Quick Start Guide
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THIS GUIDE RELATES TO THE FOLLOWING STYLESHEETS:
PRODUCT: OS VECTORMAP® DISTRICT
DATA FORMAT: SHP
STYLESHEET FORMAT: GEOSERVER STYLED LAYER DESCRIPTORS (SLD)
The stylesheets have been designed to work with the data as supplied.
1 Either fork the stylesheets on GitHub or download them and navigate to the directory that matches
your data format, stylesheet format and style preference.
2 Copy the folder ‘ordnance_survey’ into your GeoServer styles directory (a typical Windows file path
is C:\Program Files (x86)\GeoServer 2.x.x\data_dir\styles, is using a workspace then use the \data_dir\styles
path from there).
3 Load your OS VectorMap District database into GeoServer.
4 Add the styles.
5 Publish these styles with the data.
6 To create OS VectorMap District in GeoServer you will need to create a Layer Group.
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The name of this Layer Group is the ‘layer’ your web map service (WMS) will need to call.
Although every feature is styled, for use as a general contextual map we have commented some of them out
by default.
The scale denominators have been set to allow viewing between 1:7 000 and 1:25 000, although this will vary
slightly by resolution.
Your map should look similar to this:
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Compatibility notes
Although SLD is an open OGC standard, these SLDs do contain some extended code used by GeoServer,
namely the ‘vendor option’ tags. Also, as aforementioned, the field names referenced in the SLDs are in full
and in lowercase.
Additional information
More information about how to download, apply and edit our stylesheets including a Stylesheet user guide
More information about OS VectorMap District
More information about cartographic design at Ordnance Survey
Licence
By using these stylesheets you are accepting the terms in the Stylesheet Licence.
