OS MasterMap Highways Network – Paths

Here you will find all documentation for the OS MasterMap Highways Network – Paths product.

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A path network dataset for Great Britain showing who is responsible for all the footpaths through towns and cities. The dataset helps you understand how people connect to towns and cities around them. You will see the true time it takes for the citizen to access existing services – as well as the new services required in the community.

This product is updated monthly.

OS MasterMap Highways Network – Paths data.

Benefits

Comprehensive and definite

OS MasterMap Highways Network – Paths is a collection of data from authoritative sources who manage and maintain the Path network across Great Britain. This includes OS path network geometry and features the local highways and roads authorities’ name, numbering and maintenance responsibility information.

Optimised navigation

Make more informed decisions about best mode of transport to deliver your package. Get an understanding of the entire navigable network and you could end up squeezing more deliveries into your day.

Deeper path insights

Want to find out where best to place your assets? Get another aspect with information about the authoritative background of a path, as well as any obstructions you might encounter along the route.

Changing travel behaviours

By making the path network better known, you can encourage healthier alternatives to car travel. Use to maintain paths more effectively, and let mobile navigation apps deliver suggested routes to users on the move.

Linking streets to homes and infrastructure

Thanks to the Unique Street Reference Number (USRN), this data links to AddressBase. So, you can search for or navigate to an address, improve consultation with residents about roadworks, and identify installations like electricity substations

Optimise walking and cycling

By improving the path network and making it better known, you can encourage healthier alternatives to car travel. Paths data helps local authorities maintain paths more effectively, and it lets mobile navigation apps deliver suggested routes to users on the move.

Use Cases

Summary

How to get this product

Access to this product is free for PSGA (Public Sector Geospatial Agreement) Members. You can check if your organisation is a member of the PSGA on the OS website.

The OS MasterMap Highways Network – Paths product page on the OS website has advice on how to get the product for businesses, developers, OS Partners and PSGA Members (i.e. government and the public sector).

Sample data

Download OS MasterMap Highways Network – Paths sample data

You can download sample data for the product for free from the OS Data Hub. The sample data is available in GML 3.2 format and covers one area (Exeter).

Visualise OS MasterMap Highways Network – Paths 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:

OS MasterMap Product Viewer

Interactive demonstrator of OS MasterMap Generation data

Other ways to access this data

OS MasterMap Highways Network data is available through our OS Features API, providing location-based insights combining topography data with buildings, transport, and water layer data to create detailed datasets with a high degree of accuracy. Visit the OS API docs site to unlock programmatic access to rich geospatial data and integrate OS data and services into your applications.

Access to OS MasterMap Highways Network 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 simple to use and interrogate. Users may find OS NGD Transport Theme data more accessible and easier to use with databases and GIS software. Visit the OS NGD docs site to discover how to access the OS NGD and learn what's available to users.

What's next?

To access additional documentation and resources relating to this product, please refer to the following:

OS MasterMap Highways Network Product Family

This page gives context and information about the three products which make up the OS MasterMap Highways Network 'family' of products, giving a high-level summary of each product.

Overview

The overview introduces OS MasterMap Highways Network products and gives context for all users – highlighting key features and potential uses, and listing supply formats, currency, etc.

Getting Started Guide

The getting started guide provides instructions for using OS MasterMap Highways Network in different software applications. Users with limited technical knowledge will be able to follow this guide.

Technical Specification

The technical specification provides detailed technical information about OS MasterMap Highways Network – Paths. It is targeted at technical users and software developers.

Downloads

The downloads page provides links and resources to support the application of OS MasterMap Highways Network – Paths within your environment.

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.