OS Meridian ™ 2
OS Meridian 2 is a district based dataset useful for activities such as decision making in planning. It is a geometrically structured vector database customised from a variety of OS data sets that define the real world geographic entities (objects) as point and line features. Each feature consists of geometric and attribute data. The key feature is the detailed road network.
The data set can be used for site location analysis, environmental analysis, network analysis.
A large sample image of Meridian.
Layers and features
Meridian comprises six layers:
Roads
- Motorways
- A Roads
- B Roads
- Minor roads
Railways
- Railways
- Railway tunnels
- Railway stations
Administrative Areas
- Counties
- Districts and Unitary Authorities
Hydrology
- Coastline
Developed Land Use Areas
The extent of
- Urban Areas (also called Developed Land Use Areas)
Cartographic Names
- Place names
- Station names
Positioned names
Cartographic names are included for screen display and plotting purposes. Other numbers and names appear in all layers as attributes and so can be queried for analytical purposes.
Further information on Meridian is available to registered users within the Digimap service.
Contact us at: edina@ed.ac.uk
EDINA, Causewayside House
160 Causewayside, Edinburgh
United Kingdom EH9 1PR
EDINA is the Jisc-designated national data centre at the University of Edinburgh.
