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Ordnance Survey 3-D animations

There's so much detail on Ordnance Survey's leisure maps that the scenery almost springs off the page. So it's natural to turn to our digital mapping database when you need to take that realism a stage further.

Use our customised 3-D animations to fly through your chosen landscape, swooping up valleys and circling mountain peaks like a helicopter pilot. This powerful resource is ideal for planning expeditions, teaching map-reading skills, or bringing presentations to life.

Ben Nevis: Fly over Britain's highest peak

Ben Nevis flythrough

Ben Nevis fly-through (1.85 Mb)


Scafell: Dramatic Lake District views

Scafell flythrough

Scafell fly-through (1.22 Mb)


Snowdon: Track the mountain railway to the roof of Wales

Snowdon flythrough

Snowdon fly-through (1.46 Mb)


Please note: if any of these video clips fail to play after you left-click on your chosen link, you may instead need to right-click on it (or equivalent), download the file to your preferred location, browse to it on your computer and then double click on it there.

These fly-throughs are optimised to run in Windows Media® Player. Windows Media is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

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