Guidance Notes for OS VectorMapDistrict


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OS VectorMap District is a flexible cartographic vector product that enables you to overlay your own information. What’s more with the vector version, you can style the map to suit your requirements and create a powerful visual tool for your website.

The majority of content derived from the mid-scales database. Buildings, cartographic text and functional sites derived from large-scale database.

The dataset includes feature from the following categories:

Buildings; Roads; Surface Water; Boundaries; Railways; Public Amenities; Heritage Sites; Woodland; Rock Outcrops; Power Lines; Place Names; and Spot Heights.

OS VectorMap District is supplied in ESRI Shapefile format in 100km by 100km tiles, tile size varies from between 6 and 20Mb

NOTE: There is also a Raster version available from Data Download. More Details.