# Product style definition

## Vector <a href="#id-3.1-vector" id="id-3.1-vector"></a>

It is the flexibility to select and style the different feature classes in different ways that makes the vector format of OS VectorMap Local such a versatile contextual mapping product. It can be flexibly styled in a wide variety of ways to best provide a geographic context to the customer’s overlay information.

<figure><img src="/files/GgWX0tkjoCbyQnqVKF26" alt="An example of backdrop styled Geography Markup Language format of the product in QGIS using an OS stylesheet. The map shows Garnethill in Glasgow."><figcaption><p><em>Backdrop styled GML in QGIS using an OS stylesheet.</em></p></figcaption></figure>

## Raster <a href="#id-3.2-raster" id="id-3.2-raster"></a>

The raster version of the product is styled as Full Colour, Backdrop and Black & White, and these styles are fixed within the limitations of the image viewing software.

<figure><img src="/files/ECHmvySwVswqyt69p5tB" alt="A backdrop raster mapping example of the product which has been styled as Full Colour Raster. The map shows Garnethill in Glasgow."><figcaption><p><em>Full Colour Raster.</em></p></figcaption></figure>

<figure><img src="/files/pMUzwWw9t9DhsVqW7O83" alt="A backdrop raster mapping example of the product. The map shows Garnethill in Glasgow." width="563"><figcaption><p><em>Backdrop Raster.</em></p></figcaption></figure>

<figure><img src="/files/si8BZh4Q3A8STX8rsJfA" alt="A backdrop raster mapping example of the product which has been styled as Black and White Raster. The map shows Garnethill in Glasgow."><figcaption><p><em>Black &#x26; White Raster.</em></p></figcaption></figure>


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