January 2025

This release note provides information about the January 2025 release of OS MasterMap Highways Network.

Source data currency

The following information relates to the currency of the source data used in the creation of this release of OS MasterMap Highways Network:

Data Source	Date
GeoPlace Streets Data	05 December 2024
Improvement Service Streets Data	05 December 2024
OS Road, Path, and Routing Content	06 December 2024

OS MasterMap Highways Network feature counts

Roads’ Feature	Count
AccessRestriction	35 435
FerryLink	102
FerryNode	132
FerryTerminal	132
Hazard	41 834
HighwayDedication	3 595 525
Maintenance	1 315 080
Reinstatement	1 531 458
RestrictionForVehicles	12 084
Road	853 125
RoadLink	8 494 734
RoadNode	7 526 809
RoadJunction	6 841
SpecialDesignation	784 173
Street	1 488 013
Structure	1 380 035
TurnRestriction	1 046 616

Paths’ Feature	Count
ConnectingLink	1 995 470
ConnectingNode	1 852 763
FerryLink	112
FerryNode	201
FerryTerminal	201
HighwayDedication	402 416
Maintenance	204 361
Path	25 327
PathLink	3 308 792
PathNode	3 910 841
Reinstatement	209 659
SpecialDesignation	12 792
Street	255 861

Data issues

In the January 2025 release of OS MasterMap Highways Network:

• There are 110 instances of overlapping path links.

• There are 21 instances where a road link and a path link overlap, representing the same real-world feature (example below).

Example of an overlapping path link and road link.

• There are 202 road links disconnected from main network or not properly connected at a node; these are not on major parts of the network.

• There are 3 road links which are less than 1m in length.

• There are 289 connecting links which are less than 1m in length.

• There are 17 features in the Street table which have a street type of either Designated Street Name or Officially Described Street and have no associated maintenance record.

Next release

The next release of OS MasterMap Highways Network is scheduled for February 2025.