250K OnDemand Topo Cartographic Specifications - Geographic Names
250K OnDemand Topo cartographic specifications including feature symbology and labels for Natural Features, Landforms, and Populated Places.
Geographic Names Feature Types
Table of Contents
Natural Features
Landforms
Populated Places (PPL) - Point
Populated Places (PPL) - Polygon
NATURAL FEATURES
Bay
Subtype of Natural Features
- FType: Bay
- FCode: Not applicable
- 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).
- Feature Geometry: See 250K OnDemand Topo Cartographic Specifications - Hydrography for details.
Graphic Depiction
- Point Graphic Depiction: See 250K OnDemand Topo Cartographic Specifications - Hydrography for details.
- Linear Graphic Depiction: See 250K OnDemand Topo Cartographic Specifications - Hydrography for details.
- Polygon Graphic Depiction: See 250K OnDemand Topo Cartographic Specifications - Hydrography for details.
Symbology Specifications
- Features Not Symbolized
Labeling
Media
Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details
- Labeling Graphic Depiction:
- Label: Bay - Label
- Label Description: Blue italic text showing official name of feature.
- Font Style: Charis SIL, Italic
- Font Size: 7.00 pt
- Font Color (R,G,B): 101,137,191
- Font Halo Size: 0.50 pt
- Font Halo Color (R,G,B): 250,250,250
- Placement Properties: Best position around point
Range
Subtype of Natural Features
- FType: Range
- FCode: Not applicable
- 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).
- Feature Geometry: Features Not Symbolized
Graphic Depiction
- Point Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Linear Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Polygon Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
Symbology Specifications
- Features Not Symbolized
Labeling
Media
Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details
- Labeling Graphic Depiction:
- Label: Range - Label
- Label Description: Brown italic text showing official name of feature.
- Font Style: Segoe UI, Semibold, Italic, Uppercase
- Font Size: 9.00 pt
- Font Color (R,G,B): 103,77,58
- Font Halo Size: 0.50 pt
- Font Halo Color (R,G,B): 250,250,250
- Placement Properties: Regular - horizontal in polygon; may place outside polygon boundary
Summit
Subtype of Natural Features
- FType: Summit
- FCode: Not applicable
- 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).
- Feature Geometry: Features Not Symbolized
Graphic Depiction
- Point Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Linear Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Polygon Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
Symbology Specifications
- Features Not Symbolized
Labeling
Media
Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details
- Labeling Graphic Depiction:
- Label: Summit - Label
- Label Description: Brown italic text showing official name of feature.
- Font Style: Segoe UI, Italic
- Font Size: 7.00 pt
- Font Color (R,G,B): 103,77,58
- Font Halo Size: 0.50 pt
- Font Halo Color (R,G,B): 250,250,250
- Placement Properties: Best position around point
LANDFORMS
Range
Subtype of Landforms
- FType: Range
- FCode: Not applicable
- 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).
- Feature Geometry: Features Not Symbolized
Graphic Depiction
- Point Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Linear Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Polygon Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
Symbology Specifications
- Features Not Symbolized
Labeling
Media
Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details
- Labeling Graphic Depiction:
- Label: Range - Label
- Label Description: Brown italic text showing official name of feature.
- Font Style: Segoe UI, Semibold, Italic, Uppercase
- Font Size: 9.00 pt
- Font Color (R,G,B): 103,77,58
- Font Halo Size: 0.50 pt
- Font Halo Color (R,G,B): 250,250,250
- Placement Properties: Regular - horizontal in polygon; may place outside polygon boundary
Summit
Subtype of Landforms
- FType: Summit
- FCode: Not applicable
- 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).
- Feature Geometry: Features Not Symbolized
Graphic Depiction
- Point Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Linear Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Polygon Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
Symbology Specifications
- Features Not Symbolized
Labeling
Media
Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details
- Labeling Graphic Depiction:
- Label: Summit - Label
- Label Description: Brown italic text showing official name of feature.
- Font Style: Segoe UI, Italic
- Font Size: 7.00 pt
- Font Color (R,G,B): 103,77,58
- Font Halo Size: 0.50 pt
- Font Halo Color (R,G,B): 250,250,250
- Placement Properties: Regular - horizontal in polygon; may place outside polygon boundary
POPULATED PLACES (PPL) – POINT
Populated Place Points
Subtype of Populated Places (PPL) - Point
- FType: Not applicable
- FCode: Not applicable
- 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).
- Feature Geometry: Features Not Symbolized
Graphic Depiction
- Point Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Linear Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Polygon Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
Symbology Specifications
- Features Not Symbolized
Labeling
Media
Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details
- Labeling Graphic Depiction:
- Label: Populated Place Points - Label
- Label Description: Gray text showing official name.
- Font Style: Charis SIL, Bold
- Font Size: 8.50 pt
- Font Color (R,G,B): 52,52,52
- Font Halo Size: 0.50 pt
- Font Halo Color (R,G,B): 240,240,240
- Placement Properties: Best position around point
POPULATED PLACES (PPL) – POLYGON
PPL 250,000 – 499,999
Subtype of Populated Places (PPL) - Polygon
- FType: Not applicable
- FCode: Not applicable
- 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).
- Feature Geometry: Features Not Symbolized
Graphic Depiction
- Point Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Linear Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Polygon Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
Symbology Specifications
- Features Not Symbolized
Labeling
Media
Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details
- Labeling Graphic Depiction:
- Label: PPL 250,000 - 499,999 - Label
- Label Description: Gray text showing official name.
- Font Style: Charis SIL, Bold, Uppercase
- Font Size: 8.50 pt
- Font Color (R,G,B): 52,52,52
- Font Halo Size: 0.50 pt
- Font Halo Color (R,G,B): 240,240,240
- Placement Properties: Regular - horizontal in polygon; may place outside polygon boundary
PPL 500,000 – 999,999
Subtype of Populated Places (PPL) - Polygon
- FType: Not applicable
- FCode: Not applicable
- 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).
- Feature Geometry: Features Not Symbolized
Graphic Depiction
- Point Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Linear Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Polygon Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
Symbology Specifications
- Features Not Symbolized
Labeling
Media
Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details
- Labeling Graphic Depiction:
- Label: PPL 500,000 – 999,999 - Label
- Label Description: Gray text showing official name.
- Font Style: Charis SIL, Bold, Uppercase
- Font Size: 9.00 pt
- Font Color (R,G,B): 52,52,52
- Font Halo Size: 0.50 pt
- Font Halo Color (R,G,B): 240,240,240
- Placement Properties: Regular - horizontal in polygon; may place outside polygon boundary
PPL 1,000,000 – 1,999,999
Subtype of Populated Places (PPL) - Polygon
- FType: Not applicable
- FCode: Not applicable
- 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).
- Feature Geometry: Features Not Symbolized
Graphic Depiction
- Point Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Linear Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Polygon Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
Symbology Specifications
- Features Not Symbolized
Labeling
Media
Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details
- Labeling Graphic Depiction:
- Label: PPL 1,000,000 – 1,999,999 - Label
- Label Description: Gray text showing official name.
- Font Style: Charis SIL, Bold, Uppercase
- Font Size: 10.00 pt
- Font Color (R,G,B): 52,52,52
- Font Halo Size: 0.50 pt
- Font Halo Color (R,G,B): 240,240,240
- Placement Properties: Regular - horizontal in polygon; may place outside polygon boundary
PPL 2,000,000+
Subtype of Populated Places (PPL) - Polygon
- FType: Not applicable
- FCode: Not applicable
- 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).
- Feature Geometry: Features Not Symbolized
Graphic Depiction
- Point Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Linear Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Polygon Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
Symbology Specifications
- Features Not Symbolized
Labeling
Media
Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details
- Labeling Graphic Depiction:
- Label: PPL 2,000,000+ - Label
- Label Description: Gray text showing official name.
- Font Style: Charis SIL, Bold, Uppercase
- Font Size: 10.50 pt
- Font Color (R,G,B): 52,52,52
- Font Halo Size: 0.50 pt
- Font Halo Color (R,G,B): 240,240,240
- Placement Properties: Regular - horizontal in polygon; may place outside polygon boundary
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