Data supply
Supply options
DVD supply for an area of interest
When you receive an order via hard media (DVD), the following files will be supplied if the supply is not a Managed Great Britain Set (MGBS):
Data
Doc
Order_Details.txt
Within the Data directory, data files will be found in their compressed format.
A text file called Label Information can be found within the Doc directory. This file is a replica of the information on the DVD should you need to reproduce or reprint this.
The Order_Details.txt provides information about the supply, including supply type, format, dates of order, currency and change. It also contains a list of all the zipped folders contained in the Data directory.
DVD supply of Managed Great Britain Sets
The following files will be supplied when you receive an order of a Managed Great Britain Set (MGBS) via hard media (DVD):
Data
Doc
Order_Details.txt
Within the Data directory, data files will be found in their compressed format.
A text file called Label Information can be found within the Doc directory. This file is a replica of the information on the DVD should you need to reproduce or reprint this.
The Order_Details.txt file provides information about the supply, including supply type, format, dates of order, currency and change. It also contains a list of all the zipped folders contained in the Data directory.
Secure File Transfer Protocol
With a Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) order, the same information is supplied as in DVD supply for an area of interest, but the file names will be slightly different, reflecting the SFTP order number.
Download
The AddressBase Premium and AddressBase Premium Islands products are available as online downloads for customers who have signed up to the Public Sector Plan on the OS Data Hub. From October 2021, Premium Plan members will be able to download AddressBase Premium and AddressBase Premium Islands data from the OS Data Hub. Data can be downloaded in various formats.
File naming
The data is supplied as chunked files that cover your selected area. These files are named according to the convention shown in the following sub-sections.
When you open your data, you will see a series of zip folders:
Non-geographic chunks
For a MGBS supply of CSV and GML, you will see a single zip folder when you receive your download data. On opening the data link folder, you will see a series of separate unzipped files.
For example:
AddressBasePremium_FULL_2011-07-29_001_csv.zip
(full supply of CSV) orAddressBasePremium_COU_2011-07-29_001_gml.zip
(COU supply of GML)
For a MGBS supply of GeoPackage, you will see a single zip folder when you receive your download data. On opening the data link folder, you will see a single unzipped file.
For example:
AddressBasePremium_FULL_2011-07-29_001_gpkg.zip
(full supply of GKPG)
Geographic chunks
When you receive your geo-chunked download data for CSV and GML, you will see a series of zipped folders on opening the data.
For example:
AddressBasePremium_FULL_2011-07-29_TQ2020_csv.zip
(full supply of CSV) orAddressBasePremium_COU_2011-07-29_TQ2020_gml.zip
(COU supply of GML)
When you receive your geo-chunked download data for GKPG, you will see a single zipped folder on opening the data.
For example:
AddressBasePremium_FULL_2011-07-29_001_gpkg.zip
(full supply of GKPG)
Unzipping the data
The GML, GKPG and CSV data are supplied in a compressed form (ZIP). Some software can access these files directly, while other software will require it to be unzipped.
To unzip the zipped data files (.zip
extension), you can use an unzipping utility included with most modern operating systems. Alternatively, open-source zipping/unzipping software can be downloaded from the Internet such as 7-Zip.
When the files are unzipped, they are ready for use and will appear as follows:
Non-geographic chunks
AddressBasePremium_FULL_2020-02-11_001.csv
AddressBasePremium_ISL_FULL_2020-02-18_001.gml
AddressBasePremium_FULL_2020-02-18_001.gpkg
Geographic chunks
AddressBasePremium_2011-07-29_NC4040.csv
For GKPG supply, one GKPG will be supplied which will contain all the tiles:
AddressBasePremium_FULL_2020-02-18_001.gpkg
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