Ordnance Survey – Great Britain's national mapping agency
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Technical information
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Specification |
1:10 000 Scale Raster |
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Coverage |
Complete national coverage of Great Britain – England, Scotland and Wales. |
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Availability |
Order by: · Great Britain · England · Scotland · Wales · User Defined area: Specific tile identities Administrative region Bounding box Irregular shape All orders are supplied as tiles and are not clipped but supplied whole. |
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Data source |
1:10 000 scale database, large scale database and roads database |
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Data structure |
Raster |
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Scale |
Nominal scale is 1:10 000. Recommended minimum to maximum scale range for viewing is 1:5 000 to 1:15 000 scale. It is best viewed between 1:5 000 to 1:8 000 scale. |
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Transfer format |
Colour |
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TIFF 8 bit LZW compressed Black and White Range of raster formats, including
Note: MapInfo version 8 supports TIFF Group 4 compression. |
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Colour Options |
Colour raster. Colour is used for map detail and text to help with the cartographic interpretation of features with: Settlements – black outline and brown stipple infill Water features and sea areas including text – blue Vegetation – green All other features – black
Black and white raster. All map detail and text are black
A high quality alternative to black and white data is to use a GIS system to convert colour data to a greyscale format. |
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Approximate storage volumes per tile |
Compressed: 8 Mb - 15 Mb |
Compressed: 0.3 Mb - 6 Mb |
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Tile size |
5 km by 5 km |
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Number of tiles in Great Britain |
10 586 (edgematched)
National GB coverage = 10 586 tiles.
Where the border between countries runs across a tile it will be counted in with the coverage on each side of the boundary. This will result in the number of tiles for each country totalling more than the number of tiles for national coverage. |
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Supply media |
CD and DVD |
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Resolution |
400 dots per inch where 1 dot is equivalent to 0.635m on the ground |
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Update frequency |
The product is continually updated Current supply interval is every 12 months Change only update is supplied. Date of supply of updated information will vary according to the terms in the product contract. A list containing a revision date for every tile covering Great Britain is updated monthly and published on our website |
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Styling |
The product has a legend which is available as a download from this product web page |
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Geo-referencing files |
A geo‑referencing file for each tile in the series is available for free download, in either TIFF World File or MapInfo TAB file |
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Coordinate Reference System |
British National Grid (OSGB36) |
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Georeferencing
To locate 1:10 000 Scale raster data tiles in their correct geographical position in a GIS they need to be 'georeferenced'.
More information and download the files>>>
Legend
The 1:10 000 Scale Colour Raster legend is available to view or download as a PDF file. It provides a glossary of symbols used to represent features such as vegetation, boundary information and water features.
View or download the PDF version of the 1:10 000 Scale Colour Raster legend (102 Kb)
Updated tiles
The spreadsheet contains a list of all 1:10 000 scale raster tiles and a date to indicate when they were last revised. This spreadsheet is regularly updated, normally at the beginning of each month
Revised tiles are loaded into the data ordering system as soon as they are completed by our production team but the timing of the supply of these tiles to customers or partners will be dependent on the terms in their product contract
View or download the Excel spreadsheet (632 Kb)
View the pdf of updated tiles (835kb)
User guide
The user guide contains information on the technical specification and product specification for 1:10 000 Scale Raster to help you understand how to use the data.
View or download the PDF version of the user guide (2 Mb)
Frequently asked questions
Can I define my own area?
Yes, it is possible to order user defined areas by;
* specific tile identities;
* administrative region; or
* bounding box; or
* irregular shape.
The product is also available by;
* Great Britain
* England
* Scotland
* Wales
Although Tiles are supplied whole and not clipped to fit geographic areas.
Can I georeference the data file?
To locate 1:10 000 Scale Raster data tiles in their correct geographical position in a GIS they need to be 'georeferenced'. Refer to the Technical Information or follow the link below about geo-referencing.
http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/products/georeferencing/aboutpopup.html
If you need to georeference the data this can only be achieved in AutoCAD® or a GIS and requires the user to create their own file. Virtually all GIS will read either a MapInfo® TAB or an ESRI® TFW world file. Both differ slightly in the way that they are set up, so the user needs to identify which system they can use.
A georeferencing file for each tile in the series is available for free download, in either TIFF World File or MapInfo TAB file
Does Ordnance Survey provide a Legend containing the symbols?
A Legend is available to download as a PDF via the Technical Information pages for this product