MiniScale

  • Contextual or derived mapping

MiniScale is a free small-scale digital map of Great Britain in a single data file that clearly shows towns and cities, motorways, major roads, railways and airports.


This product is updated annually

View documentationFree to use for everyone
Data access
  • Download
Data theme
  • Contextual
Data structure
  • Raster
Coverage
Great Britain
Scale/resolution
1:1,000,000
Format
  • Zip file (containing EPS, Illustrator and TIFF-LZW)
Ordering area
  • All of Great Britain
Publication months
  • January
OS Data Hub plan
  • OS OpenData Plan (FREE)
  • Premium Plan
  • Public Sector Plan

What MiniScale provides you with

See the big picture

MiniScale is ideal as a fast-loading national map of Great Britain for your GIS. It's accurate, quality-assured and easy on the eye.

Ideal for desktop publishing

MiniScale maps are great for desktop publishing. You can print them as wall maps or use extracts in sales brochures or project documents.

Flexible for GIS users and graphic designers

Choose the map that’s right for you. MiniScale downloads include files for both GIS users and graphic designers. We provide a map highlighting roads and cities, and another with terrain to the fore.

Additional information

Colour and options

Palette of 256 colours in the TIFF version of this product

Customisation options

You can turn off layers in the .ai files, which open in Adobe Illustrator (open source alternatives are available), then export files in other formats for use in your GIS or printed documents.

Image editing

You can open Miniscale files in Photoshop or similar image editing programmes in order use extracts for location maps and other purposes.

MiniScale is a free small-scale digital map of Great Britain in a single data file that clearly shows towns and cities, motorways, major roads, railways and airports.


This product is updated annually

View documentationFree to use for everyone
Data access
  • Download
Data theme
  • Contextual
Data structure
  • Raster
Coverage
Great Britain
Scale/resolution
1:1,000,000
Format
  • Zip file (containing EPS, Illustrator and TIFF-LZW)
Ordering area
  • All of Great Britain
Publication months
  • January
OS Data Hub plan
  • OS OpenData Plan (FREE)
  • Premium Plan
  • Public Sector Plan