UK-Great Britain: OS Open Maps

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Samples of OS OpenData (Top: Moorfoot Hills. Bottom: Western part of Winchester)
© Crown Copyright and Database Rights 2013 Ordnance Survey

Introduction

The UK - OS Raster Maps (OS OpenData) is a map service in windPRO that delivers maps originally provided by UK - Ordnance Survey. The maps cover Great Britain. The OS OpenData maps available in WindPRO display is the basic OS Open Data raster maps. These will allow you to change the scale as desired. Samples of OS OpenData are displayed in the figure below.

Availability from within windPRO (Static Map)

  1. From map window: Click the ‘Add map’ globe-icon -> then ‘Online Map (BMI)’
  2. From main menu: Click ‘Project’ -> ‘Properties’ -> ‘Background Maps’ -> ‘Online Map (BMI)’

Data License

OS OpenData is licensed under the Open Government License.

Full license details are available here:
http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/docs/licences/os-opendata-licence.pdf

You are free to copy, distribute, transmit and adapt OS OpenData, as long as you credit Ordnance Survey.

Credits

OS OpenData require that you use the credit “© Crown copyright and database rights <year> Ordnance Survey ”.

External Links

A map viewer is available here: http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/opendata/viewer/

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