Boundaries layer

The following figure illustrates an example of boundaries.

The layer's content is defined as follows.

• Layer name: boundaries
• Geometry types: line

Boundary Properties (common)

The following properties are used to define a boundary.

• kind - Boundaries can be one of the options listed below. For disputed borders, see kind:xx below.
• kind_detail - This is an integer that maps kind to more specific information about the feature. For possible values, see below.
• sort_rank - This property is a suggestion in which order to render features. The value is an integer where smaller numbers indicate that features should be "behind" features with larger numbers.
• min_zoom - This property indicates a suggested minimum zoom at which the boundary line should become visible.

Boundary Properties (common-optional)

• kind:xx - An alternate for kind according to the geopolitical view of a country. The full list of available geopolitical views can be queried from the service.

To show map features in line with a particular political view xx, a renderer shall use kind:xx if it exists; otherwise, fall back to kind.

• name:left - See Feature Names
• name:left:* - See Name Localization
• name:right - See Feature Names
• name:right:* - See Name Localization

Boundary kind Values

• region - 256
• disputed - 261
• country - 262

Boundary sort_rank Values

• region - 256
• disputed - 261
• country - 262

Boundary kind and sort_rank Values for Certain Areas in core

The following list of kind and sort_rank values is only applicable for some regions of the world within the core map parameter. For more information about the map parameters available in the HERE Vector Tile API, see Map Parameter. Below are kind values within the core map parameter for Japan:

• block - 450
• aza - 451
• oaza - 452
• locality - 453

Below are sort_rank values within the core map parameter for Japan:

• block - 450
• aza - 451
• oaza - 452
• locality - 453

Boundary kind:xx Values

• country
• disputed
• region
• unrecognized_country
• unrecognized_region
• unrecognized_disputed

Boundary kind_detail Values

• 2 - for countries
• 4 - for states

Boundary kind_detail Values for Certain Areas in core

The following list of kind_detail values is only applicable for some regions of the world within the core map parameter. For more information about the map parameters available in the HERE Vector Tile API, see Map Parameter. Below are these kind_detail values within the core map parameter for Japan:

• 7 - for cities with locality kind
• 9 - for subdistricts with oaza kind
• 10 - for further zones with aza kind
• 11 - for further zones with block kind