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OS Locator
OS Locator™ is a fully searchable national gazetteer of road names. It will allow you to identify and find specific locations by locality, settlement, local authority and county.
Ideal to find out the location of the emergency call you have just received.
Here OS Locator is overlaid on OS Street View®
Features and benefits
- FREE to view, download and use under OS OpenData™ terms.
- Excellent place name locator.
- Results of searches can be easily visualised using the gazetteer with OS VectorMap® District or OS Street View®
Suggested uses
- Service planning and provision (for gas companies for example)
- Emergency response
Technical details
Format: ASCII text file, colon separated.
Data structure: Vector.
Scale: 1:10 000 (designed to be viewed with a 1:10 000 scale map).
Update frequency: Every six months – May and November.
Supply: Online download and DVD.
Coverage: Great Britain.
