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earth

Content: default
Geometry: line, point, polygon
Zoom: 0–17

The following figure illustrates an example of a view of the earth rendered from the data. Continent View

The earth layer contains label placement points for continents and islands, and line geometries for mountain ridges. Note that HERE only includes label positions and label texts for islands and continents, and does not include the polygon geometry type for this layer.

Properties

kind | name | name:{language_code} | translit:{language_code}

Common properties

min_zoom | sort_rank

Common properties specific to Japan - core map

source


kind

Type: string
Always present

Earth features can be one of the options listed below.

ValueGeometryZoomDescription
continentpoint0–2point, intended for label placement only
islandpoint7–17point, intended for label placement only
ridgeline4–17line, intended for mountain ridge label placement
earthpolygon3–17placeholder in case no other continent or island is present

name

Type: string
Present when kind is: continent, island, ridge

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


Type: string
Present when kind is: continent, ridge

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: island

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

Common properties


min_zoom

See min_zoom.


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
10

Common properties specific to Japan - core map


source

See source.