MAPdataWorld Layers

The following is a list of the data layers included in the MAPdataWorld dataset. Note: Not all layers may be present for all areas.

Boundary (Area) Layers

• Administrative regions - national boundaries
• Oceans - oceans of the world
• Lakes - permanent, impermanent and salt lakes, etc.

Linear Layers

• Hydrography/drainage - water lines such as rivers and canals etc.
• Roads - majord road networks in a fully topological form
• Railways - main rail lines
• Administrative Lines - international, state and disputed boundaries
• Coastlines - world coastal boundaries
• Grid - latitude and longitude grid of the world in preset intervals

Point Layers

• Cities and towns - capital cities, and five other municipal classes based on population
• Symbolized points (individual layers)
• airports - major airports worldwide
• mountains - major peaks worldwide
• lighthouses, mountain passes, ocean depths and other points of interest

Raster Layers

• Contours - Height ranges shown in different colours.
• Hillshading - Hillshading that, when combined with contours, shows effectively height changes of the land.

Extras

• Pre-labeled text layers for each of the following at appropriate zoom levels:
• Capital cities
• Other cities
• Countries
• Major land features
• Oceans
• States & provinces
• Water features
• Other text