Cartographic descriptive term style definitions

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.

Colour palette

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

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

Point symbols

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

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:

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)

Fill symbols

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:

Symbol

Style and Geometry

Shape

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 '

Pattern definition

Creating a pattern

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

Landform grid table for new descriptive terms.

Variables

Value/s

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

Natural environment grid

Natural environment grid table for new descriptive terms.

Variables

Value/s

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