OS OpenMap – Local
OS Open Map – Local (OML) is an open dataset of detailed, street-level mapping of Great Britain. OML provides one of the most detailed generalised open mapping products available and is designed to provide contextual mapping for your applications or web pages. It offers users a clear contextual view of the world whilst also enabling the undertaking of analytical activities.
OS OML can support a wide range of customer applications that utilise geographic information. The product is ideal for providing backdrop mapping on websites and displaying business locations on small-scale 'street level' maps.
Contextual backdrop mapping
The product provides contextual backdrop mapping for your applications or web pages. It contains important buildings, functional sites and greenspace.
Vector version
Vector data map styling is highly customisable to suit your needs; premade stylesheets are also available for Ordnance Survey’s traditional styles.
Raster version
OS OpenMap – Local includes a raster image option, carefully styled according to customer feedback. This is easy to load in a GIS and lets you start analysing data quicker.
Private roads and tracks
To help you navigate around Britain, we’re adding more names, such as those of isolated homes and farms, and roads, both public and private. This detail comes into its own in rural and suburban areas.
Identify hotspots in data
Quickly identify hotspots in data like crime location or property prices. The muted colours of this detailed backdrop map let your information really stand out.
Get insights for local planning
Get greater insights into land use for local planning. OS OML doesn't just pinpoint schools, hospital and other major facilities, it maps the grounds they occupy.
Assessing local sites of interest
OS OML lets you easily assess local sites of interest (for example, educational facilities), highlighting their location and context within an area.
Displaying the location of a business
The local view of OS OML is ideal for creating a map of a street or neighbourhood to share the location of your business, complete with street and locality names to provide context.
Please see the Product applications and uses page for more information about product use cases.
Access: Download
Data theme: Contextual
Data structure: Raster, Vector
Coverage: Great Britain
Scale: 1:10 000
Format: GeoTIFF
Tile count: 10 591
Ordering area: All of Great Britain or customisable area (100km² tiles)
Publication months: April, October
Car Charging Points source
The Car Charging Points for the OS OpenMap – Local are sourced from the National Chargepoint Registry (NCR), published by the Office of Zero Emissions Vehicles under the Open Government Licence.
National set
OS OpenMap – Local provides national coverage of Britain at 1:10 000 scale. Download the vector and raster versions of this data as single zip files. For smaller areas, we’ll continue to offer the data as a single tile.
Stylesheets
To to enhance the look and feel of the vector version, stylesheets can be found on GitHub; they're available in formats compatible with Esri and QGIS and other popular GIS software.
We recommend you read the following guide:
How to get this product
Access to this OS OpenData product is free through the OS Data Hub.
Sample data
Visualise OS OpenMap – Local sample data online
This product is available to try out free online using one of our three sets of sample data (Exeter, Newport and Inverness) through the OS MasterMap Product Viewer:
What's next?
To access additional documentation and resources relating to this product, please refer to the following:
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