Anno Annotations - mostly place names such as mountains, rivers, towns, tunnels etc. Japanese, English - we've set different styles for the different languages. See below for instructions to automate the kana to English (romaji) transliteration process.

AdmBdry Administrative district boundary. We don't include this on the Hokkaido Wilds maps. N/A

AdmPt Representative point of Administrative Area - we don't include this in the Hokkaido Wilds maps. N/A

SBBdry Street block boundary - we don't use this on the Hokkaido Wilds maps. N/A

SBAPt Representative point of street block area - we don't use this on Hokkaido Wilds maps. N/A

RdEdg Road edge - the edge of roads. Unlike RdCL (road center lines), the road edge attributes only have three types: normal (通常部, ftCode=2201), park paths (庭園路, ftCode=2221) and other (その他, ftCode=2200). RdEdg_road_edges.qml

RdCompt Road Component - So far I've only used this for indicating edges of roads in tunnels (トンネル内の道路, ftCode=2401), but there's also median barrier features (分離帯, ftCode=2411). RdCompt_tunnel_edges.qml

RdMgtBdry Road management boundary - we don't use this on Hokkaido Wilds maps. N/A

RdCL Road centerline - Road centerlines, with category (rdCtg; 都道府県道/prefectural, 市町村道等/municipal, 国道/national, 高速自動車国道等/expressway, その他/other), width (rnkWidth; 3m未満 is 'less than 3m'), type (type; includes 徒歩道 /walkway, 石段/steps, 庭園道/park paths, 通常部/normal, and その他/other), and state (state; トンネル/tunnel, 橋・高架/bridge-elevated, 雪覆い/snow cover). ftCode appears to refer to a combination of these attributes. RdCL_road-centerlines.qml

RailTrCL Railway track centerline - this includes normal (ftCode=2801), other (ftCode=2802), bridge/elevated (ftCode=2803), tunnel (ftCode=2804), special railway (ftCode=2811), ropeway (ftCode=2821), streetcar (ftCode=2831), and side-track (ftCode=2841 & 2842). I've got two centerline styles for this: one to be used when you want a black and white dashed line (here), and one when you want a solid black line (here). To be used in conjunction with RailCL. The white dashed line is nice when there's only a single track, but when there's two or more tracks next to each other, things look a little cluttered, so I revert to the solid black line in these cases.

TrfSbl Traffic facility symbol - this includes national road numbers (nRNo) and level crossings (ftCode=2902). At the moment the Hokkaido Wilds maps only use this for adding highway number labels to roads. TrfSbl_highway-numbers.qml

TrfTnnlEnt Tunnel entrances - a dedicated line shapefile indicating tunnel entrances. TrfTnnlEnt_tunnel_entrances.qml

TrfStrct Traffic structures - this includes snow covers over roads (ftCode=2931), railway platform/station (ftCode=2921) and subway platform/station (ftCode=2922). TrfSrtct_traffic_structures.qml

BldA Building area - the area a building/structure occupies. At the moment we've got winter and summer styles.

BldL Building outline - outline of building/structure area. At the moment we don't use this on Hokkaido Wilds maps. N/A

BldSbl Building symbol - this includes many types, but we don't currently use this on the Hokkaido Wilds maps: public office (ftCode=3201), court (ftCode=3202), tax office (ftCode=3203), city office (ftCode=3205), town/village office (ftCode=3206), police box (ftCode=3211), high school (ftCode=3212), middle school (ftCode=3213), elementary school (ftCode=3214), old-person's home (ftCode=3215), museum (ftCode=3216), library (ftCode=3217), post office (ftCode=3218), lighthouse (ftCode=3221), Shinto shrine (ftCode=3231), Buddhist temple (ftCode=3232), police office (ftCode=3241), fire department (ftCode=3242), hospital (ftCode=3243), public health office (ftCode=3244). N/A

StrctSbl Structural symbol - We don't use this on Hokkaido Wilds maps, but this includes windmills/wind-power turbines (ftCode=4102), chimneys (ftCode=4101), and oil/gas wells (ftCode=4103). N/A

StrctLine Structural line - not used on Hokkaido Wilds maps, but this includes mine entrances (ftCode=4202), and towers (ftCode=4201). N/A

StrctArea Structure area - not used on Hokkaido Wilds maps, but includes very large structures (ftCode=4301) and tanks (ftCode=4302). N\A

WA Water area - Areas of water. Includes either river/lakes etc (ftCode=5200) or sea/ocean (ftCode=5100). WA_water_areas.qml

Cstline Coastline - this includes normal (ftCode=5101), interfacing with rocks (ftCode=5102), interfacing with wave-breaks (ftCode=5103), river mouth (ftCode=5111), exposed rocks (ftCode=5121), other (ftCode=5188) and unknown (ftCode=5199). Cstline_coastline.qml

WL Water line - includes: Rivers

normal (ftCode=5201)



interfacing with rocks (ftCode=5202)



interfacing with dike/bank (ftCode=5203)



river mouth(ftCode=5211)



border with lake (ftCode=5212)



exposed rocks (ftCode=5213)

Lakes/ponds

normal (ftCode=5231)



interfacing with rocks (ftCode=5232)



interfacing with dike/bank (ftCode=5233)



border with lake (ftCode=5242)



exposed rocks (ftCode=5251)

Other (ftCode=5288)

Unknown (ftCode=5299) - includes: WL_water_outlines.qml

RvrCL River centerline - includes primary rivers (normal (ftCode=5301) and dry (ftCode=5302)), secondary rivers (normal (ftCode=5311) and dry (ftCode=5312)), man-made waterways (above- (ftCode=5321) and below-ground (ftCode=5322)), irrigation channels (ftCode=5331), other (ftCode=5388) and unknown (ftCode=5399). RvrCL_river_centerline.qml

WStrL Waterside structure line - includes dams (ftCode=5501), weir (ftCode=5514), water/flood-gate (ftCode=5515), waterfall (ftCode=5521), permeable dike (ftCode=5532), water tunnel entrance (ftCode=5551). WStrL_water_structure.qml

WfArea Waterfall area - point-based shapefile. WfArea_waterfall.qml

WRltLine Water related line - includes marine vessel (ftCode=5901), marine vessel route (ftCode=5902), water current direction (ftCode=5911). WRltLine_ship_route.qml

SpcfArea Specific area - this line-based shapefile appears to be small, possibly private walkways. in Japanese 特定地区界. SpcfArea_walkways.qml

Park Park - park areas. We don't use this in Hokkaido Wilds maps. N/A

LUSbl Land use symbol - in the Hokkaido Wilds maps, we only indicate onsen and fumeroles. However, this point-based file includes graveyards (ftCode=6301), paddy field (ftCode=6311), cropland field (ftCode=6312), tea-tree field (ftCode=6313), orchard (ftCode=6314), broad-leaved forest (ftCode=6321), needle-leaf forest (ftCode=6322), bamboo forest (ftCode=6323), palm forest (ftCode=6324), haimatsu creeping pine (ftCode=6325), sasa bamboo grass (ftCode=6326), barren (ftCode=6327), onsen hotspring (ftCode=6331), fumerole (ftCode=6332), historical ruin/important natural feature (ftCode=6341), castle ruins (ftCode=6342), quarry (ftCode=6351), port (ftCode=6361), fishing port (ftCode=6362). fumerole. Style file: LUSbl_land-use-symbol.qml . SVGs: onsen

GCP Geodetic control point - in my amateur parlance, I refer to these as 'main' elevation points, because many of them are 三角点 or trig points at the top of mountains. There are many more types of these in the data - if you need a translation of the different types, let me know in the comments. GCP_elevation_point_main_Ver2.qml

ElevPt Elevation points - there are special points (ftCode=7211), grid elevation points (ftCode=7212), other (ftCode=7288) and unknown (ftCode=7299). ElevPt_elevation_points_Ver2.qml

Cntr Contour lines - knockouts for elevations and cliffs/rocks are denoted by the feature codes: normal (ftCode=7351), number (ftCode=7352), cliff/rock (ftCode=7353). Summer, winter.

Isbt Isobath - underwater contour lines, including knockouts: normal (ftCode=7371), number knockout (ftCode=7372), cliff/rock knockout (ftCode=7373). On the Hokkaido Wilds maps, we only show the 100m lines. Isbt_underwater_contours.qml

TpgphArea Topographical representative area - includes marsh/swamp (ftCode=7401), permanent ice/snow (ftCode=7402), beach/gravel (ftCode=7403). TpgphArea_beaches_gravel.qml

TpgphLine Topographical representative line - the main point of interest for mountain-focused maps is rocks (ftCode=7512) and cliffs (ftCode=7509). TpgphLine_cliffs_rocks_style.qml

TpgphSbl Topographical representative symbol - this point-based file refers to sand and gravel where the extent of the area is not clear. TpgphSbl_scree_beach_sand_etc.qml

WAltiWDpth Water depth - point-based file with numerical depths (altiDpth). WaltiDpth_water-depth.dml

PwrPlnt Power plants - not currently included on the Hokkaido Wilds maps. N/A

VegeClassP Vegetation classification point - not included on Hokkaido Wilds maps. N/A

RTwr Radio tower - not included in Hokkaido Wilds maps. N/A

Monument Monument - not currently included on Hokkaido Wilds maps. N/A

RailCL Railroad centerline - this includes the following. No specific feature codes present for this attribute.



railState

通常部/normal



トンネル/tunnel



橋・高架/bridge-elevated



雪覆い/snow-cover



地下/underground

snglDbl

駅部分/train station section



側線/side-track



単線/single track



複線以上/multiple

type

索道/ropeway-cableway



特殊鉄道/special railway



不明/unknown



普通鉄道（JR）/normal rail (JR)



普通鉄道（JR以外）/normal rail (other than JR)



路面鉄道/streetcar rail - this includes the following. No specific feature codes present for this attribute. I've got two centerline styles for this: one to be used when you want a black and white dashed line (here), and one when you want a solid black line (here). To be used in conjunction with RailTrCL. The white dashed line is nice when there's only a single track, but when there's two or more tracks next to each other, things look a little cluttered, so I revert to the solid black line in these cases.

PwrTrnsmL High-tension power transmission lines - this doesn't include pylon locations. In QGIS, I use the GRASS v.to.points plugin (from the Processing Toolbox) to put points along the line, to use as pylons. Even on the GSI official topomaps, the pylon locations appear to be arbitrary. Power transmission line style: PwrTrnsml_powerlines.qml Pylon style: PwrTrnsml_powerlines.qml

VegeClassL Vegetational classification line - not included in the Hokkaido Wilds maps. N/A

WoodRes Wooded residence - not sure what this is used for. Not included in the Hokkaido Wilds maps. N/A