1:25 000 Scale Colour Raster

1:25 000 Scale Colour Raster | Data Products | OSOrdnance Survey

1:25 000 Scale Colour Raster is the digital alternative to Ordnance Survey's OS Explorer paper map series for Great Britain available in 10 km square tiles. The 1:25 000 Scale Colour Raster’s backdrop can be overlaid with other Ordnance Survey vector products or a customer’s own geographic/business data or used as a standalone map.

This product is updated quarterly

An example of a 1:25 000 Scale Colour Raster map

Features

Must-have map for hikers and cyclists

1:25 000 Scale Colour Raster is the must-have map in any navigation app or device for hikers and cyclists. It depicts the landscape with detail and clarity that’s unsurpassed at this scale.

Easy software annotation

When you need map extracts for a consultation document, or a magazine for walkers, 1:25 000 Scale Colour Raster TIFF files can be opened and annotated in software like Photoshop and InDesign.

Plenty of places to visit

Tourist and heritage attractions of many types are shown on this mapping, so leisure app users can use it to find their way to a place of interest, whether it breaks up a day’s walking or keeps the kids amused on a rainy day.

Product resolution

660 dpi or 254 dpi

Colour options

Palette of 256 colours

Use cases

Helping ramblers and landowners

Along with a wide range of rights of way – footpaths, bridleways, National Trails and more – 1:25 000 Scale Colour Raster shows 'access land' that’s open to all. Thanks to this level of detail, visitors can enjoy the countryside and keep out of trouble.

For emergency responders

This map can help you quickly and safely to incidents in remote areas. Field boundaries are included, along with contours, vegetation, scree and shoreline detail.

Summary

• Access: Download

• Data theme: Contextual

• Data structure: Raster

• Coverage: Great Britain

• Scale: 1:25 000

• Format: GeoTIFF, TIFF 8-bit LZW compressed, TIFF PackBits compressed

• Ordering area: Customisable Area (10km2 tiles)

• Publication months: March, June, September, December

• OS Data Hub plan: Public Sector Plan, Premium Plan, Energy & Infrastructure Plan

How to get this product

You can try out a sample of OS MasterMap Topography layer data for evaluation and testing through the MasterMap Topography layer product page. Alternatively, you can try out the full product by applying for a Data Exploration license.