OS Terrain 5
OS Terrain® 5 is our detailed digital terrain model (DTM) of Great Britain. It is available as a grid of heighted points and contours, both at five-metre intervals.
This product is updated quarterly
What OS Terrain 5 provides you with
Ideal for 3D visualisations
OS Terrain 5 is ideal for 3D visualisations. It models significant landscape features including roads, railways, slopes, quarries and lakes, and offers a typical accuracy level greater than 2m RMSE.
A true virtual landscape
OS Terrain 5 is the height data you need to model construction projects within the wider landscape. This helps you give planners an accurate virtual view of your plans and the steps you’re taking to minimise their visual impact on the surrounding area.
Reduce the need for site visits
You can quickly understand the impact of flash floods on roads, homes and other major infrastructure. You're able to assess the lie of the land on-screen, reducing the need for time-consuming site visits.
Harness the elements
OS Terrain 5 helps you analyse wind speed and signal propagation. This is important when siting wind turbines, best located in exposed upland areas to maximise their power output, and mobile phone masts, which serve ever more data-hungry users.
Or try out the real thing by applying for a Data Exploration Licence
OS Terrain 5
Technical information
Specifications
- Access
- Download
- Data theme
- Height
- Data structure
- Vector - DTM grid, Contour lines
- Coverage
- Great Britain
- Scale
- 1:10 000
- Format
- ASCII (DTM grid)
- ESRI Shapefile
- GML 3.2 Simple Features
- Ordering area
- All of Great Britain or customisable area (5km2 tiles)
- Publication months
- January
- April
- July
- October
- OS Data Hub plan
- Premium Plan
Documents and Support
Technical documentation
- OS Terrain 5 technical documentationVisit docs.os.uk to access all technical documentation for this product, including getting started guide, technical specification, refresh dates, and schemas and codelists.
OS Terrain 5
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What you get
- Key features
- Ideal for 3D visualisations
- A true virtual landscape
- Reduce the need for site visits
- Harness the elements
- Category
- Height and imagery
- Access
- Download
- Data structure
- Vector - DTM grid, Contour lines
- Update frequency
- Quarterly
Or try out the real thing by applying for a Data Exploration Licence
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