Unified highways data
A common highways dataset means a common understanding of the existing network, enabling better decision and policy making.
OS MasterMap Highways Network - Roads
For all highways stakeholders, OS MasterMap Highways Network is data you can trust. It draws on authoritative sources and helps underpin the common operational picture that leads to faster, better decisions.
This product is updated monthly
What OS MasterMap Highways Network - Roads provides you with
Unique identifiers
Highly detailed road geometry supplied with essential unique identifiers, including the Unique Street Reference Numbers (USRNs) and topographic identifiers (TOIDs) enables linking and sharing of data against the road and street networks.
Future proofed data
Get detailed information about planned roads and roads under construction helping you to better understand the roads of today and the roads of tomorrow.
Comprehensive and authoritative
OS MasterMap Highways Network - Roads combines high-quality, accurately surveyed data with features from the National Street Gazetteer; the Local Highways Authorities road name, numbering and maintenance; the Trunk Road Street Gazetteer collected by Highways England and Welsh Government; and the Scottish Street Gazetteer containing information from Scottish local authorities and Transport Scotland.
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OS MasterMap Highways Network - Roads
Technical information
Specifications
- Use cases
OS MasterMap Highways Network - Roads can be used for:
- source for legal road identifications
- costings or benefits of road policies
- calculating funding allocations
- evidence-based policy making
- journey and transport planning
- emergency service planning
- enforcement regulation
- traffic statistics
- school allocation
- smart cities
- Access
- Download
- Data theme
- Transport
- Data structure
- Vector
- Coverage
- Great Britain
- Scale
- 1:1 250 to 1:10 000
- Format
- GML
- GeoPackage
- Vector Tiles
- Ordering area
- All of Great Britain or customisable area (user defined polygon)
- OS Data Hub plan
- Premium Plan
- Public Sector Plan
Documents and Support
Supporting documents
- Use of NSG and OS DataThis document is a briefing note on the use of the National Street Gazetteer (NSG) and Ordnance Survey Data.
Technical documentation
- OS MasterMap Highways Network - Roads technical documentationVisit docs.os.uk to access all technical documentation for this product, including product and getting started guides, technical specifications, playbook and release notes.
OS MasterMap Highways Network - Roads
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What you get
- Key features
- Unified highways data
- Unique identifiers
- Future proofed data
- Comprehensive and authoritative
- Category
- Networks
- Access
- Download
- Data structure
- Vector
- Update frequency
- Monthly
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Download a small area of OS MasterMap Highways Network - Roads.
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