MFD_standard Vector Schema

The MapsForDevs vector tile schema. Layer names and key attributes are stable across releases. Based on OpenMapTiles with MapsForDevs additions (country-aware highway networks, expanded language coverage).

Layers

Layer	Geometry	Min Z	Max Z	Description
water	polygon	0	17	Oceans, large lakes
waterway	line	4	17	Rivers, streams, canals
landcover	polygon	0	17	Forest, grass, sand, ice
landuse	polygon	4	17	Residential, industrial, parks
mountain_peak	point	7	17	Peaks with elevation
park	polygon	6	17	National parks, protected areas
boundary	line	0	17	Country and admin boundaries
aeroway	line, polygon	10	17	Runways, taxiways, aprons
transportation	line	4	17	Roads, railways, ferries, paths
transportation_name	line	6	17	Road labels with network, ref, name, name:*
building	polygon	13	17	Building footprints with height, levels (z15+)
water_name	point	0	17	Ocean / lake / river labels
place	point	0	17	Continent → city → suburb names
place_label	point	0	17	Same as place, used by symbol layers
housenumber	point	16	17	Building numbers (z16+ only)
poi	point	12	17	Points of interest
poi_label	point	12	17	POI labels
aerodrome_label	point	8	17	Airport names

Key attributes

transportation

Attribute	Values	Min Z
class	motorway, trunk, primary, secondary, tertiary, minor, service, path, track, rail, ferry	4
subclass	motorway_link, path:footway, path:cycleway, …	7
network	country-aware: us-interstate, de-bundesstrasse, gb-trunk, e-road, asian-highway, road (default)	6
ref	shield text (e.g. M1, A4, I-95)	6
oneway	0 / 1	12
surface	paved, unpaved	15
toll	0 / 1	14

transportation_name

Attribute	Values	Min Z
name	local name	varies by class
name:latin	romanized	varies
name:de, name:fr, …	per-language (~80 codes)	varies (major langs always, minor langs z>=10)
network	as transportation	6
ref	shield text	6

Min-zoom by class for labels:

• motorway → z6
• trunk → z7
• primary → z9
• secondary → z10
• tertiary → z12
• minor / track → z13
• residential → z14

building

Attribute	Values	Min Z
render_height	meters, polygon-extrude usable	15
render_min_height	meters	15
height	meters (raw)	15
levels	floor count	15

housenumber

Attribute	Values	Min Z
housenumber	string	16

poi / poi_label

Attribute	Values
class	restaurant, cafe, hotel, shop, transport, attraction, …
subclass	OSM amenity / shop / tourism value
rank	1 (most important) → 5 (least). Rank > 4 only renders at z15+
name, name:latin, name:*	as place

place

Attribute	Values
class	continent, country, state, city, town, village, suburb, neighbourhood, island, islet
rank	1 (largest) → 6 (smallest)
iso_a2	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code (on class=country)
capital	1 if national capital (on class=country)

water

Attribute	Values
class	ocean, lake, river, pond, swimming_pool
intermittent	0 / 1

boundary

Attribute	Values
admin_level	2 (country), 3-4 (state), 5-8 (sub-state)
disputed	0 / 1
maritime	0 / 1

Network values (country-aware)

Value	What
us-interstate	I-shield
us-highway	US highway shield
us-state	US state highway
de-bundesautobahn	German A-road
de-bundesstrasse	German B-road
gb-motorway	UK motorway (M)
gb-trunk	UK A-road
fr-autoroute	French A-road
fr-route-nationale	French N-road
e-road	European E-road
asian-highway	UN ESCAP AH-network
road	default fallback

Use these in match expressions to render country-correct highway shields. See shields.md.