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  This overview introduces 1:25 000 Scale Colour Raster and gives context for
  all users – highlighting key features, giving potential uses, and listing
  details such as coverage, currency, etc.
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# 1:25 000 Scale Colour Raster Overview

The 1:25 000 Scale Colour Raster data product mirrors the popular OS Explorer Map series, showing a detailed overview of environmental and leisure features across Great Britain. It can provide the ideal mapping backdrop upon which to overlay business information. The 1:25 000 Scale Colour Raster’s backdrop can then be overlaid with other Ordnance Survey vector products or a customer’s own geographic / business data; it can also provide a useful background map in its own right.

Screen images can be plotted to produce a high-quality map. An example of the data is shown below:

<figure><img src="https://1897589978-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FcNpJpLP8RROUaWVQo5ea%2Fuploads%2FAipkEDiwDURotvRu3oLq%2F1.png?alt=media" alt="An example extract of 1:25 000 Scale Colour Raster which is focussed over St Mary&#x27;s Stadium, Southampton, England."><figcaption><p>An example extract of 1:25 000 Scale Colour Raster which is focussed over St Mary's Stadium, Southampton, England.</p></figcaption></figure>

## Product applications <a href="#id-1.1-product-applications" id="id-1.1-product-applications"></a>

1:25 000 Scale Colour Raster is aimed at professional / business markets and its graphic specification can aid with the following:

* Environmental applications
* Leisure applications
* Construction
* Engineering
* Planning and licence applications
* Farm / estate / property management
* Real estate

## Index

This overview includes the following sections:

* [Product details](1-25-000-scale-colour-raster-overview/product-details)
* [Features depicted in the product](1-25-000-scale-colour-raster-overview/features-depicted-in-the-product)
* [Georeferencing](1-25-000-scale-colour-raster-overview/georeferencing)
