1:50 000 Scale Colour Raster Overview

This overview introduces 1:50 000 Scale Colour Raster and gives context for all users – highlighting key features, giving potential uses, and listing details such as coverage, currency, etc.

1:50 000 Scale Colour Raster is a data product similar to the popular OS Landranger Map series, showing a detailed overview of the landscape. It is a mid-scale product that's ideal for navigation. 1:50 000 Scale Colour Raster can be used to contextualise your data or as a map in its own right. It is aimed at recreational as well as businesses users, providing them with an excellent overview of the main features and communication routes across Great Britain.

The 1:50 000 Scale Colour Raster product provides a grid of easy to consume TIFF images. This grid is aligned to the National Grid (EPSG: 27700). The 254 dots per inch resolution has been chosen as it maintains the necessary clarity for text shown on the map.

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

An extract of 1:50 000 Scale Colour Raster over part of Southampton, England.

Key features of the product

The key features of the product are as follows:

• Regular revision cycles, giving product consistency

• Highly detailed mapping, showing airports, farms, hills, woodlands and commons, among other places

• Easy to download and apply TIFF formats

Product applications

1:50 000 Scale Colour Raster is aimed at recreational and business users and its graphic specification can help with the following:

• Development and land-use planning

• Environmental impact analysis

• Vehicle routing

• Asset management

• Marketing analysis

• Display and promotion tasks

Index

This overview includes the following sections:

• Product details

• Features depicted in the product

• Georeferencing