TravelMap is based on the Ordnance Survey Meridian 2 Communication theme data set, which is created and maintained by Dotted Eyes, made up of vector layers covering GB (not including the Isle of Man). It consists of all driveable roads (other than dead-ends shorter than 200m), junctions and roundabouts, plus national railway routes and named stations.
TravelMap suggested applications
- Major roads routing;
- Customisable backdrop mapping;
- Site location;
- Territory management;
- Environmental analysis.
TravelMap features & use
- All drivable roads except dead-ends shorter than 200m;
- Includes road names, plus junction and roundabout points;
- Dual carriageways simplified to a single centre-line;
- Railways and stations (as in the Passenger Handbook);
- Local authority boundaries in the form of regions;
- Tile edges dissolved to form continuous layers;
- Features fit perfectly with TopoMap vector data, also derived from Ordnance Survey Meridian 2 data set;
- Available as full national coverage or smaller ‘cut-out’ extracts (priced per sq km).
TravelMap technical information
A workspace (for use in MapInfo Professional GIS) or project file (for use in ESRI ArcView/GIS) opens all the layers and sets zoom layer thresholds that determine when the layers are visible.
Suitable for scales on screen in the range 1:2,000,000 to 1:20,000. More layers become visible as you zoom in.
This data product is based on the Ordnance Survey mid-scale data set, the roads in which were formerly marketed as OSCAR Route-Manager. The location of boundaries is accurate to within 50m. This is within one pixel on screen at scales of up to 1:200,000.
The British National Grid co-ordinate system is used. The coastline fits closely with RangerMap (derived from 1:50,000 Scale Colour Raster from Ordnance Survey).
The storage space required is about 840Mb for full GB coverage in MapInfo TAB format.
Main formats available: MapInfo TAB, ESRI SHP, AutoCAD DXF, Illustrator EPS and others.
TopoMap is licensed for internal business use by a specified number of users and includes hard copy prints up to A3 in size. Publishing on the Internet may count as a single user, depending on the application.
After the first year there is an annual charge equal to the initial price, including one update per year.
TravelMap coverage available
- Great Britain; or
- Selected area (priced per sq km); and
- Northern Ireland (companion product – TravelMap OSNI - derived from part of Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland 1:50,000 Scale Vector dataset).