As lots of people are currently working on projects and dissertations we thought we’d share a few tips on using the OS MasterMap data from Digimap.
NOTE: MasterMap Download will be temporarily unavailable as part of the ‘At Risk’ period on Monday the 22nd of August. It will also be unavailable for about an hour on either Wednesday 24th or Thursday the 25th of August as well. This is to allow for some essential hardware maintenance on the server that houses the Database. We are really sorry for any inconvenience this causes.
The MasterMap data available will be updated as part of our annual data refresh at the beginning of September. If you need the 2010-2011s data then please order in advance of Monday the 22nd to ensure you don’t get caught up with the maintenance.
Downloading the Data
Remember that if you just want MasterMap as a background map you can use the 1:1000 or 1:2000 Raster versions of the data. This is available from the Data Download facility:
If you need the vector data for use in a GIS then you will need MasterMap Download:
There is also a video on using MasterMap Download:
[youtube width=”640″ height=”390″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G7mEYX4ikE&hd=1[/youtube]
Data Conversion
Once you have downloaded your MasterMap Data you will most likely need to convert it into a format that your GIS can use. There are three main options to do this, InterpOSe, OSM2MIF and Productivity Suite, see the following link for more information:
Getting MasterMap into a GIS or CAD
Other Help Resources
Using MapManager / Productivity Suite to convert MasterMap
Using MasterMap Data with AutoCAD:
[youtube width=”640″ height=”390″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52UfIezk25M&hd=1[/youtube]
