Opening OS OpenData in QGIS

1. Open QGIS from Start > All Programs > QGIS Brighton > QGIS Desktop 2.6.1

2. To add the OS VectorMap. Select ‘Add vector layer’ from the application toolbar

3. Click ‘Browse’ and navigate to the data folder OSVectorMapDistrict (ESRI Shape File)SU > data.

4. Click on the drop down menu next to File name and select ESRI shapefiles (*.shp, *.SHP).

5. Select all the shape files and click ‘Open’. Now you should have a map that looks similar to this:

Map data shown in the main window

• Once open you can move about and investigate the map using some of these tools:

  

  Map navigation tools shown in the toolbar

Pan tool Zoom in/Zoom out

1. To restore the image to its original view, right click on one of the vector layers and click ‘Zoom to layer’.

Zoom to layer option in the layer context menu