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Update list of autocomplete layers

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### Layers
The type of record is referred to as its `layer`. All records are indexed into the following layers:
* `venue`
* `address`
* `microhood`
* `neighbourhood`
* `macrohood`
* `county`
* `macrocounty`
* `localadmin`
* `locality`
* `borough`
* `region`
* `country`
|layer|description|
|----|----|
|`venue`|points of interest, businesses, things with walls|
|`address`|places with a street address|
|`country`|places that issue passports, nations, nation-states|
|`macroregion`|a related group of regions. Mostly in Europe|
|`region`|states and provinces|
|`macrocounty`|a related group of counties. Mostly in Europe.|
|`county`|official governmental area; usually bigger than a locality, almost always smaller than a region|
|`locality`|towns, hamlets, cities|
|`localadmin`|local administrative boundaries|
|`borough`| a local administrative boundary, currently only used for New York City|
|`neighbourhood`|social communities, neighbourhoods|
|`coarse`|alias for simultaneously using `country`, `region`, `county`, `locality`, `localadmin`, and `neighbourhood`|
You can also refer to all the administrative hierarchy layers with a single alias, `coarse`.

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