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250K OnDemand Topo Cartographic Specifications - Geographic Names

250K OnDemand Topo cartographic specifications for Natural Features, Landforms, and Populated Places.

Feature Type

Natural Features

Landforms

Populated Places - Point

Populated Places - Polygon

 


NATURAL FEATURES

Bay

FType: Bay

FCode: No FCode for this feature

Feature Description: Indentation of a coastline or shoreline enclosing a part of a body of water; a body of water partly surrounded by land (arm, bahía, bight, cove, estuary, gulf, hono, inlet, kū‘ono, sound).

Cartographic Representation

Features Not Symbolized

Labeling

Font StyleFont Size (Pt)Font
Color
R/G/B
Halo Size (Pt)Halo
Color
R/G/B
Placement PropertiesLabel Graphic Depiction
Charis SIL, Italic7.00101/
137/
191
0.50250/
250/
250
Best position around point
Media
Blue italic text showing official name of feature
Blue italic text showing official name of feature.

 

Range

FType: Range

FCode: No FCode for this feature

Feature Description: A single mass of hills or mountains; a complex, interconnected series of mountain ranges having a well-defined longitudinal trend (cordillera, mountain belt, sierra).

Cartographic Representation

 Features Not Symbolized

Labeling

Font StyleFont Size (Pt)Font
Color
R/G/B
Halo Size (Pt)Halo
Color
R/G/B
Placement PropertiesLabel Graphic Depiction
Segoe UI, Semibold, Italic, Uppercase9.00103/
77/
58
0.50250/
250/
250
Best position around point
Media
Brown italic text showing official name of feature.
Brown italic text showing official name of feature.

 

Summit

FType: Summit

FCode: No FCode for this feature

Feature Description: Prominent elevation rising above the surrounding level of the Earth's surface; does not include pillars, ridges, or ranges; can occur as a single isolated mass or in a group (ahu, ballon, berg, bald, butte, cerro, colina, cone, cumbre, dome, head, hill, horn, knob, knoll, mauna, mesa, mesita, mound, mount, mountain, nu‘u, peak, puʻu, rock, sugarloaf, table, volcano).

Cartographic Representation

 Features Not Symbolized

Labeling

Font StyleFont Size (Pt)Font
Color
R/G/B
Halo Size (Pt)Halo
Color
R/G/B
Placement PropertiesLabel Graphic Depiction
Segoe UI, Italic7.00103/
77/
58
0.50250/
250/
250
Best position around point
Media
Brown italic text showing official name of feature.
Brown italic text showing official name of feature.

 


LANDFORMS

Range

FType: Range

FCode: No FCode for this feature

Feature Description: A single mass of hills or mountains; a complex, interconnected series of mountain ranges having a well-defined longitudinal trend (cordillera, mountain belt, sierra).

Cartographic Representation

Features Not Symbolized

Labeling

Font StyleFont Size (Pt)Font
Color
R/G/B
Halo Size (Pt)Halo
Color
R/G/B
Placement PropertiesLabel Graphic Depiction
Segoe UI, Semibold, Italic, Uppercase9.00103/
77/
58
0.50250/
250/
250
Regular - horizontal in polygon; May place outside polygon boundary
Media
Brown italic text showing official name of feature.
Brown italic text showing official name of feature.


Summit

FType: Summit

FCode: No FCode for this feature

Feature Description: Prominent elevation rising above the surrounding level of the Earth's surface; does not include pillars, ridges, or ranges; can occur as a single isolated mass or in a group (ahu, ballon, berg, bald, butte, cerro, colina, cone, cumbre, dome, head, hill, horn, knob, knoll, mauna, mesa, mesita, mound, mount, mountain, nu‘u, peak, puʻu, rock, sugarloaf, table, volcano).

Cartographic Representation

Features Not Symbolized

Labeling

Font StyleFont Size (Pt)Font
Color
R/G/B
Halo Size (Pt)Halo
Color
R/G/B
Placement PropertiesLabel Graphic Depiction
Segoe UI, Italic7.00103/
77/
58
0.50250/
250/
250
Regular - horizontal in polygon; May place outside polygon boundary
Media
Brown italic text showing official name of feature.
Brown italic text showing official name of feature.

 


POPULATED PLACES (PPL) - POINT

Populated Place Points

FType: No FType for this feature

FCode: No FCode for this feature

Feature Description: Place labels include populated place, civil, and census features. A populated place is a place or area with clustered or scattered buildings and a permanent human population (city, settlement, town, village). A populated place is usually not incorporated and by definition has no legal boundaries. However, a populated place may have a corresponding "civil" record, the legal boundaries of which may or may not coincide with the perceived populated place. A civil feature is political division formed for administrative purposes (borough, county, incorporated place, municipio, parish, town, township). A census feature is a statistical area delineated locally specifically for the tabulation of Census Bureau data (census-designated place, census county division, unorganized territory, various types of American Indian/Alaska Native statistical areas). 

Cartographic Representation

 Features Not Symbolized

Labeling

Font StyleFont Size (Pt)Font
Color
R/G/B
Halo Size (Pt)Halo
Color
R/G/B
Placement PropertiesLabel Graphic Depiction
Charis SIL, Bold8.5052/
52/
52
0.50240/
240/
240
Best position around point
Media
Gray text showing official name.
Gray text showing official name.

 


POPULATED PLACES (PPL) - POLYGON

PPL 250,000 - 499,999

FType: No FType for this feature

FCode: No FCode for this feature

Feature Description: Place labels include populated place, civil, and census features. A populated place is a place or area with clustered or scattered buildings and a permanent human population (city, settlement, town, village). A populated place is usually not incorporated and by definition has no legal boundaries. However, a populated place may have a corresponding "civil" record, the legal boundaries of which may or may not coincide with the perceived populated place. A civil feature is political division formed for administrative purposes (borough, county, incorporated place, municipio, parish, town, township). A census feature is a statistical area delineated locally specifically for the tabulation of Census Bureau data (census-designated place, census county division, unorganized territory, various types of American Indian/Alaska Native statistical areas). 

Cartographic Representation

 Features Not Symbolized

Labeling

Font StyleFont Size (Pt)Font
Color
R/G/B
Halo Size (Pt)Halo
Color
R/G/B
Placement PropertiesLabel Graphic Depiction
Charis SIL, Bold, Uppercase8.5052/
52/
52
0.50240/
240/
240
Regular - horizontal in polygon; May place outside polygon boundary
Media
Gray text showing official name.
Gray text showing official name.


PPL 500,000 - 999,999

FType: No FType for this feature

FCode: No FCode for this feature

Feature Description: Place labels include populated place, civil, and census features. A populated place is a place or area with clustered or scattered buildings and a permanent human population (city, settlement, town, village). A populated place is usually not incorporated and by definition has no legal boundaries. However, a populated place may have a corresponding "civil" record, the legal boundaries of which may or may not coincide with the perceived populated place. A civil feature is political division formed for administrative purposes (borough, county, incorporated place, municipio, parish, town, township). A census feature is a statistical area delineated locally specifically for the tabulation of Census Bureau data (census-designated place, census county division, unorganized territory, various types of American Indian/Alaska Native statistical areas). 

Cartographic Representation

 Features Not Symbolized

Labeling

Font StyleFont Size (Pt)Font
Color
R/G/B
Halo Size (Pt)Halo
Color
R/G/B
Placement PropertiesLabel Graphic Depiction
Charis SIL, Bold, Uppercase9.0052/
52/
52
0.50240/
240/
240
Regular - horizontal in polygon; May place outside polygon boundary
Media
Gray text showing official name.
Gray text showing official name.


PPL 1,000,000 - 1,999,999

FType: No FType for this feature

FCode: No FCode for this feature

Feature Description: Place labels include populated place, civil, and census features. A populated place is a place or area with clustered or scattered buildings and a permanent human population (city, settlement, town, village). A populated place is usually not incorporated and by definition has no legal boundaries. However, a populated place may have a corresponding "civil" record, the legal boundaries of which may or may not coincide with the perceived populated place. A civil feature is political division formed for administrative purposes (borough, county, incorporated place, municipio, parish, town, township). A census feature is a statistical area delineated locally specifically for the tabulation of Census Bureau data (census-designated place, census county division, unorganized territory, various types of American Indian/Alaska Native statistical areas). 

Cartographic Representation

 Features Not Symbolized

Labeling

Font StyleFont Size (Pt)Font
Color
R/G/B
Halo Size (Pt)Halo
Color
R/G/B
Placement PropertiesLabel Graphic Depiction
Charis SIL, Bold, Uppercase10.0052/
52/
52
0.50240/
240/
240
Regular - horizontal in polygon; May place outside polygon boundary
Media
Gray text showing official name.
Gray text showing official name.


PPL 2,000,000+

FType: No FType for this feature

FCode: No FCode for this feature

Feature Description: Place labels include populated place, civil, and census features. A populated place is a place or area with clustered or scattered buildings and a permanent human population (city, settlement, town, village). A populated place is usually not incorporated and by definition has no legal boundaries. However, a populated place may have a corresponding "civil" record, the legal boundaries of which may or may not coincide with the perceived populated place. A civil feature is political division formed for administrative purposes (borough, county, incorporated place, municipio, parish, town, township). A census feature is a statistical area delineated locally specifically for the tabulation of Census Bureau data (census-designated place, census county division, unorganized territory, various types of American Indian/Alaska Native statistical areas). 

Cartographic Representation

 Features Not Symbolized

Labeling

Font StyleFont Size (Pt)Font
Color
R/G/B
Halo Size (Pt)Halo
Color
R/G/B
Placement PropertiesLabel Graphic Depiction
Charis SIL, Bold, Uppercase10.5052/
52/
52
0.50240/
240/
240
Regular - horizontal in polygon; May place outside polygon boundary
 
Media
Gray text showing official name.
Gray text showing official name.
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