🆕Comparison of OS APIs

Overview

The purpose of this page is to provide a summary of things to consider when migrating from OS Features API and OS Vector Tile API to OS NGD API – Features and OS NGD API – Tiles. It covers the key features of each service, summarises the migration requirements and provides an implementation comparison between the services.

Key features

The OS NGD APIs are built on modern OGC API standards, making it easier for organisations to maintain open standards while creating services that are more interoperable and better aligned with modern geospatial and cloud-native architectures. These APIs align with the future direction of OS data services, enabling teams to access more OS NGD data, unlock richer analytics and access the key benefits of OS NGD within their applications.

API comparison

Comparison of OS Features API and OS NGD API – Features

This page compares the OS Features API and OS NGD API – Features to help inform your decision about which API is best suited to provide you with access to authoritative Ordnance Survey feature data.

Comparison of OS Vector Tile API and OS NGD API – Tiles

This page compared the OS Vector Tile API and OS NGD API – Tiles to help you decision which API is best suited to provide a customisable basemap for your project.

Help and support

Supporting links

The OS APIs Documentation site has further information that you might find useful. The following resources provide additional guidance on OS NGD API – Features and OS NGD API – Tiles:

• OS NGD API – Features

  • OS NGD API – Features | What data is available?

• OS NGD API – Tiles

  • OS NGD API – Tiles | What data is available?

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