OS Detailed Path Network

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OS Detailed Path Network is a fully-connected, heighted path network covering Britain’s National Parks. Create off-road navigation apps, build exciting navigation websites and apps that help your users find great routes and stay on the right track.

Detailed Path Data covering National Parks in Britain

Features

Path and track routing dataset

OS Detailed Path Network gives you the data attribution you need to suggest routes tailored to activities. This might be an easy, one-hour walk on man-made surfaces, or a 15 mile, circular cycle ride from a car park.

Suggest routes users will love

Create off-road navigation apps, build exciting navigation websites and apps that help your users find great routes and stay on the right track.

Responsible Routing

For National Parks stakeholders, apps and websites that draw on this data will help promote the responsible use of your paths, trails and cycle routes.

Optimised routes

As a member of the emergency services, if your navigation devices use this data, you'll see how steep the climb to an incident will be, so you can choose the best route.

Created with local experts

OS Detailed Path Network is the first OS path and track network product for the rural environment. The product has been created and tested by OS with input from local area specialists to ensure the product reflects what's on the ground.

Use cases

The OS DPN product has been created to allow partners and developers to design and provide bespoke applications to provide routes within Great Britain's National Parks for pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders, including:

• Advanced route planning

• Live route planning

• Turn-by-turn instructions

Summary

• Access: Download

• Data theme: Transport

• Data structure: Vector - Topologically structured link and node network

• Coverage: Great Britain

• Scale: 1:1 250 to 1:10 000

• Format: GeoPackage, vector tiles, GML 3.2 Simple Features

• Ordering area: All of Great Britain (National Parks only)

• Publication months: October

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

Additional information

Responsible routing

For National Parks stakeholders, apps and websites that draw on this data will help promote the responsible use of your paths, trails and cycle routes.

Optimised routes

As a member of the emergency services, if your navigation devices use this data, you'll see how steep the climb to an incident will be, so you can choose the best route.

Created with local experts

OS Detailed Path Network is the first OS path and track network product for the rural environment. The product has been created and tested by OS with input from local area specialists to ensure the product reflects what's on the ground.

How to get this product

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