Administrative Name Content Types

This table shows which content type is used to populate administrative name attributes in StreetMap Premium point, line, and polygon layers. The five content types ('ENGLISH', 'LATIN', 'LOCAL', 'MIXED', and 'TRANS') are defined below.

Attribute Layers
Routing_Streets Streetscarto Streets Motorways/
Highways
/
Major Roads
All other mapping layers
FULL_STREET_NAME LOCAL        
STREET_NAME LOCAL        
FULL_STREET_NAME_ALT* MIXED        
STREET_NAME_ALT* MIXED        
StreetName   LOCAL LOCAL LOCAL  
StreetNameLat     LATIN LATIN  
StreetNameTrans   TRANS TRANS    
StreetNameAlt*   MIXED MIXED    
NAME/
POI_NAME/
ExitName
        LOCAL
NAME_LAT         LATIN
ADMIN0_NAME ENGLISH        
ADMIN1_NAME LOCAL        
COUNTRY_NAME   ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH
ORDER1_NAME   LOCAL LOCAL LOCAL LOCAL
ORDER2_NAME/
ORDER8_NAME/
BUILTUP_NAME
    LOCAL    
COUNTRY_NAME
(only for MapCountryArea)
        LOCAL
COUNTRY_NAME_ENG
(only for MapCountryArea)
        ENGLISH
LEFT/RIGHT_*_NAME   LOCAL/ENGLISH LOCAL/ENGLISH   LOCAL/ENGLISH
LEFT/RIGHT_*_NAME_LATIN
(only for MapAdminLine)
        LATIN

The content types are defined as follows:

LOCAL

Local name in English for English-speaking countries.

Local name in a Latin-based language for countries where Latin alphabet is used.

Local name in not-Latin alphabet for countries where non-Latin alphabet is used, for example, Cyrillic in Russia.

TRANS

Empty for English-speaking countries and other countries where Latin alphabet is used.

Transliterated or translated name in a Latin-based language for countries where non-Latin alphabet is used.

LATIN

Local name in English for English-speaking countries.

Local name in a Latin-based language for countries where Latin alphabet is used.

Transliterated or translated name in a Latin-based language for countries where non-Latin alphabet is used.

MIXED

  1. Shield names.
  2. Alternative names in the same language as #1 (do not include any Latin transcriptions/transliterations here).
  3. Any other names not in the same language as #1 (all Latin transcriptions/transliterations are included here).

ENGLISH

English names of countries.