v1.5.0

• Release date: 2018-09-21.

• Requires: tileserver v2.2.1 and tilequeue v2.1.0 and rawr_tiles v1.0.0 and coanacatl v1.0.0.

  ENHANCEMENTS

  • buildings: add entrance points, with optional kind_detail property with values: garage, home, main, private, residence, secondary, service, staircase, or unisex.
  • buildings: add exit points, with optional kind_detail property with values: emergency or fire_exit.
  • buildings: all building polygons are now clipped to tile boundaries, which fixes missing landuse_kind values. Issue #1226 and #1142 and #487.
  • buildings: Add building_material optional property to describe the material covering the outside of the building or building part. Common values are: brick, cement_block, clay, concrete, glass, masonry, metal, mud, other, permanent, plaster, sandstone, semi-permanent, steel, stone, timber-framing, tin, traditional and wood. Issue #1408.
  • landuse: Add new kind values (listed below) to support full compatibility with OSM.org #1425 map style.
  • landuse: Add kind_detail for wood and forest kinds with values indicating leaftype: broadleaved, leafless, mixed, needleleaved.
  • landuse: Add kind_detail optional property for beach kind to indicate surface values of: grass, gravel, pebbles, pebblestone, rocky, sand.
  • landuse: Add kind_detail optional property for wetland when wetland is bog, fen, mangrove, marsh, mud, reedbed, saltern, saltmarsh, string_bog, swamp, tidalflat, wet_meadow.
  • landuse: Add kind_detail optional property for cemetery and grave_yard kinds, with common values: animist, bahai, buddhist, caodaism, catholic, christian, confucian, hindu, jain, jewish, multifaith, muslim, pagan, pastafarian, scientologist, shinto, sikh, spiritualist, taoist, tenrikyo, unitarian_universalist, voodoo, yazidi, and zoroastrian.
  • landuse: Add denomination optional property for cemetery and grave_yard kinds, with common values: adventist, anglican, armenian_apostolic, assemblies_of_god, baptist, buddhist, bulgarian_orthodox, catholic, christian, church_of_scotland, episcopal, evangelical, greek_catholic, greek_orthodox, iglesia_ni_cristo, jehovahs_witness, lutheran, mennonite, methodist, mormon, new_apostolic, nondenominational, orthodox, pentecostal, presbyterian, protestant, quaker, reformed, roman_catholic, romanian_orthodox, russian_orthodox, salvation_army, serbian_orthodox, seventh_day_adventist, shia, shingon_shu, sunni, theravada, tibetan, united, united_methodist, united_reformed, uniting, and 曹洞宗.
  • landuse: Add airfield kind for military airfields.
  • landuse: Add container_terminal kind.
  • landuse: Add crane kind as line geometry. Issue #1417.
  • landuse: Add cutting kind.
  • landuse: Add danger_area kind for military.
  • landuse: Add ditch kind as line geometry.
  • landuse: Add embankment kind.
  • landuse: Add fence kind lines with optional kind_detail avalanche, barbed_wire, bars, brick, chain, chain_link, concrete, drystone_wall, electric, grate, hedge, metal, metal_bars, net, pole, railing, railings, split_rail, steel, stone, wall, wire, wood.
  • landuse: Add ferry_terminal kind.
  • landuse: Add guard_rail kind as line geometry.
  • landuse: Add harbour kind.
  • landuse: Add kerb kind as line geometry.
  • landuse: Add mud kind.
  • landuse: Add naval_base kind for military.
  • landuse: Add orchard kind with optional kind_detail values: agave_plants, almond_trees, apple_trees, avocado_trees, banana_plants, cherry_trees, coconut_palms, coffea_plants, date_palms, hazel_plants, hop_plants, kiwi_plants, macadamia_trees, mango_trees, oil_palms, olive_trees, orange_trees, papaya_trees, peach_trees, persimmon_trees, pineapple_plants, pitaya_plants, plum_trees, rubber_trees, tea_plants, walnut_trees.
  • landuse: Add pier polygon when's used for mooring.
  • landuse: Add plant_nursery kind.
  • landuse: Add port_terminal kind.
  • landuse: Add port kind.
  • landuse: Add power_line kind as line geometry. Issue #232
  • landuse: Add power_minor_line kind as line geometry. Issue #232
  • landuse: Add quay kind
  • landuse: Add shipyard kind.
  • landuse: Add wall kind as line geometry. Issue #1403.
  • landuse: Add wharf kind
  • places: Add locality name translations for ~21 languages at low zooms from Natural Earth. Issue #977.
  • places: Lookup min_zoom for country, map_unit, and region from Natural Earth while continue sourcing feature names from OpenStreetMap.
  • pois: Add over hundred new kind values (listed below) to support full compatibility with OSM.org and iD #1425, Maki #1423, and Humanitarian OpenStreetMap (HOT) #1424 icon libraries. A continuation of work started in v1.4.3.
  • pois: Add attraction optional property for all kinds.
  • pois: Add drives_on_left optional boolean property for mini_roundabout kind features. Issue #1498.
  • pois: Add exit_to optional property for all kinds.
  • pois: Add kind_detail optional property for kind beach with surface values of: grass, gravel, pebbles, pebblestone, rocky, sand.
  • pois: Add kind_detail optional property for kinds cemetery and grave_yard to indicate the religion. See landuse description above for values.
  • pois: Add denomination optional property for kinds cemetery and grave_yard to indicate the denomination. See landuse description above for values.
  • pois: Add kind_detail optional property for kinds clinic, dentist, doctors, healthcare, hospital, nursing_home, pharmacy, social_facility, and veterinary with values: office, dispensary, clinic, laboratory, health_centre, hospital, health_center, CSCom, first_aid, pharmacy, chemist_dispensing, counselling_centre, medical_clinic.
  • pois: Add kind_detail optional property for kind generator to indicate method of anaerobic_digestion, barrage, combustion, fission, gasification, photovoltaic, run-of-the-river, stream, thermal, water-pumped-storage, water-storage, wind_turbine.
  • pois: Add kind_detail optional property for kind toilet to indicate pit_latrine, flush, chemical, pour_flush, bucket.
  • pois: Add kind_detail optional property for kind water_well with optional values: drinkable_powered, drinkable_manual, drinkable_no_pump, drinkable, not_drinkable_powered, not_drinkable_manual, not_drinkable_no_pump, not_drinkable.
  • pois: Add ref optional property for all kinds.
  • pois: Add sanitary_dump_station optional property on existing marina, camp_site, and caravan_site kind features with values: yes, customers, or public.
  • pois: Add zoo optional property for all kinds.
  • pois: Add adult_gaming_centre kind.
  • pois: Add airfield kind for military features.
  • pois: Add ambulatory_care kind.
  • pois: Add arts_centre kind.
  • pois: Add atv kind for shops.
  • pois: Add baby_hatch kind.
  • pois: Add blood_bank kind.
  • pois: Add boat_lift kind.
  • pois: Add boatyard kind.
  • pois: Add bookmaker kind.
  • pois: Add border_control kind.
  • pois: Add bunker kind for military features, with optional kind_detail values: pillbox, munitions, gun_emplacement, hardened_aircraft_shelter, blockhouse, technical, mg_nest, missile_silo
  • pois: Add bureau_de_change kind.
  • pois: Add camera kind for shops.
  • pois: Add car_parts kind for shops.
  • pois: Add car_rental kind.
  • pois: Add car_wash kind.
  • pois: Add casino kind.
  • pois: Add charging_station kind and indicate boolean properties for bicycle, car, truck, and scooter usage.
  • pois: Add charity kind.
  • pois: Add chemist kind for shops.
  • pois: Add container_terminal kind.
  • pois: Add copyshop kind.
  • pois: Add cosmetics kind for shops.
  • pois: Add crane kind with optional kind_detail to indicate the type of crane, including: container_crane, floor_mounted_crane, gantry_crane, portal_crane, travellift. Issue #1417.
  • pois: Add customs kind.
  • pois: Add danger_area kind for military features.
  • pois: Add defibrillator kind.
  • pois: Add dispensary kind.
  • pois: Add elevator kind.
  • pois: Add field_hospital kind with optional kind_detail to indicate heath care facility type.
  • pois: Add fire_hydrant kind
  • pois: Add fishmonger kind.
  • pois: Add funeral_directors kind.
  • pois: Add gambling kind.
  • pois: Add garden_centre kind.
  • pois: Add golf kind.
  • pois: Add grocery kind.
  • pois: Add harbourmaster kind.
  • pois: Add health_centre kind.
  • pois: Add healthcare_alternative kind.
  • pois: Add healthcare_centre kind.
  • pois: Add healthcare_laboratory kind.
  • pois: Add heliport kind.
  • pois: Add horse_riding kind.
  • pois: Add hunting_stand kind.
  • pois: Add karaoke_box kind.
  • pois: Add karaoke kind.
  • pois: Add lottery kind.
  • pois: Add love_hotel kind at zoom 18+.
  • pois: Add marketplace kind.
  • pois: Add miniature_golf kind.
  • pois: Add money_transfer kind.
  • pois: Add mooring kind with optional kind_detail values of commercial, cruise, customers, declaration, ferry, guest, pile, waiting, yacht, yachts and optional access property with values: private or public.
  • pois: Add motorcycle_parking kind.
  • pois: Add naval_base kind for military features.
  • pois: Add nightclub kind.
  • pois: Add obelisk kind with a variable zoom according to it's height. This kind takes precidence over artwork, monument, and memorial. Optional kind_detail indicates if feature is also a monument or memorial.
  • pois: Add parking_garage kind by subdividing existing parking, when parking type is multi-storey, underground, or rooftop.
  • pois: Add photo kind.
  • pois: Add plaque kind.
  • pois: Add port_terminal kind.
  • pois: Add quay kind.
  • pois: Add range kind for military features.
  • pois: Add sanitary_dump_station kind.
  • pois: Add ship_chandler kind.
  • pois: Add shipyard kind.
  • pois: Add slaughterhouse kind.
  • pois: Add slipway kind with optional mooring property.
  • pois: Add snowmobile kind.
  • pois: Add street_lamp kind.
  • pois: Add studio kind, with optional kind_detail values audio, cinema, photography, radio, television, video.
  • pois: Add taxi kind for taxi stands.
  • pois: Add tyres kind.
  • pois: Add waterway_fuel kind.
  • pois: Add wayside_cross kind.
  • pois: Add wharf kind.
  • pois: Add additional ferry_terminal kind features by expanding upstream filters.
  • pois: Add catchall craft kind when there isn't a more specific kind.
  • pois: Add catchall industrial kind when there isn't a more specific kind.
  • pois: Add catchall office kind when there isn't a more specific kind.
  • pois: Add catchall shop kind when there isn't a more specific kind.
  • pois: Allow additional kind values to show up on the map when they lack a name: boat_lift, boatyard, border_control, bunker, bureau_de_change, car_rental, car_wash, charging_station, crane, customs, defibrillator, field_hospital, fire_hydrant, harbour_master, harbourmaster, health_centre, hunting_stand, karaoke_box, money_transfer, motorcycle_parking, obelisk, power_generator, sanitary_dump_station, street_lamp, taxi, waterway_fuel, and wayside_cross.
  • pois: Modify min_zoom of alpine_hut kind to reveal them two zooms earlier at zoom 13. Issue #1407.
  • pois: Modify min_zoom of lighthouse kind when they are ruins but also attractions.
  • pois: Modify min_zoom of watermill kind when they are ruins but also attractions.
  • pois: Remove abandoned or disused watermill kind features (but keep the majority of features).
  • pois: Stop emitting covered boolean property when the value was false on bicycle_parking and motorcycle_parking kind features.
  • roads: Add access optional property with common values: private, yes, no, permissive, customers, destination. Issue #1273.
  • roads: Add cutting optional property with values: yes, right, and left.
  • roads: Add embankment optional property with values: yes, right, and left.
  • roads: Add mooring optional property for new quay and existing pier kinds with values: ['no', 'yes', commercial, cruise, customers, declaration, ferry, guest, private, public, waiting, yacht, yachts]
  • roads: Add quay kind lines.
  • roads: Major changes to network and shield_text to support localized road shields globally, including (but not limited to), with uppercase 2-char country code prefixes: AM:AM, AR:national, AR:provincial, AsianHighway, AT:A-road, AU:A-road, AU:B-road, AU:C-road, AU:M-road, AU:Metro-road, AU:N-route, AU:R-route, AU:S-route, AU:T-drive, BE:A-road, BE:N-road, BE:R-road, BR:AC, BR:AL, BR:AM, BR:AP, BR:BA, BR:BR, BR:CE, BR:DF, BR:ES, BR:GO, BR:MA, BR:MG:local, BR:MG, BR:MS, BR:MT, BR:PA, BR:PB, BR:PE, BR:PI, BR:PR, BR:RJ, BR:RN, BR:RO, BR:RR, BR:RS, BR:SC, BR:SE, BR:SP:PLN, BR:SP:SCA, BR:SP, BR:TO, BR:Trans-Amazonian, BR, CA:AB:primary, CA:AB:trunk, CA:AB, CA:BC:primary, CA:BC:trunk, CA:BC, CA:MB:PTH, CA:MB, CA:NB2, CA:NB3, CA:NB, CA:NS:R, CA:NS:T, CA:NT, CA:ON:primary, CA:ON:secondary, CA:PEI, CA:QC:A, CA:QC:R, CA:SK:primary, CA:SK:secondary, CA:SK:tertiary, CA:transcanada, CA:yellowhead, CA:YT, CD:RRIG, CH:motorway, CH:national, CH:regional, CL:national, CL:regional, CN:expressway:regional, CN:expressway, CN:JX, CN:road, CZ:national, CZ:regional, DE:BAB, DE:BS, DE:Hamburg:Ring, DE:KS, DE:LS, DE:STS, DE, DK:national, e-road, ES:A-road, ES:autonoma, ES:city, ES:N-road, ES:province, ES, FR:A-road, FR:D-road, FR:N-road, FR, GA:L-road, GA:national, GB:A-road-green, GB:A-road-white, GB:B-road, GB:M-road, GB, GR:motorway, GR:national, GR:provincial, GR, HU:national, ID:national, IN:MDR, IN:NH, IN:SH, IR:freeway, IR:national, IT:A-road, IT:B-road, IT, JP:expressway, JP:national, JP:prefectural, JP, KR:expressway, KR:local, KR:metropolitan, KR:national, KZ:national, KZ:regional, LA:national, MX:AGU, MX:BCN, MX:BCS, MX:CAM, MX:CHH, MX:CHP, MX:CMX:EXT, MX:CMX:INT, MX:COA, MX:COL, MX:DUR, MX:GRO, MX:GUA, MX:HID, MX:JAL, MX:MEX, MX:MIC, MX:MOR, MX:NAY, MX:NLE, MX:OAX, MX:PUE, MX:QUE, MX:ROO, MX:SIN, MX:SLP, MX:SON, MX:TAB, MX:TAM, MX:VER, MX:YUC, MX:ZAC, MY:expressway, MY:federal, MY:JHR, MY:KDH, MY:KTN, MY:MLK, MY:NSN, MY:PHG, MY:PLS, MY:PNG, MY:PRK, MY:SBH, MY:SGR:municipal, MY:SGR, MY:SWK, MY:TRG, NL:A-road, NL:N-road, NO:fylkesvei, NO:oslo:ring, NO:riksvei, NZ:SH, NZ:SR, PE:AM, PE:AN, PE:AP, PE:AR, PE:AY, PE:CA, PE:CU, PE:HU, PE:HV, PE:IC, PE:JU, PE:LA, PE:LI, PE:LM, PE:LO, PE:MD, PE:MO, PE:PA, PE:PE, PE:PI, PE:PU, PE:SM, PE:TA, PE:TU, PE:UC, PH:NHN, PK, PL:expressway, PL:motorway, PL:national, PL:regional, PT:express, PT:motorway, PT:municipal, PT:national, PT:primary, PT:rapid, PT:regional, PT:secondary, PT, RO:county, RO:local, RO:motorway, RO:national, RU:national, RU:regional, SG:expressway, TR:highway, TR:motorway, TR:provincial, UA:international, UA:national, UA:regional, UA:territorial, VN:expressway, VN:national, VN:provincial, VN:road, ZA:kruger, ZA:metropolitan, ZA:national, ZA:provincial, ZA:regional, and ZA:S-road.
  • roads: Major changes to network and shield_text to support fallback international road shields. When no network is provided by a ref is, a 2-char country code will be exported as the network value based on the location of the road, like AM or US. Issue #135.
  • roads: Minor changes to network and shield_text to support USA road shields, including modifier postfix: US:AK, US:AL, US:AR, US:AZ, US:BIA, US:BLM, US:CA, US:CO, US:CT, US:DC, US:DE, US:FL, US:FSH, US:FSR, US:GA, US:HI, US:I:Alternate, US:I:Business, US:I:Bypass, US:I:Connector, US:I:Historic, US:I:Scenic, US:I:Spur, US:I:Toll, US:I:Truck, US:I, US:IA, US:ID, US:IL, US:IN, US:KS, US:KY, US:LA, US:MA, US:MD, US:ME, US:MI, US:MN, US:MO, US:MS, US:MT, US:NC, US:ND, US:NE, US:NH, US:NJ, US:NM, US:NV, US:NY, US:OH, US:OK, US:OR, US:PA, US:RI, US:SC, US:SD, US:TN, US:TX, US:US:Alternate, US:US:Business, US:US:Bypass, US:US:Connector, US:US:Historic, US:US:Scenic, US:US:Spur, US:US:Toll, US:US:Truck, US:US, US:UT, US:VA, US:VT, US:WA, US:WI, US:WV, and US:WY. Issue #1387.
  • roads: Modify min_zoom of track kind to show 1 zooms earlier by default when surface is gravel or tracktype is not grade3, grade4, or grade5. Issue #1251.
  • roads: Modify min_zoom of track kind to show 2 zooms earlier by default when surface is paved, asphalt, concrete or tracktype is grade1 (but not for access private). Issue #1251.
  • roads: Modify min_zoom of unclassified kind to show 1 zoom earlier by default. Issue #1250.
  • roads: Show important cycling and walking routes at earlier zooms by adjusting the min_zoom of path, major_road, and minor_road kinds. This means that min_zoom values are now variable for features of the same kind, depending on their importance in the bicycle and walking networks; in earlier releases they all shared the same min_zoom. See #1172.
  • water: Add fountain kind.
  • water: Add reef kind, with optional kind_detail values of coral, rock, and sand.

  BUG FIXES

  • boundaries: Restore full border to Gaza Strip. Issue #1257.
  • landuse: MVT format now includes many more polygons that were dropped in earlier versions that used different format driver.
  • places: Fix spelling of ~60 locality (city) names at low-zooms in places layer by taking Natural Earth update. #1140.
  • roads: European primary network calculation now prefers local networks instead of e-road. Issue #1483.
  • roads: Add surface property at more zooms. Issue #1252.
  • water: Fix missing ocean water by making Natural Earth ne_10m_ocean features OGC valid in PostGIS.

  DOCUMENTATION CHANGES

  • Correct the Greek language 2-char code from gr to el in the Semantic Versioning statement.
  • Change references to Mapzen (RIP) to Tilezen.
  • Update MapboxGL demo, thanks to Apollo Mapping
  • Use service wording changes (Less > Fewer)
  • Updated Layers documentation for v1.5 schema changes.
  • TODO: Updated tilejson/tilejson.json.erb for v1.5 schema changes.

  INTERNAL CHANGES

  • Change references to Who's On First gazetteer source to whosonfirst.org from whosonfirst.mapzen.com.
  • Refactors to support RAWR tile builds in queries/jinja and elsewhere.
  • Add support for multiple localized names from Natural Earth 4.x by adding new transform convert_ne_l10n_name for 2-char language codes.
  • Use a Tilezen curated country admin polygon layer to determine country codes PIP for intermediate processing (this layer is not exported in final tiles).
  • Add new function to calculate linear overlap with polygons, useful for road in country calculation.
  • Add new function to calculate point in polygon (PIP), useful in POI in country calculation.
  • Updates to Tilezen curated buffered_land layer for marine boundary lines.
  • Be more robust to only add database columns when they don't already exist.
  • Support easier creation of generative tests for points, lines, and polygons.
  • Continued migration to generative tests instead of live-data OpenStreetMap tests via Overpass.
  • Switch to generating MVT format with Coanacatl, which wraps Wagyu and VTZero.
  • Requires Postgresql 9.5. Issue #1319.
  • Upgrade to CircleCI 2.0 for continuous integration.
  • Refactor all OpenStreetMap to Tilezen ETL logic for network and ref > shield_text to support international road shields based on fuzzy data and missing country code data, including specific functions per country.
  • Add max_zoom_filter to remove features with a max_zoom if it's < nominal zoom.
  • Add whitelist for fence kind_detail values.
  • This will be the last set of database migrations provided. All future releases will assume "global" RAWR tile builds.