Identification

Title

MiniScale

Alternative title(s)

OS MiniScale

Abstract

MiniScale is a free digital map of Great Britain in a single data file that clearly shows towns and cities, motorways, major roads, railways and airports. Benefits and key features Show customers your locations around the country on maps in printed brochures and your website. Print an annotated wall map for the office wall to show your sales territories. Avoid endless panning in GIS software by zooming out from detail to MiniScale's quick-loading national overview, choosing your next city to focus on and zooming in again to street level.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://digimap.edina.ac.uk/webhelp/os/data_files/os_manuals/miniscale-user-guide_1_8.pdf

name: User Guide

function: download

https://docs.os.uk/os-downloads/contextual-or-derived-mapping/miniscale

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name: Product description

description: Product overview, guide, technical specification, and known data issues

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

unknown

codeSpace

unknown

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700

Additional information source

Other open datasets https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/products/opendata-products-grid.html

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

location

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Land cover

Coordinate reference systems

Geographical names

Land use

Geographical grid systems

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

geography

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - Concepts, version 4.2.3

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2021-12-06

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.655

East bounding longitude

1.79

North bounding latitude

60.85

South bounding latitude

49.90

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2016-01-01

Frequency of update

annually

Quality and validity

Lineage

MiniScale is a vector graphic that has been created using desktop publishing software

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

false

explanation

MiniScale is not intended as an INSPIRE dataset

Conformity report

specification

title

Miniscale Technical Specification

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2020-12-21

degree

true

explanation

Miniscale conforms to its own technical specification

Data format

name of format

Raster TIFF LZW compressed 254 dpi - Vector Adobe Illustrator CS and Editable EPS

version of format

unknown

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

None

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Technical Product Manager

organisation name

Ordnance Survey

full postal address

Adanac Drive

Southampton

SO160AS

United Kingdon

telephone number

03456050505

email address

customerservices@os.uk

responsible party role

custodian

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Technical Product Manager

organisation name

Ordnance Survey

full postal address

Adanac Drive

Southampton

SO160AS

United Kingdom

telephone number

03456050505

email address

customerservices@.os.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2025-04-16T11:04:59.1Z

Metadata language

eng