OS MasterMap Water Network Layer
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OS MasterMap Water Network Layer is a three-dimensional digital representation of Great Britain's watercourses. The product includes rivers, streams, lakes, lochs and canals as a series of watercourse network lines. The network lines (links) are attributed to provide a range of information about the section of watercourse they depict. OS MasterMap Water Network Layer will significantly enhance systems used to manage waterways and rivers and the flood risk they pose.
This product is updated quarterly.
With this water network data, you can look up the height of any watercourse, along with its flow direction, gradient, length and width anywhere along its length.
As an island, water defines Great Britain. No other visualisation of our nation’s watercourses details the heights of watercourses in relation to sea level with this level of precision.
For planners, for surveyors, for engineers – this Layer offers the potential to model in 2D and 3D like never before, thanks to the clarity of river flow, gradient and river widths.
From aqueducts to tunnels, with annotations of flow direction, OS MasterMap Water Network Layer provides useful detailed mapping that includes underground watercourses (inferred from entry and exits).
OS MasterMap Water Network Layer provides a detailed centre line following the curve of the waterway precisely. It includes the coordinates of watercourse sources and where they meet, exactly.
Access to this product is free for PSGA Members. Find out if you are a PSGA Member or try out a sample of OS MasterMap Water Network Layer data by accessing the product page here with links to all of the relevant resources. Alternatively, you can try out the full product by applying for a Data Exploration license.
