diff --git a/layers/landcover/landcover.sql b/layers/landcover/landcover.sql
index d7860c3..6c26813 100644
--- a/layers/landcover/landcover.sql
+++ b/layers/landcover/landcover.sql
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW landcover_z5 AS (
     SELECT NULL::bigint AS osm_id, geometry, NULL::text AS landuse, 'ice_shelf'::text AS "natural", NULL::text AS leisure, NULL::text AS wetland FROM ne_10m_antarctic_ice_shelves_polys
 );
 
+CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW landcover_z7 AS (
+    -- etldoc: osm_landcover_polygon_gen7 ->  landcover_z7
+    SELECT osm_id, geometry, landuse, "natural", leisure, wetland FROM osm_landcover_polygon_gen7
+);
+
 CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW landcover_z8 AS (
     -- etldoc: osm_landcover_polygon_gen6 ->  landcover_z8
     SELECT osm_id, geometry, landuse, "natural", leisure, wetland FROM osm_landcover_polygon_gen6
@@ -96,9 +101,13 @@ RETURNS TABLE(osm_id bigint, geometry geometry, class text, subclass text) AS $$
         SELECT * FROM landcover_z2
         WHERE zoom_level BETWEEN 2 AND 4 AND geometry && bbox
         UNION ALL
-        -- etldoc:  landcover_z5 -> layer_landcover:z5_7
+        -- etldoc:  landcover_z5 -> layer_landcover:z5_6
         SELECT * FROM landcover_z5
-        WHERE zoom_level BETWEEN 5 AND 7 AND geometry && bbox
+        WHERE zoom_level BETWEEN 5 AND 6 AND geometry && bbox
+        UNION ALL
+        -- etldoc:  landcover_z7 -> layer_landcover:z7
+        SELECT *
+        FROM landcover_z7 WHERE zoom_level = 7 AND geometry && bbox
         UNION ALL
         -- etldoc:  landcover_z8 -> layer_landcover:z8
         SELECT *
diff --git a/layers/landcover/mapping.yaml b/layers/landcover/mapping.yaml
index 00b0c3b..b9f4511 100644
--- a/layers/landcover/mapping.yaml
+++ b/layers/landcover/mapping.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 
 generalized_tables:
 
+  # etldoc: imposm3 -> osm_landcover_polygon_gen7
+  landcover_polygon_gen7:
+    source: landcover_polygon_gen6
+    sql_filter: area>power(ZRES5,2)
+    tolerance: ZRES7
+
   # etldoc: imposm3 -> osm_landcover_polygon_gen6
   landcover_polygon_gen6:
     source: landcover_polygon_gen5
diff --git a/layers/place/city.sql b/layers/place/city.sql
index 879a1b9..de7977a 100644
--- a/layers/place/city.sql
+++ b/layers/place/city.sql
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@ RETURNS TABLE(osm_id bigint, geometry geometry, name text, name_en text, name_de
       )::int AS gridrank
         FROM osm_city_point
         WHERE geometry && bbox
-          AND ((zoom_level = 8 AND place <= 'town'::city_place
-            OR (zoom_level BETWEEN 9 AND 10 AND place <= 'village'::city_place)
+          AND ((zoom_level = 7 AND place <= 'town'::city_place
+            OR (zoom_level BETWEEN 8 AND 10 AND place <= 'village'::city_place)
 
             OR (zoom_level BETWEEN 11 AND 13 AND place <= 'suburb'::city_place)
             OR (zoom_level >= 14)
           ))
     ) AS ranked_places
-    WHERE (zoom_level = 8 AND (gridrank <= 4 OR "rank" IS NOT NULL))
+    WHERE (zoom_level BETWEEN 7 AND 8 AND (gridrank <= 4 OR "rank" IS NOT NULL))
        OR (zoom_level = 9 AND (gridrank <= 8 OR "rank" IS NOT NULL))
        OR (zoom_level = 10 AND (gridrank <= 12 OR "rank" IS NOT NULL))
        OR (zoom_level BETWEEN 11 AND 12 AND (gridrank <= 14 OR "rank" IS NOT NULL))