From 7b8f8e7b044d57cbd10b8c795c1e35d761929ea1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julian Simioni Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2016 13:17:24 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update list of autocomplete layers --- autocomplete.md | 26 ++++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/autocomplete.md b/autocomplete.md index 5a14e92..4700ee1 100644 --- a/autocomplete.md +++ b/autocomplete.md @@ -84,18 +84,20 @@ without `sources=openaddresses` you will find the most popular Pennsylvanias fir ### 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`.