os terrain50 vector

OS Terrain™ 50 Contours

Data Download Version:

July 2019

Download allowance:

400 tiles

Formats Available:

SHP, GML3

Version in Roam:

July 2019

View in Roam:

Various (as Overlay)

Ordnance Survey OpenData Licence

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2020

Scale:

1:50,000

Tile Size:

10 x 10km

Example Uses:

Regional overviews of landforms
Surface analysis
Regional Viewsheds
Overlaying on other data i.e. DTMs

Official Information Sources:

Official User Guide: https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/documents/os-terrain-50-user-guide.pdf
Ordnance Survey Product Information: https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-government/products/terrain-50
Ordnance Survey Support Information: https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-government/tools-support/terrain-50-support

Overview

OS Terrain 50 provides an ideal base to enable the third dimension for other data within an appropriate geographical information system (GIS). It can be used for analytical, modelling, planning and visual purposes. OS Terrain 50 contours are not used in Digimap Roam.

OS Terrain 50 contours is a contour dataset of 10 metre interval standard contour polylines which includes mean high and low water boundaries and spot heights.

For more information about the product see the official Ordnance Survey User Guide:

https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/documents/os-terrain-50-user-guide.pdf

Additional Information

Styling Files:

	Data Format
	ShapeFile	GML
ArcGIS
QGIS	OS QML files	OS QML files **

** Additional style files exist for GML data loaded in to Oracle and PostGIS using GO Loader from Snowflake Software: these can be found here.

Printable Legend:

N/A

Sample Data:

N/A