May 2023

This release note provides information relating to the May 2023 release of OS VectorMap District.

Feature counts

FeatureCount

Functional Site

78 081

Motorway Junction

668

Named Place

397 233

Railway Station

3516

Road

3 042 153

Spot Height

33 243

Product issues and enhancements

GeoPackage format changes

We've updated some of our products available in GeoPackage format to align with Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards and we've also fixed various formatting inconsistencies. Full details of these changes for OS VectorMap District can be found in the following sub-sections.

Attribute names

The following attribute names have changed from camel case to snake case:

Attribute name prior to May 2023Attribute name from May 2023

fid

fid

id

id

featureCode

feature_code

distinctiveName

distinctive_name

junctionNumber

junction_number

fontHeight

font_height

textOrientation

text_orientation

textOrientation_uom

N/A (attribute removed from GeoPackage format)

drawLevel

draw_level

override

override

roadNumber

road_number

height_uom

N/A (attribute removed from GeoPackage format)

Layer names

The following layer names have changed from title case to snake case:

  • AdministrativeBoundary to administrative_boundary

  • Building to building

  • ElectricityTransmissionLine to electricity_transmission_line

  • Foreshore to foreshore

  • FunctionalSite to functional_site

  • Glasshouse to glasshouse

  • MotorwayJunction to motorway_junction

  • NamedPlace to named_place

  • RailwayStation to railway_station

  • RailwayTrack to railway_track

  • RailwayTunnel to railway_tunnel

  • Road to road

  • RoadTunnel to road_tunnel

  • Roundabout to roundabout

  • SpotHeight to spot_height

  • SurfaceWater_Area to surface_water_area

  • SurfaceWater_Line to surface_water_line

  • TidalBoundary to tidal_boundary

  • TidalWater to tidal_water

  • Woodland to woodland

Column name

The geom column name has been changed to geometry.

Attribute order

The attributes in the following feature type layers have changed order:

Functional Site

Attribute order prior to May 2023Attribute order from May 2023

fid

fid

id

id

distinctiveName

classification

classification

distinctive_name

featureCode

feature_code

Motorway Junction

Attribute order prior to May 2023Attribute order from May 2023

fid

fid

id

id

junctionNumber

feature_code

featureCode

junction_number

Named Place

Attribute order prior to May 2023Attribute order from May 2023

fid

fid

id

id

distinctiveName

classification

classification

distinctive_name

fontHeight

feature_code

textOrientation

font_height

textOrientation_uom

text_orientation

featureCode

N/A (text_orientation_uom attribute removed from GeoPackage format)

Railway Station

Attribute order prior to May 2023Attribute order from May 2023

fid

fid

id

id

distinctiveName

classification

classification

distinctive_name

featureCode

feature_code

Road

Attribute order prior to May 2023Attribute order from May 2023

fid

fid

id

id

classification

classification

drawLevel

distinctive_name

override

draw_level

featureCode

feature_code

distinctiveName

override

roadNumber

road_number

Spot Height

Attribute order prior to May 2023Attribute order from May 2023

fid

fid

id

id

height

height

height_uom

feature_code

featureCode

N/A (height_uom attribute removed from GeoPackage format)

Next release

The next release of OS VectorMap District is scheduled for November 2023.

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