Digital Mapping and Licences
Large Scale Mapping Licences
The backbone of the Isle of Man's mapping dataset is the Large Scale base mapping, which is surveyed at 1:1250 in urban areas and 1:2500 in rural and mountain areas.
The Large Scale base mapping is split into individual tiles;
- 500 metre squares for 1:1250 scale;
- 1 km squares for 1:2500 mapping
- There are a total of 800 tiles for the whole Island, see index diagram at the bottom of this page for breakdown of tiles.
To obtain digital mapping for internal business use, it is necessary to take out a Single Use Licence with us, which is free to set up, but carries restrictions of use on the data. The agreements usually run on an annual basis with an initial map tile fee plus annual royalty should the tile be retained for future use. See the Digital Mapping price list and Contract and Licence documents at the bottom of this page for more details.
Some key features
- Easy to set up and operate Licence
- Digital Mapping is bought on a tile by tile basis by licence holders
- Supply would be in DXF or NTF formats (DXF is usual for CAD systems)
- There is an initial charge for each tile, plus an annual royalty for the second and subsequent years that tiles are held
- We would normally revise a proportion of our tiles on an annual basis and any updated mapping that you hold will be automatically be sent to you on CD once a year
Commercial Licences
Customers wishing to use the mapping for incorporation into their own Commerical Products, either hard copy, or electronic, please contact the section directly for advice.
Other Digital Mapping
There are several digital products derived from this Large Scale base mapping which are commercially available and may suit specialist needs, see Digital Mapping price list for details of costs.
Mapping
1:10,000 scale generalised Vector Mapping
- 42 tiles at 1:10,000 scale covering the whole Island DXF/NTF
Small Scale Raster Mapping
- 1:25,000 4 tiles covering the whole Island Raster TIFF format
- 1:50,000 1 tile covering the whole Island Raster TIFF format
- 1:100,000 1 tile covering the whole Island Raster TIFF format
Height Data
Contour data
- 32 Tiles at 1:10,000 scale covering the whole Island, plus spot height data DXF/NTF
DTM
- 20m derived from 2001 aerial Orthophotography project and updated in 2006 ASCII text format
- 50m derived from the above 1:10,000 scale contour data ASCII text format
Again, customers wishing to use the mapping for incorporation into their own commercial products, either hard copy, or electronic, please contact the mapping service directly for advice.
To set up a Licence or for further information, please contact us. (See the How to contact us section for details)
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