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Ordnance Survey – Great Britain's national mapping agency

OSCAR Asset-Manager®

Technical Specification

Specification Asset-Manager
Feature codes/layers 10
Storage volume per tile (NTF)
  • Average 0.35 Mb NTF
  • Maximum 2 Mb NTF
Data source 1:1250, 1:2500 and 1:10 000 scale data
Availability National coverage
Coordinate resolution 1.0 m
Data structure Vector link and node
Transfer format BS 7567 (NTF v2.0) Level 3
Change information On update
Standard road information
  • Feature code/classification
  • OSODR
  • Road number
  • Road name
  • Form of way (dual carriageway, roundabout, slip way)
  • Length (in metres)
  • Trunk indicator
  • Scale
Associated information
  • Settlement name
  • Junction identifier
Price structure per link
Tiles in series 10 568
Tile size 5 km by 5 km
Update frequency Six monthly.  Last update is scheduled for April 2006.

User guide

View or download the PDF version of the OSCAR user guide (1.1 Mb)

Technical Specification leaflet

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