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Free Sample Data Sets
You are welcome to download any of the following free sample data sets subject to your acceptance of our sample data licence terms (as above).
XYZ OverView World 1:15m Data
The sample area covers the SW USA and Mexico.
MapInfo Tab format. (4.6 MB 2009 Version)
MapInfo Mif/Mid ASCII format. (4.3 MB 2009 Version)
ESRI Shape format (ArcView, etc). (4.02 MB 2009 Version)
XYZ World 1:1m Data
Europe Section
The sample is for the area around Barcelona in Spain.
MapInfo Tab format.
MapInfo Mif/Mid ASCII format.
ESRI Shape format (ArcView, etc).
Africa Section
South America Section
North America Section
People's Map British Isles Data
The People's Map data set is a single database at 1:10 000 scale. We can select out subsets that are appropriate for smaller scales as listed.
1:1 Million Data Selection
The sample is for the area around Edinburgh.
MapInfo Tab format.
MapInfo Mif/Mid ASCII format.
ESRI Shape format.
Raster Image (with GIS registration).
1:200 000 Data Selection
The sample is for the area around Aberdeen.
MapInfo Tab format. (585 KB 2009 version)
MapInfo Mif/Mid ASCII format. (620 KB 2009 version)
ESRI Shape (ArcView) format. (900 KB 2009 version)
Raster Images (with GIS registration). (1.06 MB 2009 version)
1:50 000 Data Selection
1:10 000 Data Selection
The sample area is from Edinburgh.
Collins Bartholomew Great Britain Data
1:200 000 Scale Road Atlas Data
Ordnance Survey Data
1: 250 000 Strategi™ Data Set
1:50 000 LandRanger™ Raster Data Set
1:25 000 Explorer Raster Data Set
1:10 000 StreetView Data Set
AddressPoint™ & CodePoint™
Royal Mail Postcode Data
The samples are from the AB (Aberdeen) or EH (Edinburgh) postcode areas. The samples include the Royal Mail PAF fact sheet.
PAF Samples
PAF, Comma Separated by Postcode, Version. (752 KB)
PAF, Comma Seperated by Premise, Version. (800 KB)
Part PAF. (708 KB)
XYZ Post Locator Sample
XYZ Post Locator ARCGIS Shape Sample
XYZ Post Locator MapInfo Tab Sample
XYZ United Kingdom Postcode Boundaries
Postcode Areas (EH), Districts (EH22) and Sectors (EH22 2) including our optional extra counts of the number of addresses in each.
MapInfo Tab format. (480 KB - 2008 Version)
MapInfo Mif/Mid ASCII format. (470 KB - 2008 Version)
ESRI Shape format (ArcView etc). (670 KB - 2008 Version)
Google KML format. (150 KB - 2008 Version)
AutoCAD DWG format. (550 KB - 2008 Version)
XYZ Air Photography
Modern Photography
Edinburgh Sample 10cm Colour Imagery:
Glasgow / Renfrewshire Sample 12.5cm Colour Imagery:
Historic Photography
Images of Scotland from 1988:
Images of Scotland from 1946/47:
XYZ Historic Maps
OS 1inch (1:63 360) (New) Popular Edition. The pre-cursor to the present day 1:50 000 maps.
Scotland (late 1920s / early 1930s)
England / Wales (late 1940s)
DTM / DSM Data
Getmapping Photogrammetric DTM
NextMap Britain LIDAR DSM/DTM
