Ordnance Survey – Great Britain's national mapping agency
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Data formats supplied include:
- Macromedia® FreeHand MX
- Editable EPS
- Adobe® Illustrator® CS
- Raster TIFF – LZW compression
- Adobe Photoshop®
Please note: MiniScale has been created as a vector data graphic map optimised for use within desktop graphic applications. MiniScale's use within geographical information systems (GIS) will be limited to backdrop mapping using the TIFF format only.
All MiniScale formats are supplied on one CD-ROM to enable you to select a suitable format as required.
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Technical Information
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Specification |
MiniScale® |
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Coverage |
Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales). |
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Availability |
Order by; Great Britain |
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Data source |
MiniScale is a redrawn and simplified product designed to meet the needs of the desktop graphics industry. It is derived from the 1:250 000 Scale Topographic database. |
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Data structure |
Vector and raster. |
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Physical size (at scale above) |
Great Britain = 700mm wide by 1300mm high (with Shetland Islands in position). Orkney and Shetland can be inset to reduce the height to about 1000mm. |
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Scale |
The nominal scale is 1:1 000 000 (1mm = 1km).
It is best viewed at scales between 1:800 000 and 1:1000 000. |
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Transfer format |
Postscript vector |
Raster |
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FreeHand MX Editable EPS Illustrator CS |
TIFF™ LZW compressed 254 dpi Photoshop (PSD) 254 dpi |
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Colour options |
Colour There are 256 colours in the TIFF version of this product. All other formats are CMYK colour. |
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Storage volume are approx |
FreeHand 4.0Mb Editable EPS 17.0Mb Illustrator 9-16Mb |
TIFF 16-80Mb (choice of four styles) PSD 255Mb |
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No of tiles/files |
MiniScale is delivered as a single file for all of Great Britain. |
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Supply media |
CD |
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Resolution |
Raster formats are delivered at 254 dpi (see transfer formats) |
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Update frequency |
Revised data supplied annually, usually in January. Update is a complete resupply. |
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Styling |
The legend is provided in the user guide which can be found at;
http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/products/miniscale/techinfo.html#user
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Layers and styles |
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Geo-reference file |
AGeo referencing file for MiniScale data is freely available for download from the product page on the Ordnance Survey website. www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/products/miniscale/techinfo.html#georeferencing
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Coordinate reference system |
British National Grid (OSGB36). |
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Sample data
The following archives of MiniScale data are available for download:
For Windows users,
For Mac users:
miniscale.sea (576 Kb) contains:
MiniScale sample
In addition, an LZW compressed TIFF MiniScale sample, suitable for both Windows and Mac users is available: 'MiniScalesampleK8.tif' (1.6Mb).
Windows users:
then choose the option 'Save target as...' (Microsoft) / 'Save link as...' (Netscape) and save it to a suitable directory.
Mac users.
then choose the option 'download link to disk' and save it to a suitable folder.
If you haven't downloaded or used sample data before, we recommend that you read our guidance notes.
Georeferencing
To locate MiniScale in its correct geographical position in a GIS it needs to be 'georeferenced'.
More information and to download the files
TIFF files
TIFF files are supplied in accordance with the TIFF 6.0 standard
More information about TIFF files
User guide
The user guide contains information on the technical specification and product specification for MiniScale to help you understand how to use the data.