Ordnance Survey – Great Britain's national mapping agency
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Technical information
| Specification | ADDRESS-POINT |
| Coverage | Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) |
| Availability |
Order by: Great Britain Country (England, Scotland or Wales) 11 Government Office Regions, also know as European Regional Development area (inc Scotland, Wales).View or download a PDF version of the map. |
| Data source |
The address features originate from PAF delivery points maintained by Royal Mail daily for mail delivery purposes since 1974. |
| Data structure | Vector |
| Scale |
For Urban areas the data has been captured and maintained at a base scale of 1:1250 and is cartographically suitable for display at this scale. For Rural areas the data has been captured and maintained at a base scale of 1:2500 and is cartographically suitable for display at this scale. For Remote (mountain and moorland) areas the data has been captured and maintained at a base scale of 1:10 000 and is cartographically suitable for display at this scale. |
| Transfer format |
The data is supplied in Comma Separated Value (CSV) format. |
| Storage volumes | Average record length per address: 150 bytes |
| Supply media | CD-ROM |
| Coordinate precision | Location coordinates for all address features in ADDRESS-POINT are stored in metres to a coordinate precision of a decimetre. |
| Update interval | The product is available as a full resupply on a quarterly basis (usually February, May, August and November) |
| Styling | There is no symbol set available for this product. |
| Geometry type | Point |
| Coordinate reference system | British National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Unique ID |
Each address feature in ADDRESS-POINT is provided with a persistent unique identifier (OSAPR). |
Sample data
The following csv file of archive data is available for download.
By downloading the following data you agree to be bound by the 'Discover' Data Licence terms and conditions
The file size is 167 Kb and has been extracted from the November 2008 ADDRESS-POINT release:
CSV file column headers spreadsheet
For users of the CSV file format who wish to look at the data in a tabular structure here is a spreadsheet containing the attribute names in order that can be easily cut and pasted into that structure.
Download the CSV file column headers spreadsheet (17 Kb)
User guide
The user guide contains information on the technical specification and product specification for ADDRESS-POINT, to help you understand how to use the data.
View or download a PDF version of the ADDRESS-POINT user guide (890 Kb)
Address matching
The percentage of PAF addresses within each administrative district in Great Britain that have been fully matched with an Ordnance Survey topographic building (and therefore have a status flag value of "0354") can be found in the spreadsheet available to view or download below. Figures relate to the latest customer freeze located in spreadsheet below.
AP Admin District report (44KB)
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