UK OS Open Zoomstack schema

The vector tile schema describes how the vector data is organized into different thematic layers and which attribute and values each layer contains. This is useful for writing a map style.

Ordnance Survey's OS Open Zoomstack is an open vector basemap showing coverage of Great Britain from a national level, right down to street detail.

Explore the tileset in the interactive map viewer, check the date of the last update, use it as vector tiles, etc.

Inspect UK OS Open Zoomstack schema

Maps with this tileset

Definition of layers

The UK OS Open Zoomstack tileset contains the following layers:

airports #

A centre point for all major airports including a name.

Fields

name

Name of airport.

boundaries #

National boundary lines between England - Scotland and England - Wales.

Fields

type

Type of boundary line.

Possible values:

  • National

buildings #

Generalised building footprints at both local and district resolutions. The local buildings have a unique identifier which can be used to style features distinctly. The identifier will not be persistent between product versions and therefore there will be no change history information for a feature.

Fields

uuid

contours #

These contours lines have a 10-metre interval with an index every 50 metres. Each contour contains a value.

Fields

type

Type of contour line.

Possible values:

  • Index
  • Normal

value

Contour line elevation.

etl #

Electricity Transmission Lines.

foreshore #

These polygons depict the part of the shore or beach which lies between the Mean Low Water Mark and Mean High Water Mark.

greenspaces #

Polygon features representing the extent of places such as parks and sports facilities that are likely to be accessible to the public.

Fields

Type of greenspace.

type

Possible values:

  • Allotments Or Community Growing Spaces
  • Bowling Green
  • Cemetery
  • Golf Course
  • Other Sports Facility
  • Play Space
  • Playing Field
  • Public Park Or Garden
  • Religious Grounds
  • Tennis Court

names #

Use this point layer to render contextual labels on your map. The name1language and name2language attributes let you select which names to display. For example, if you want to show all the Welsh language names then you can use these attributes to filter them out and These are the attribute values in the language fields:

  • cym - name is in the Welsh language.
  • eng - name is in the English language.
  • gla - name is in the Scottish Gaelic language.
  • NULL - language type is not set if there is only one name, or if there are two names, and the language of one or both of the names is not recorded as English, Welsh or Gaelic.

Fields

type

Possible values:

  • Country
  • Capital
  • National Park
  • City
  • Town
  • Village
  • Hamlet
  • Small Settlements
  • Suburban Area
  • Woodland
  • Landform
  • Landcover
  • Water
  • Greenspace
  • Sites
  • Motorway Junctions

name1

Contains the accepted or English name.

name1language

Let you select which names to display. For example, if you want to show all the Welsh language names then you can use these attributes to filter them out and render them on your map.

Possible values:

  • NULL
  • eng

name2

Contains the Welsh, Gaelic or English name

name2language

Let you select which names to display. For example, if you want to show all the Welsh language names then you can use these attributes to filter them out and render them on your map.

Possible values:

  • NULL
  • cym
  • gla

national_parks #

These polygons depict the extent of the 15 National Parks in Great Britain.

rail #

Lines representing the railway network. They are broken where they pass under bridges, buildings or other obstructing detail.

Fields

type

Type of rail.

Possible values:

  • Multi Track
  • type
  • Single Track
  • Narrow Gauge
  • Tunnel

railwaystations #

This layer contains a point for all stations and includes a name.

Fields

type

Type of railway station

Possible values:

  • Light Rapid Transit Station
  • Light Rapid Transit Station And London
  • Underground Station
  • Light Rapid Transit Station And Railway Station
  • London Underground Station
  • Railway Station
  • Railway Station And London Underground Station

name

Name of railway station

roads #

Lines representing the road network. A road is defined as a metalled way for vehicles.

Fields

type

Type of road.

Possible values:

  • Motorway
  • Primary
  • A Road
  • B Road
  • roads
  • Guided Busway
  • Minor
  • Local
  • Restricted
  • Tunnels

name

Name of road

number

Number of road

level

Level of road.

Possible values:

  • 0
  • 1
  • 2

sea #

This layer depicts the sea around Great Britain.

sites #

Polygon features that represent the area or extent of certain types of function or activity.

Fields

type

Type of site.

Possible values:

  • Air Transport
  • Education
  • Medical Care
  • Road Transport
  • Water Transport

surfacewater #

These polygons represent inland water bodies that are sufficiently wide enough to be captured as an area.

urban_areas #

These are generalised polygons representing built-up areas for use at smaller scales.

waterlines #

Lines representing rivers, canals, drains and other linear bodies of water.

Fields

type

Type of waterline.

Possible values:

  • National
  • Regional
  • District
  • Local
  • MHW
  • MLW

woodland #

The polygons represent areas of trees: coniferous, non-coniferous and mixed.

License

With the use of this API, you must visibly credit these attributions:

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