How to access the free OS data to use in your publication

Gordon Brown recently announced that from April 1st there is a range of Ordnance Survey (OS) map data available to users with no restrictions on re-use. This includes use for commercial gain.
OS datasets available include

- OS Street View
- Meridian 2
- Boundary – Line
- 1:50,0000 Gazetteer
- Miniscale
- Code – Point
- Strategi
- Land – Form PANORAMA
- 1:250,000 Gazetteer
- OS Locator
- OS VectorMap District

A selection of datasets available...
OS Samples

What does this mean for Publishers?

Any of the above OS data can be used in revenue generating publications, printed or digital. Lovell Johns can take OS base data and edit it to your specifications, giving you a uniquely styled dataset for your publication. We can either edit it to your current style or help you to create a “house style”.
Services offered include:

- Setup of routines to process the data through to mapping of your specification.
- Setup of routines to extract the required data from the various sources.
- Provision a simple website where areas of mapping could be defined to make the ordering process simpler.

The only costs payable are to us for providing and editing the data; no royalties will need to be paid on an ongoing basis, to us or the OS.

For more information on OS free data, please contact Ben Hill on 01993 883 161 or email ben.hill@lovelljohns.com

Contact us

For further information please contact Ben Hill.

e: ben.hill@lovelljohns.com t: 01993 883 161