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OS Vector Tile API

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OS Vector Tile API is a vector tile service providing detailed Ordnance Survey data as a customisable basemap. It can be used with most web mapping libraries including Mapbox GL JS, Leaflet, OpenLayers and ArcGIS API for JavaScript. Vector Tiles have the benefit of being optimised for use across the internet and are great for building interactive web maps. You can zoom, pan, rotate, tilt and even extrude 3D buildings.

You have a choice between using Ordnance Survey styles or creating your own. You can customise the content and the style to create a map that perfectly meets your needs. Design a map that matches your brand or get creative and add some cartographic flair to your application.

With OS Vector Tile API you can also select and interact with the individual map features.

OS Vector Tile API is available in two projections; British National Grid for GB data and Web Mercator which is a global coordinate system.

The OS MasterMap Water Network Layer product (also referred to as OS MasterMap Networks – Water Layer) will become End of Life on 31 March 2026. As of this date, access to the product will be removed from the OS Vector Tile API. Further information is available on the .

Scalable vector tile mapping

Provides lightweight, high-resolution vector tile base maps in different styles and projections for fast rendering in interactive applications.

Customisable style options

Access to pre-defined, professional styling which can be customised to meet your own requirements and map designs.

3D visualisation support

Allows for tilting and extruding building features.

Built in data overlays

Access build in and detailed overlays to add give additional geographic context.

Faster performance

Loads maps quicker than traditional raster-mapping services.

Up-to-date mapping

Ensures that users always have access to the most current mapping data.

Flexible customisation

Customise the style and content to make your map meet your requirements.

Interactive mapping

Improves interactivity by offering high quality, scalable mapping with direct access to attribution.

  • Format: Vector Tiles

  • Coverage: Great Britain

  • OS Data Hub plan: OpenData Plan, Premium Plan, Public Sector Plan

Things to remember for OS Vector Tiles API

You can:

  • Use as a basemap in GIS, web or mobile applications.

  • View the whole of Great Britain in unrivalled detail.

  • Seamlessly pan, zoom, pitch and tilt the map.

  • Overlay your own data to give it geographic context.

  • Trace over OS MasterMap Topography Layers (Premium Data) detailed geometries.

  • Customise the map style and content to create the map you need.

  • Access the maps in different projections - British National Grid and Web Mercator.

You can't:

  • Retrieve all the detailed attribution from OS data.

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