OS vectormap local

OS VectorMap^® Local

Data Download Version

January 2020

Download allowance:

200 Tiles

Formats Available:

GML2, SHP, DWG

Version in Roam:

January 2020

View in Roam:

Neighbourhood View, Street View

OS Digimap Licence

Scale:

1:10,000

Tile Size:

5 x 5km

Example Uses:

Making custom maps showing local detail
Showing rich detail in urban areas

Official Information Sources:

Ordnance Survey Product Information: http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/products/vectormap-local.html
Ordnance Survey Support Information: http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/help-and-support/products/vectormap-local.html
Ordnance Survey Product Guide: https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/docs/user-guides/os-vectormap-local-product-guide.pdf
Ordnance Survey Technical Specification: https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/docs/user-guides/os-vectormap-local-technical-specification.pdf
Ordnance Survey Release Note (April 2019): https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/docs/release-notes/vector-map-local-release-note.pdf

Overview

OS VectorMap Local offers detailed national mapping which is suitable for viewing between scales of 1:3000 and 1:20,000. This feature rich dataset is commonly used as a backdrop map to add context to user's own datasets.

Features shown in the data include roads, railways, vegetation, boundaries, buildings and contours.

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

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

https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/docs/user-guides/os-vectormap-local-product-guide.pdf

Additional Information

Styling Files:

	Data Format
	ShapeFile	GeoPackage	GML	DWG
ArcGIS	OS Layer files EDINA Layer files	OS Layer files	*
QGIS	OS QML files **	OS QML files	OS QML files OS SLD files

ESRI Productivity Suite contains the OS Data Converter which will convert OS VML data in GML format to Geodatabase format. It comes complete with a number of Layer Files for setting symbology (see the Productivity Suite help system for details).

* Layer files can be found in the local installation folder of Productivity Suite e.g.:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\ESRIUK\ProductivitySuite\Symbology\VML"

XML and XSL Stylesheets: http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/docs/product-stylesheets/os-vectormap-local-styles-v1.1.0.zip

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

Printable Legend:

N/A

Sample Data:

N/A