Interface Settlement

A place people live. Settlements are central places in a hierarchy (Christaller), sized by rank (Zipf).

interface Settlement {
    cell: string;
    class: SettlementClass;
    id: number;
    level: number;
    population: number;
    position: [number, number];
    radius: number;
    rank: number;
}

Properties

cell: string

Fine H3 cell it is centred in.

Size class.

id: number

Index in PopulationData.settlements (0 = the largest).

level: number

Tier: 0 urban centre, 1 town, 2 village, 3 hamlet (with levels = 4); farmsteads are levels.

population: number

People (an integer). Ranked settlements' people are spread over the cells around them.

position: [number, number]

Centre in local [x, z], metres (seeded jitter inside the cell, always on dry land).

radius: number

Radius of the built-up core, metres.

rank: number

Rank-size rank (1 = largest); 0 for farmsteads.