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1:50 000 Scale Colour Raster

1:50 000 Scale Colour Raster is the digital alternative to Ordnance Survey's OS Landranger paper map series for Great Britain available in 20km square tiles.

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

1:50000 Scale Colour Raster map example showing a mountainous region in Scotland
1:50 000 Scale Colour Raster map example

Used by Emergency Services

1:50 000 Scale Colour Raster helps emergency control centre staff respond more effectively to calls. Using clearly shown landmarks, they can ask distressed callers if they can see the local pub or church, to pinpoint incident locations quickly.

Retina resolution

We give you 1:50 000 Scale Colour Raster at a resolution of 254 dpi – and Partners at a staggering 660 dpi – so it looks stunning on today’s high-resolution displays, whether on desktop, tablet or mobile.

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 by road, footpath or cycle route to a place of interest, whether it’s a sports centre or a nature reserve.

Ideal for desktop publishing

When you need map extracts for a consultation document or a published magazine, you can open 1:50 000 Scale Colour Raster TIFF files in software like Photoshop and InDesign.

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 1:50 000 Scale Colour Raster data by accessing the product page of 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 1:50 000 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:

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