Dashboards & basemaps
Lightweight relief context for national dashboards.
// 03 - terrain
OS Terrain 50
National 50m DTM - generous in scale, perfect for context, summaries and dashboards.
// WHAT'S IN IT
Inside the dataset
OS Terrain 50 is a 50-metre national DTM. It's the right choice when you need elevation context across a region or the whole country - basemap relief shading, summary statistics, dashboard backdrops - without the storage and compute cost of finer products.
We license Terrain 50 alongside our other products under enterprise terms even though it has open-data variants, because most enterprise buyers want it bundled with bespoke regional cuts and SLA-backed delivery.
Key features
- 50m grid resolution
- National coverage
- Available as raster or contours
- Lightweight - easy to host nationally
// SAMPLE
What it looks like
A representative render of Terrain 50 - production deliveries are tailored to your styling and area of interest.
// WHO LICENSES THIS
Most often licensed by
- Environmental & Sustainability
- Local Authorities
- Logistics & Transport
- Retail & Site Selection
// COMMON USE CASES
What teams build with this
Strategic studies
Country-scale terrain analysis at low compute cost.
Cartographic shading
Hillshade for OS-style basemaps.
// COVERAGE & LICENSING
Licensed to fit, not bloat.
Every licence is sized to your actual usage. We'll always recommend the smallest coverage tier that solves your problem - and scale up as you do.
Single site
A specific site or property - typical for small consultancies and one-off projects.
Not availableRegional
A council area, county, region or custom polygon - typical for LAs, utilities and dev firms.
National (GB)
Full GB coverage - for prop-tech, insurance, multi-region utilities and national operators.
Bespoke
Custom AOI, mixed cadence, multi-tenant or co-built licence. We scope under NDA.
// SPECS & TECHNICALS
Specs & technicals
Formats & delivery
- GeoTIFF
- GML
- GeoPackage
- Update cadence
- Annual
- Projection
- EPSG:27700 (BNG)
- Delivery modes
- Files · Custom
Coverage & tiers
We can scope licensing at any of the following tiers - speak to us about anything in between.
- Single site
- Regional
- National (GB)
- Bespoke / custom AOI
Standards & schema
All vector datasets ship with stable identifiers (TOID/OSID/UPRN) suitable for change-aware joining. Raster datasets ship with full georeferencing metadata. We can supply schema documentation, sample files and ETL guidance on request.
// FAQ
Common questions
Isn't Terrain 50 free under OS OpenData?
Yes - but enterprise customers often want it delivered alongside paid products under one contract, with bespoke clipping, hosting and SLA. That's what we provide.
Should we use Terrain 50 or Terrain 5?
50 is for national/regional context; 5 is for engineering work; 1m is for site-level analysis.
Do you host it for us?
Yes - we can serve it from R2 as PMTiles or as raster tiles via our API.
// REQUEST A QUOTE
License Terrain 50.
Tell us your scope and use case - we'll come back with delivery options, formats and indicative pricing for Terrain 50 under NDA.
- Reply within one UK working day
- Senior partner team - no SDR gauntlet
- Indicative pricing under NDA
Prefer email? Write to data@planningmapsuk.co.uk.
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