7.5-Minute OnDemand Topo Cartographic Specifications - Geographic Names
7.5-Minute OnDemand Topo cartographic specifications including feature symbology and labels for Geographic Names including Landforms and Populated Places.
Geographic Names Feature Types
Table of Contents
Landforms
Populated Places (PPL) - Point
Populated Places (PPL) - Polygon
- PPL - Polygon - Population: 1-1,000
- PPL - Polygon - Population: 1,001-2,500
- PPL - Polygon - Population: 2,501-5,000
- PPL - Polygon - Population: 5,001-10,000
- PPL - Polygon - Population: 10,001 - 25,000
- PPL - Polygon - Population: 25,001-250,000
- PPL - Polygon - Population: 250,001-1,000,000+
LANDFORMS
Arroyo
Subtype of Landforms
- FType: Not applicable
- FCode: 15006
- Feature Description: Watercourse or channel through which water may occasionally flow (coulee, draw, gully, wash).
- Feature Geometry: Not applicable
Graphic Depiction
- Linear Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Point Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Polygon Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
Labeling
Media
Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details
- Labeling Graphic Depiction:
- Label: Arroyo - Label
- Label Description: Black text with an italic font and a light gray halo.
- Font Style: Segoe UI, Italic
- Font Size: 9.00 pt
- Font Color (R,G,B): 0,0,0
- Font Halo Size: 0.80 pt
- Font Halo Color (R,G,B): 240,240,240
- Placement Properties: Regular placement or placed straight inside the feature's polygon. NOTE: Characters may be spaced out for larger features.
Range
Subtype of Landforms
- FType: Not applicable
- FCode: 15042
- 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: Not applicable
Graphic Depiction
- Linear Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Point Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Polygon Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
Labeling
Media
Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details
- Labeling Graphic Depiction:
- Label: Range - Label
- Label Description: Black text with an italic font and a light gray halo.
- Font Style: Segoe UI, Italic
- Font Size: 9.00 pt
- Font Color (R,G,B): 0,0,0
- Font Halo Size: 0.80 pt
- Font Halo Color (R,G,B): 240,240,240
- Placement Properties: Regular placement or placed straight inside the feature's polygon. NOTE: Characters may be spaced out for larger features.
Ridge
Subtype of Landforms
- FType: Not applicable
- FCode: 15044
- Feature Description: Elevation with a narrow, elongated crest that can be part of a hill or mountain (arĂŞte, crest, chenier, cuesta, divide, esker, hogback, mogote, lae, ridge, spur).
- Feature Geometry: Not applicable
Graphic Depiction
- Linear Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Point Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Polygon Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
Labeling
Media
Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details
- Labeling Graphic Depiction:
- Label: Ridge - Label
- Label Description: Black text with an italic font and a light gray halo.
- Font Style: Segoe UI, Italic
- Font Size: 9.00 pt
- Font Color (R,G,B): 0,0,0
- Font Halo Size: 0.80 pt
- Font Halo Color (R,G,B): 240,240,240
- Placement Properties: Regular placement or placed straight inside the feature's polygon. NOTE: Characters may be spaced out for larger features.
Summit
Subtype of Landforms
- FType: Not applicable
- FCode: 15048
- 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, peak, puʻu, rock, sugarloaf, table, volcano).
- Feature Geometry: Not applicable
Graphic Depiction
- Linear Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Point Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Polygon Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
Labeling
Media
Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details
- Labeling Graphic Depiction:
- Label: Summit - Label
- Label Description: Black text with an italic font and a light gray halo.
- Font Style: Segoe UI, Italic
- Font Size: 9.00 pt
- Font Color (R,G,B): 0,0,0
- Font Halo Size: 0.80 pt
- Font Halo Color (R,G,B): 240,240,240
- Placement Properties: Regular placement; Horizontal within the polygon. NOTE: Characters may be spaced out for larger features.
Valley
Subtype of Landforms
- FType: Not applicable
- FCode: 15050
- Feature Description: Linear depression in the Earth's surface that generally slopes from one end to the other (barranca, canyon, chasm, cove, draw, glen, gorge, gulch, gulf, hollow, ravine).
- Feature Geometry: Not applicable
Graphic Depiction
- Linear Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Point Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Polygon Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
Labeling
Media
Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details
- Labeling Graphic Depiction:
- Label: Valley - Label
- Label Description: Black text with an italic font.
- Font Style: Segoe UI, Italic
- Font Size: 9.00 pt
- Font Color (R,G,B): 0,0,0
- Font Halo Size: 0.80 pt
- Font Halo Color (R,G,B): 240,240,240
- Placement Properties: Regular placement or placed straight inside the feature's polygon. NOTE: Characters may be spaced out for larger features.
POPULATED PLACES (PPL) – POINT
PPL - Point
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: Not applicable
Graphic Depiction
- Linear Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Point Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Polygon Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
Labeling
Media
Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details
- Labeling Graphic Depiction:
- Label: PPL - Point - Label
- Label Description: Black text with a light gray halo showing official name.
- Font Style: Charis SIL
- Font Size: 10.00 pt
- Font Color (R,G,B): 0,0,0
- Font Halo Size: 0.80 pt
- Font Halo Color (R,G,B): 240,240,240
- Placement Properties: Best position around point.
POPULATED PLACES (PPL) – POLYGON
PPL - Polygon - Population: 1-1,000
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: Not applicable
Graphic Depiction
- Linear Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Point Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Polygon Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
Labeling
Media
Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details
- Labeling Graphic Depiction:
- Label: PPL - Polygon - Population: 1-1,000 - Label
- Label Description: Black text with a light gray halo showing official name.
- Font Style: Charis SIL, Bold
- Font Size: 10.00 pt
- Font Color (R,G,B): 0,0,0
- Font Halo Size: 0.80 pt
- Font Halo Color (R,G,B): 240,240,240
- Placement Properties: Regular - horizontal in polygon; May place outside polygon boundary
PPL - Polygon - Population: 1,001-2,500
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: Not applicable
Graphic Depiction
- Linear Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Point Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Polygon Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
Labeling
Media
Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details
- Labeling Graphic Depiction:
- Label: PPL - Polygon - Population: 1,001-2,500 - Label
- Label Description: Black text with a light gray halo showing official name.
- Font Style: Charis SIL, Bold
- Font Size: 10.00 pt
- Font Color (R,G,B): 0,0,0
- Font Halo Size: 0.80 pt
- Font Halo Color (R,G,B): 240,240,240
- Placement Properties: Regular - horizontal in polygon; May place outside polygon boundary
PPL - Polygon - Population: 2,501-5,000
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: Not applicable
Graphic Depiction
- Linear Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Point Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Polygon Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
Labeling
Media
Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details
- Labeling Graphic Depiction:
- Label: PPL - Polygon - Population: 2,501-5,000 - Label
- Label Description: Black text with a light gray halo showing official name.
- Font Style: Charis SIL, Bold
- Font Size: 10.00 pt
- Font Color (R,G,B): 0,0,0
- Font Halo Size: 0.80 pt
- Font Halo Color (R,G,B): 240,240,240
- Placement Properties: Regular - horizontal in polygon; May place outside polygon boundary
PPL - Polygon - Population: 5,001-10,000
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: Not applicable
Graphic Depiction
- Linear Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Point Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Polygon Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
Labeling
Media
Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details
- Labeling Graphic Depiction:
- Label: PPL - Polygon - Population: 5,001-10,000 - Label
- Label Description: Uppercase black text with a light gray halo showing official name.
- Font Style: Charis SIL, Bold, Uppercase
- Font Size: 11.00 pt
- Font Color (R,G,B): 0,0,0
- Font Halo Size: 0.80 pt
- Font Halo Color (R,G,B): 240,240,240
- Placement Properties: Regular - horizontal in polygon; May place outside polygon boundary
PPL - Polygon - Population: 10,001 - 25,000
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: Not applicable
Graphic Depiction
- Linear Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Point Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Polygon Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
Labeling
Media
Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details
- Labeling Graphic Depiction:
- Label: PPL - Polygon - Population: 10,001 - 25,000 - Label
- Label Description: Uppercase black text with a light gray halo showing official name.
- Font Style: Charis SIL, Bold, Uppercase
- Font Size: 12.00 pt
- Font Color (R,G,B): 0,0,0
- Font Halo Size: 0.80 pt
- Font Halo Color (R,G,B): 240,240,240
- Placement Properties: Regular - horizontal in polygon; May place outside polygon boundary
PPL - Polygon - Population: 25,001-250,000
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: Not applicable
Graphic Depiction
- Linear Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Point Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Polygon Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
Labeling
Media
Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details
- Labeling Graphic Depiction:
- Label: PPL - Polygon - Population: 25,001-250,000 - Label
- Label Description: Uppercase black text with a light gray halo showing official name.
- Font Style: Charis SIL, Bold, Uppercase
- Font Size: 14.00 pt
- Font Color (R,G,B): 0,0,0
- Font Halo Size: 0.80 pt
- Font Halo Color (R,G,B): 240,240,240
- Placement Properties: Regular - horizontal in polygon; May place outside polygon boundary
PPL - Polygon - Population: 250,001-1,000,000+
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: Not applicable
Graphic Depiction
- Linear Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Point Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
- Polygon Graphic Depiction: Not applicable
Labeling
Media
Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details
- Labeling Graphic Depiction:
- Label: PPL - Polygon - Population: 250,001-1,000,000+ - Label
- Label Description: Uppercase black text with a light gray halo showing official name.
- Font Style: Charis SIL, Bold, Uppercase
- Font Size: 16.00 pt
- Font Color (R,G,B): 0,0,0
- Font Halo Size: 0.80 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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