Adding an OS basemap
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Follow the steps below to add an OS basemap:
Within the OS Visual setting menu in Power BI, open the Visualizations pane and navigate to Format visual > Map Settings. The first entry of the Map Settings menu is an input text box called 'OS API Key’. Paste in your project API Key from the OS Data Hub into this text box.
Once your project API Key has been added, an OS basemap should render automatically.
If you want to fully zoom into the map, please make sure that the ‘Use Premium data’ toggle setting located beneath the OS API Key input box (in the Visualizations pane) is switched to On. If you registered on the OS Data Hub using a Public Sector Plan account (i.e. you are a PSGA Member), then there is no additional charge for using Premium data.
For non-PSGA Members using the free OS OpenData plan, please note that the maximum zoom levels will incur a cost as they are classed as Premium data. You should ensure that the ‘Use Premium data’ toggle setting located beneath the OS API Key input box (in the Visualizations pane) is switched to Off.
For more information on which zoom levels are OS OpenData and which are Premium data for the OS Maps API, please see the tables on the .