OS Vector Tile API
What OS Vector Tile API provides you with
Customisable Cartography
Choose from prebuilt OS cartographic styles or restyle your mapping to make it your own. Customisable vector data can be styled to suit your needs.
Powerful interactive mapping
Combining the detail of selectable OS MasterMap features for detailed analysis into an interactive web or mobile map allows you to design truly powerful vector maps.
Design the right map for you
With OS Vector Tile API you have a choice between using Ordnance Survey styles or creating your own. Design a map that matches your brand or get creative and add some cartographic flair to your application.
Optimise for web use
Vector Tiles have the benefit of being optimised for use across the internet and are perfect for interactive web maps. Zoom, pan, rotate, tilt and even extrude 3D buildings.
Slick, quick vector maps
The OS Vector Tile API is great for cartographers, designers and developers to create slick, quick vector maps with all the detail of Ordnance Survey data.
Individual map features
With OS Vector Tile API you can select and interact with the individual map features. The OS MasterMap features contain their TOIDs (a unique identifier) so you can filter, select, link and visualise.
Use cases
- Embed fast, interactive basemaps into web apps or GIS platforms like QGIS and ArcGIS, with custom styling and 3D building extrusion.
- Overlay datasets (e.g. planning, transport, emergency services) on detailed OS maps to enhance spatial analysis and decision-making.
- Ensures that users always have access to the most current mapping data.