Applying Land-Line® styling to OS MasterMap® Line, Point and Text Features

These tables can be used to apply Land-Line styling to OS MasterMap. You may wish to do this to help your users adjust to the
new product by visualising it in a familiar way to Land-Line.

There is a table for each of the equivalent feature types in the two products:

• Topographic Lines
• Topographic Points
• Cartographic Text
• Cartographic Symbols

Each table contains the OS MasterMap attributes that describe the feature (in the green columns) and the equivalent Land-Line
feature code (in the blue column). The equivalent OS MasterMap style name is also included.

You can determine the Land-Line style for each OS MasterMap feature by finding its entry within the table, noting the Land-Line
code, then using the Land-Line User Guide to determine the appropriate styling. The Land-Line User Guide can be downloaded
from the Ordnance Survey website:

http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/products/landline/pdf/lluserguide.pdf

The fullest descriptions of styling can be found in Chapters 7 and 9.

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For example, a look at the Topographic Line table shows that a building in OS MasterMap is equivalent to feature code 0001 in
Land-Line.

descriptiveGroup descriptiveTerm physicalPresence make Style name Land-Line FC

Building Outline Obstructing Manmade buildingLine 0001

Looking at the list of features and styling from the Land-Line User Guide shows that 0001 should be styled with a continuous red
line with a weight of 2 (Page 247 – please note that as this chapter is concerned with DXF feature codes are prefixed with G801
and a black background is assumed).

Layer name Description Line type Line weight Entity Colour

or text font
0001 Building outline Continuous 2 Polyline Red

Therefore, if you want to make an OS MasterMap Building outline look like a building outline in Land-Line, this is the styling you
should apply.

Some entries in the table have no feature code associated with them. Some OS MasterMap features, such as Inferred links, have
no equivalent in Land-Line and therefore no equivalent styling.

Polygons may be rendered in a variety of ways. The users, rather than Ordnance Survey, determines how to render the polygon
data within OS MasterMap. Some users are applying a very low level of colour to certain feature types, such as buildings, to supply
some texture to the maps and to start to get people used to the idea of the data being polygonised and the additional functionality
that it will bring in terms of visualising and thematically mapping data. An example is given in the image below, where the buildings
have been given a very light grey render to make them stand out from the rest of the map detail.

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Some OS MasterMap features are given the default Land-Line styles for lines, points and text (the feature codes in italics) as they
have no specific Land-Line style. You can choose your own style if preferred.

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Topographic Lines

Land-Line
descriptiveGroup descriptiveTerm physicalPresence make Style name FC
Building Outline Obstructing Manmade buildingLine 0001
Building Outline Overhead Manmade buildingOverheadLine 0004
Building Division Obstructing Manmade buildingLine 0030
General feature Obstructing defaultLine 0030
General feature Overhead construction structureOverheadLine 0043
General feature Edge/Limit defaultDashedLine 0032
General feature Minor detail defaultLine 0052
General feature Tunnel edge Edge/Limit defaultUndergroundLine 0033
General surface Edge/Limit Natural defaultDashedLine 0036
General surface Step Edge/Limit Manmade defaultLine 0052
General surface Step Manmade defaultLine 0052
Historic interest Course of CRT Heritage defaultUndergroundLine 0033
Historic interest Minor detail defaultLine 0052
Inland water Tunnel edge Edge/Limit defaultUndergroundLine 0033
Inland water Minor detail Manmade waterLine 0059
Inland water Culvert Manmade waterLine 0059
Inland water Edge/Limit waterLine 0059
Landform Top of slope Edge/Limit Manmade landformBoldLine 0374
Landform Edge/Limit Natural landformLine 0035
Landform Edge/Limit Manmade landformLine 0035
Landform Bottom of cliff Edge/Limit Natural landformLine 0376
Landform Ridge or rock line Natural landformLine 1212
Landform Top of cliff Edge/Limit Natural landformBoldLine 0375
Landform Bottom of slope Edge/Limit Manmade landformLine 0376
Inferred property closing
Network or Polygon closing geometry link Closing closingLine

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 Network or Polygon closing geometry Polygon closing link Closing closingLine
Path Tunnel edge Edge/Limit Manmade defaultUndergroundLine 0033
Political or administrative District Boundary districtLine 0008
Political or administrative Electoral Boundary electoralLine 0010
Political or administrative Parliamentary Boundary parliamentaryLine 0079
Political or administrative County Boundary countyLine 0009
Political or administrative Parish Boundary parishLine 0007
Pre-build defaultLine 0052
Rail Narrow gauge Network narrowGaugeRailwayAlignmentLine 0014
Rail Standard gauge track standardGaugeRailLine 0015
Rail Buffer Manmade defaultLine 0052
Rail Minor detail defaultLine 0052
Rail Tunnel edge Edge/Limit Manmade defaultUndergroundLine 0033
Road or track Tunnel edge Edge/Limit Manmade defaultUndergroundLine 0033
Road or track Public Edge/Limit Manmade defaultDashedLine 0021
Road or track Traffic calming Edge/Limit Manmade defaultDashedLine 0021
Roadside Minor detail defaultLine 0052
Structure Minor detail Manmade defaultLine 0052
Structure Pylon Edge/Limit Manmade defaultLine 0052
Structure Network closing link Closing closingLine
Tidal water Mean high water (springs) Edge/Limit Natural waterBoldLine 0071
Tidal water Mean low water (springs) Edge/Limit Natural waterDashedLine 0072

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Topographic Points

Land-Line
feature
descriptiveGroup descriptiveTerm make Style name code
Positioned nonconiferous
General feature tree Natural positionedNonconiferousTreeSymbol 0373
General feature Positioned coniferous tree Natural positionedConiferousTreeSymbol 0372
General feature Positioned boulder Natural positionedBoulderSymbol 1211
Historic interest Site of heritage heritageSiteOfSymbol 0057
Historic interest Crt structure pointSymbol 0057
Inland water Manmade waterPointSymbol 0057
Landform Manmade pointSymbol 0057
Landform Disused feature Natural landformDisusedSymbol 0057
Landform Natural pointSymbol 0057
Political or
administrative Boundary post or stone boundaryPostSymbol 0011
Pre-build pointSymbol 0057
Provisional or unverified Unclassified pointSymbol 0057
Rail Switch railwaySwitchSymbol 0057
Rail Structure pointSymbol 0057
Roadside pointSymbol 0057
Structure Manmade pointSymbol 0057
Structure Structure Manmade pointSymbol 0057
Structure Triangulation point or pillar Manmade triangulationStationSymbol 0025
Terrain and height Air height airHeightSymbol 0027
Terrain and height Spot height spotHeightSymbol 0027
Tidal water waterPointSymbol 0400

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Cartographic text

Land-Line
OS MasterMap attributes feature code
Style hex Font
descriptiveGroup descriptiveTerm value style
Buildings or structure Compound #000000 Normal 1006
Buildings or structure #000000 Normal 1006
Built environment
compound #000000 Normal 1009
General feature #000000 Normal 1009
General surface #000000 Normal 1009
Height control Bench mark #000000 Normal 1009
Historic interest #000000 Italic 1009
Inland water #0099FF Normal 1010
Landform #000000 Normal 1009
Natural environment #000000 Normal 1009
Political or administrative #FF00FF Normal 1005
Pre-build #000000 Normal 1009
Rail #000000 Normal 1009
Road or track Road name or classification #000000 Normal 1000
Roadside #000000 Normal 1009
Structure #000000 Normal 1009
Terrain and height #000000 Normal 1009
Tidal water Foreshore #0099FF Normal 1010
Tidal water #0099FF Normal 1010

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Cartographic Symbol

Land-Line feature
OS MasterMap attributes code
descriptiveGroup descriptiveTerm Style name
Height control Bench mark benchMarkSymbol 0026
Inland water Culvert culvertSymbol 0057
Inland water Direction of flow flowArrowSymbol 0069
Political or Boundary half
administrative mereing boundaryMereingChangeSymbol 0013
Road or track Road related flow roadFlowSymbol 0057

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