Base
A 1:1,000 scale topographic map holding a vast array of highly accurate and detailed geographic data, including:
- Road markings
- Building outlines divided into height elements
- Garages, extensions and sheds
- Property boundaries aggregated into basic land and property units
- Vegetation, including hedgerows
- Industrial complexes
- Man-made structures
All of the features held in the Base are classified by land use and feature type to enable you to easily and quickly select features you want and create a map to suit your needs.
A selection of land use categories include:
Agriculture, Allotments and urban farms, Amusement and show places
Car parks, Cemeteries and crematoria, Community services, Defence
Dwellings, Education, Energy production and distribution
Field margins, Fisheries, Forestry, Goods and freight handling
Holiday camps, Hotels, boarding and guest houses
Libraries, museums and galleries, Managed forest, Manufacturing
Medical and health care services, Mineral workings and quarries
Offices, Other vehicle storage, Outdoor amenity and open spaces
Places of worship, Post and telecommunications, Previously developed land
Recreation and leisure, Refuse disposal, Residential
Residential institutions, Retail, Sports facilities, Storage
Transport, Transport terminals and interchanges
Transport tracks and ways, Unimproved grassland, Unused land
Water storage and treatment, Waterways, Wholesale distribution
- 1 - Building
- 2 - Man-made surfaced area
- 3 - Vegetated/natural area, few trees
- 4 - Water
- 5 - Man-made structure other than building
- 6 - Vegetated area with scattered trees
- 7 - Vegetated area, predominantly trees
- 8 - Not used
- 9 - Non geographic entity type
Benefits
- Basic Land and Property Units (BLPUs) are provided to enable identification of single property units for improved service delivery
- Land use and land cover information are provided for every polygon to enable you to easily create highly visual and accurate maps
- Detailed and accurate digitising of buildings and property boundaries offer you a reliable map base
- Collected from imagery less than two years old and field checked within 12 months to provide a current map base
- Roads and pavements are split into manageable segments
