translit:{language_code}

Common properties

sort_rank

Common properties specific to Japan - core map

source

kind

Type: string
Always present

Features are either an address, building footprint or building name.

Value	Geometry	Description
`address`	point	A label placement point for an address, containing the `addr_housenumber` property.
`building`	point, polygon	A polygon representing a building footprint or a point representing a building name.
`building_part`	polygon	A polygon representing a part of a building, which may have different `height` and `min_height` properties.

kind_detail

Type: string
Present when kind is: building, building_part

The type of building.

Values

Value	Description
`airport`	A facility that provides a designated area for the landing and takeoff of aircraft and the dispensing and loading of aircraft contents and passengers.
`bank`	A business that specializes in the maintenance, lending, exchange, or issue of money for its customers (for example, central banks, consumer banks, credit unions).
`bar`	A nightlife or entertainment business that sells alcoholic beverages and may serve food or light meals.
`books`	A retail business that primarily sells books.
`bridge`	A bridge building.
`bus_station`	A public transport facility that provides a hub in the intercity bus service network.
`car`	A business that sells cars.
`car_rental`	A business that provides automobiles to rent for short periods of time for a fee.
`car_repair`	A business that provides automotive services, usually a major chain, for the repair or maintenance of a motor vehicle.
`casino`	A gaming business that provides any variety of legal gambling.
`church`	A religious place of worship for those of the Christian faith.
`cinema`	A business that provides a place for showing movies to a large audience.
`civic`	A government building that provides space to the public for community events, special events, seasonal programs, organized classes, as well as a general space for rent.
`clothes`	A retail business that sells general apparel, garments, and/or fashion accessories for men, women, and children.
`commercial`	Business or commerce buildings: bank, business facility, hotel, or motel.
`convenience`	A retail business that sells a combination of food and other products, and may or may not also sell fuel.
`courthouse`	A government building where a court of law is held.
`department_store`	A retail business that sells a wide variety of merchandise and is organized into various departments for sales and administrative purposes.
`educational_institution`	University, college, or school buildings.
`electronics`	A business that sells consumer electronics and electronic entertainment equipment.
`embassy`	A government building that houses diplomatic representatives of foreign countries.
`factory`	A factory building.
`ferry_terminal`	A public transport facility serving as a hub for ferry services.
`fire_station`	Emergency services.
`fuel`	A business that sells fuel, oil, and other motoring supplies for drivers of automotive vehicles.
`golf_course`	A sports and leisure facility used for the game of golf.
`government`	Post offices, embassies, city halls, courts, government offices, or county councils.
`grocery`	A retail business that sells a large variety of different types of food, including fresh produce, packaged goods, bakery items, and meat products.
`historical`	Historical monuments.
`hospital`	Medical service or hospital buildings.
`hotel`	A business that provides overnight lodging to the public and usually provides meals, entertainment, and various personal services.
`industrial`	Buildings where some industrial processes take place.
`landmark`	Buildings that are relevant landmarks, used for navigation, recognizable for users, and often visible from long distances.
`library`	A place in which literary, musical, artistic, or reference materials are kept for use and circulation, but are not for sale.
`mall`	A complex of businesses, such as retail stores and restaurants, grouped together and sharing common services.
`marina`	A facility that provides a dock or basin with moorings and supplies for yachts, small boats, or pleasure crafts.
`mixed_use`	Buildings with a combination of residential, commercial, cultural, institutional, or industrial purposes.
`mosque`	A religious place of worship for those of the Islamic faith.
`museum`	A business with the primary function of the preservation and exhibition of artistic, historical, or scientific objects.
`nightclub`	A nightlife or entertainment business that provides evening entertainment generally until the very early morning (for example, dance club, lounge, or wine bar).
`office`	A facility that contains business offices.
`park`	Parks or leisure buildings: bar, pub, casino, park area, or golf course.
`parking`	Buildings constructed primarily for the purpose of parking cars, which can be single-storey or multi-storey.
`pharmacy`	A retail business that sells prescription and non-prescription medications in addition to other general health remedies.
`police`	Police stations.
`post_office`	A business that processes and transmits the mail for a specific area; this can include a local branch or a national office.
`religion`	Buildings built as places of worship: church, mosque, temple, synagogue, ashram, or gurdwara.
`residential`	Buildings used primarily for residential purposes.
`restaurant`	A business that sells refreshments and prepared meals and may provide seating and/or pickup/takeout services.
`retail`	Buildings used primarily for selling goods to the general public.
`school`	An institution that provides basic elementary or secondary education to children and teenagers.
`ski`	A business that sells skiing-related items, such as skis, ski boots, clothing, and other accessories.
`sports`	Sports center or activity buildings.
`synagogue`	A religious place of worship for those of the Jewish faith.
`temple`	A religious place of worship that may be dedicated to, but is not limited to, Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Sikh, Jain, Ayyavazhi.
`theatre`	A business that presents performing arts.
`theme_park`	An entertainment venue with themed rides, attractions, and shows.
`tourism`	Tourist attractions or tourist offices.
`townhall`	A government building that houses the seat of an incorporated government for a municipality, city, borough, town, and other administrative unit.
`trade`	Facilities used for large events such as trade shows, trade fairs, or conventions.
`train_station`	A public transport facility that provides a hub for passengers and goods travelling between minor and major cities along the railway network.
`transportation`	Buildings used for public transportation.
`university`	A university building.
`winery`	A landmark or attraction business that makes wine and may provide tours or wine tastings, which are open to the public.

Values specific to Japan - core map

Value	Description
`inclined_rail_station`	A public transport facility that provides a hub for passengers travelling along an inclined cable-guided railway.
`monorail_station`	A public transport facility that provides a hub for passengers travelling along an elevated monorail railway.
`passageway`	A horizontal walkway.
`staircase`	A facility for pedestrian movement.
`toll_booth`	A public transport feature that represents the structure along an expressway or thoroughfare where an automobile must pay a fee in exchange for usage of the roadway.

addr_housenumber

Type: string
Present when kind is: address

A string value of the building number.

has_landmark

Type: flag
Present when kind is: building, building_part

true only if the building or a part of the building is available in the 3D Landmarks layer on the HERE platform. There is no false value, as the property is not present in that case.

height

Type: float
Present when kind is: building, building_part

Elevation of the roof above the ground. Indicated in meters with one decimal point, where available.

Example values: 4.3, 6.1, 8.4, 107.1, 101.0

min_height

Type: float
Optional

Elevation of the building's bottom above the ground if the bottom level of the building or its part is not located on the ground. Indicated in meters with one decimal point, where available.

Example values: 12.5, 17.6, 5.9, 6.9, 6.4

layer

Type: int
Present when kind is: building, building_part

This property indicates vertical ordering.

Value
`0`

name

Type: string
Present when kind is: building, building_part

The common local name for the building feature, in the local language script. For more information, see Feature names.

name:{language_code}

Type: string
Present when kind is: building, building_part

The name of the feature in the specified language. If no data is available for the requested language code, the value may be compiled from an English or Latin transliteration of existing language representations. For more information, see Name localization.

translit:{language_code}

Type: string
Present when kind is: building

The localized transliteration of the default name (name). For more information, see Name localization.

Common properties

sort_rank

Type: int
Optional

The ordering of features, which determines which features are rendered "on top of" other features, can be an important issue when rendering maps. To assist map rendering, there is a sort_rank property on some features that suggests in what order the features should appear.

A feature with a higher sort_rank value is displayed on top of feature with a lower sort_rank value.

Value
`475`

Common properties specific to Japan - core map

source

See source.