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OS Detailed Path Network
Last updated
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This product is updated annually in October.
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.
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 15mile, circular cycle ride from a car park.
Create off-road navigation apps, build exciting navigation websites and apps that help your users find great routes and stay on the right track.
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.
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.
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.
You can try out a sample of OS Detailed Path Network data for evaluation and testing through the Detailed Path Network product page of the OS website. Alternatively, you can try out the full product by applying for a Data Exploration license.
OS Detailed Path Network data is available from our OS Features API, providing access to detailed geometries and rich attribution of individual features using an interoperable standard that's compatible with most GIS software and web mapping libraries. Find out more about our OS API platform here to unlock access to rich geospatial data and integrate OS data and services into your applications.
Access to OS Detailed Path data is also available through the OS NGD Transport Theme, providing data that is interoperable with other OS NGD themes, improved data structures, and a data schema designed to be easier to use and interrogate. Users may find NGD Transport Theme data more accessible and easier to use with databases and GIS software Find out more about NGD data here to discover how to access OS NGD and what's available to users.
To access additional documentation and resources relating to this product, please refer to the following:
New users should start with the Overview to gain high-level insight into the product. The Getting Started Guide will help you to begin using product data in different software systems. The Technical Specification contains detailed technical insights.
