1:25 000 Scale Colour Raster

1:25 000 Scale Colour Raster | Data Products | OSOrdnance Survey

1:25 000 Scale Colour Raster is the digital alternative to Ordnance Survey's OS Explorer paper map series for Great Britain available in 10km square tiles. The 1:25 000 Scale Colour Raster’s backdrop can be overlaid with other Ordnance Survey vector products or a customer’s own geographic/business data or used as a standalone map.

This product is updated quarterly in March, June, September and December.

An example of a 1:25 000 Scale Colour Raster map

Features

Must-have map for hikers and cyclists

1:25 000 Scale Colour Raster is the must-have map in any navigation app or device for hikers and cyclists. It depicts the landscape with detail and clarity that’s unsurpassed at this scale.

Easy software annotation

When you need map extracts for a consultation document, or a magazine for walkers, 1:25 000 Scale Colour Raster TIFF files can be opened and annotated in software like Photoshop and InDesign.

Plenty of places to visit

Tourist and heritage attractions of many types are shown on this mapping, so leisure app users can use it to find their way to a place of interest, whether it breaks up a day’s walking or keeps the kids amused on a rainy day.

Product resolution

660 dpi or 254 dpi

Colour options

Palette of 256 colours

Use Cases

Summary

How to get this product

Access to this product is free for Public Sector Geospatial Agreement (PSGA) Members. Find out if you are a PSGA Member or download a sample of 1:25 000 Scale Colour Raster data by accessing the product page on the OS website, which has links to all of the relevant resources. Alternatively, you can try out the full product by applying for a Data Exploration license.

Visualise 1:25 000 Scale Colour Raster data online

This product is available to try out online using one of our three sets of sample data (Exeter, Newport and Inverness) through the OS MasterMap Product Viewer:

OS MasterMap Product Viewer

Interactive demonstrator of OS MasterMap Generation data