Cartographic descriptive term style definitions
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This section defines the default styles for the presentation of new descriptive terms within OS MasterMap. This specifies the colours, symbols and line styles used for visual display and printing of OS MasterMap. The styles are defined using the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) syntax.
Ordnance Survey has chosen to use colours that are consistent in the internet environment. The particular colours used are defined with both their RGB and hexadecimal values in colour palette.
The colour palette for the new descriptive terms is listed in the table below
| Image | Hex (r,g,b) | Style Name |
|---|---|---|
Point symbols are used to represent the position of particular features within the data, such as a telephone call box or bollard. The symbol represents the location and type of feature.
Point symbols are applied to the visual representation by translating them to the location of the feature they are representing and rotating them, if the orientation attribute is present, by a given amount.
The additional point symbols for the new descriptive terms are listed below:
| Symbol | Style and Geometry | Shape |
|---|---|---|
Fill symbols are used to represent some attribution of a polygon feature and are distributed as a pattern fill across the polygon. For example, the symbol may represent information about the topographic surface such as the vegetation type.
The additional fill symbols for the new descriptive terms are listed below:
To produce a particular pattern, the appropriate fill symbol is distributed on a grid that is repeated to cover the polygon being drawn.
You can use the following grids with the new descriptive terms:
Small regular grid
Line styles are used to allow a user to distinguish between different types of linear feature, for example, distinctions may be made to emphasise:
Obstructing detail
Non-obstructing detail
Underground detail
Overhead detail
Building outlines
Water limits and linear features
Landform detail
Narrow-gauge railways
Statutory boundaries.
Polygon-closing features
The additional lines style for the new descriptive terms are listed below:
| Symbol | Style and Geometry | Shape |
|---|---|---|
| Variables | Value/s |
|---|---|
| Variables | Value/s |
|---|---|
| Name | Attributes | Colour | Visual |
|---|---|---|---|
Size
(3,3)
Suitable symbols
foreshoreFillSymbol, multiVegetationFillSymbol, collectsAndSpreadsFillSymbol
Symbol coordinates
2,2
Fill colour
foreshorePattern – DCFFBE (RGB 204,255,255) collectsAndSpreadsPattern – DCFFBE (RGB 220,255,190) sandPattern - F7FF82 (RGB 247,255,125)
Patterns
foreshorePattern multiVegetationPattern collectsAndSpreadsPattern sandPattern
Size
(50,50)
Suitable symbols
All natural vegetation and surface cover symbol types except for orchard.
Symbol coordinates
5,3 5,25 10,12 10,35 25,45 42,15 37,27 27,14 36,37 42,45 39,3 18,33
Fill colour
ccffcc (RGB 204,255,204)
Patterns
roughGrassPattern heathPattern marshPattern scatteredBouldersPattern scatteredRocksPattern
scatteredConiferousTreesPattern scatteredNonconiferousTreesPattern
coppicePattern, orchardPattern bouldersPattern rocksPattern screePattern scrubPattern coniferousTreesPattern
nonconiferousTreesPattern reedsPattern saltmarshPattern shinglePattern
coniferousTreesAndScatteredRocksPattern coniferousTreesAndScrubPattern heathAndScrubPattern heathAndScatteredRocksPattern nonconiferousTreesAndConiferousTreesPattern nonconiferousTreesAndCoppicePattern nonconiferousTreesAndScatteredRocksPattern nonconiferousTreesAndScrubPattern roughGrassAndBouldersPattern roughGrassAndConiferousTreesPattern roughGrassAndHeathPattern roughGrassAndMarshPattern roughGrassAndNonconiferousTreesPattern roughGrassAndRocksPattern roughGrassAndScatteredBouldersPattern roughGrassAndScatteredNonconiferousTreesPattern roughGrassAndScatteredRocksPattern roughGrassAndScrubPattern
scatteredNonconiferousTreesAndScatteredConiferousTreesPattern
scrubAndScatteredNonconiferousTreesPattern rocksRoughGrassAndBouldersPattern
AAD48C (170,212,140)
agriculturalLandFill
6CC0D8 (108,193,217)
constructedWaterFill
F5F0E1 (245,240,225)
mudFill
F7FF82 (247,255,125)
sandFill
B7B789 (183,184,138)
slopingMasonryFill
D1DACD (209, 218, 205)
shingleFill
caveSymbol
Style:
stroke:#000000;fill:#D9D9D9;stroke-width:0.150
Geometry:
<circle id="circleGeometry" r="0.375" cx="0" cy="0"/> "#circleGeometry" x="0" y="0"/>
crossSymbol
Style:
stroke:#000000; fill:none; stroke-width:0.087
Geometry:
<polyline points=‘0.000,-0.775 0.000,0.775’/>
<polyline points=‘-0.385,0.385 0.385,0.385’/>
emergencyTele phoneSymbol
emergencyTelephoneSymbol Style:
stroke:#FF0000;fill:#FF0000;stroke-width:0.087
Geometry:
circleGeometry (see Shared symbol geometry)
postboxSymbol
Style:
stroke:#000000;fill:#FF0000;stroke-width:0.087 Geometry:
circleGeometry (see Shared symbol geometry)
signalSymbol
Style:
stroke:#000000;fill:#FFAD00;stroke-width:0.087 Geometry:
circleGeometry (see Shared symbol geometry)
collectsAndSpreadsFillSymbol
stroke:#0099ff;fill:#0099ff;stroke-width:0.087 circleFillGeometry
saltmarshFillSymbol
fill:none;stroke-width:0.087
<g style='stroke:#0099FF'><polyline points='4.258,0.000 0.452,0.000' /><polyline points='-4.250,0.000 -0.444,0.000' /><polyline points='-1.318,-0.517 1.317,-0.517' /></g><g style='stroke:#0099FF;'><polyline points='-0.444,0.000 -0.534,1.0' /><polyline points='0.452,0.000 0.541,1.0' /><polyline points='-0.001,0.013 -0.001,1.177' /><polyline points='0.880,0.000 1.118,0.675' /><polyline points='-0.873,0.000 -1.110,0.675' /><polyline points='-1.318,0.000 -1.440,0.269' /><polyline points='1.326,0.000 1.447,0.269' /></g>
sandFillSymbol
stroke:#666666;fill:#666666;stroke-width:0.087 circleFillGeometry
reedsFillSymbol
stroke:#0099FF;fill:none;stroke-width:0.087
<polyline points='-1.487,-0.75 -1.601,-0.208' /><polyline points='-0.996,-0.613 -1.121,0.405' /><polyline points='-0.499,-0.545 -0.55,0.695' /><polyline points='0,-0.536 0,0.732' /><polyline points='0.499,-0.545 0.55,0.695' /><polyline points='0.996,-0.613 1.121,0.405' /><polyline points='1.487,-0.75 1.601,-0.208' />
shingleFillSymbol
stroke:#666666;fill:none;stroke-width:0.087
<polyline points='0.215,0.103 0.081,0.541 0.317,0.811 0.756,0.98 0.992,0.743 1.161,0.44 0.992,0.305 0.823,0.068 0.655,-0.066 '/><polyline points='0.123,-0.953 -0.317,-1.087 -0.587,-0.849 -0.754,-0.409 -0.517,-0.174 -0.212,-0.006 -0.077,-0.175 0.159,-0.345 0.293,-0.515 '/><polyline points='-1.044,0.734 -0.871,1.058 -0.583,1.076 -0.239,0.922 -0.241,0.653 -0.317,0.386 -0.491,0.406 -0.72,0.369 -0.893,0.388 '
seaDefenceLine
stroke-width – 0.15
B39132
postsLine
stroke-width – 0.4
stroke-dasharray – 0.1, 2.0
stroke-linecap - round
000000
