OS MasterMap Greenspace Layer Getting Started Guide

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

Obtaining OS MasterMap Greenspace Layer data

This Getting Started Guide illustrates how to load OS MasterMap Greenspace Layer into several commonly used Geospatial Information System (GIS) applications. In most cases, instructions are also included on how to style the data after it has been loaded.

Product formats

OS MasterMap Greenspace Layer can be downloaded from the OS Data Hub. It is available in the following formats:

• ESRI shapefile

• GML (3.2.1)

• GeoPackage

• Vector tiles (MBTiles)

The data is supplied in 5 km² tiles, but features are not clipped at tile edges, resulting in what is called ‘hairy’ tiles. All formats contain one element, namely the greenspace site information.

Media

This product is not available via hard media supply.