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Ordnance Survey OpenData is licensed under the Open Government Licence which allows you to use the OS OpenData datasets in any way and for any purpose. We simply ask that you acknowledge us with "Contains OS data © Crown Copyright [and database right] (year)".​

Learn about the OS Open MasterMap Implementation Programme and the Open Government Licence (OGL).​

For further product support, read technical specifications, getting started guides and supporting information linked below.

OS OpenData is licensed under the Open Government Licence, which allows you to use the OS OpenData datasets in any way and for any purpose. We simply ask that you acknowledge us with "Contains OS data © Crown Copyright [and database right] (year)".

Find out more about the Open Government Licence (OGL).

As well as an internet browser and an email address, you'll need Geographic Information System software (GIS) - such as QGIS (this is free, open source software).

Find out more about getting the most from GIS on our GIS support pages.

OS OpenData has been designed to be as easy to use as possible.

• Access through OS's mapping APIs (Application Programming Interface) to create interactive web maps.
• Directly download from the OS Data Hub. Use this part of OS OpenData if you want to manipulate data in a geographical information system (GIS). You can download free GIS software from a range of sources online.

When you order OS Open Map-Local or OS VectorMap District, you choose 100km areas. When you receive your data, it is broken down further into 10km tiles for OS VectorMap District and 5km tiles for OS Open Map-Local. This can make it difficult to work out which tiles of data contain your area of interest.

Download a PDF for each 100km square of data you want to order. The PDFs each show a grid on a map of the 100km area, so you can see exactly which data files in the download show your target area.

You can use OS OpenData map datasets in any way and for any purpose. Howeveryou must acknowledge the copyright and the source of the data, as follows:

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (year)

If you use Code-Point Open data, you must also display the following:

Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right [year]

Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right [year]

OS OpenData is free to use under the Open Government Licence (OGL).

Yes, you do. For full details, please see ourstyle guide (PDF).