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OS Miniscale is a national overview map which displays towns and cities, motorways, major roads, railways and airports and with Orkney and the Shetland Islands shown in their correct positions.

OS Miniscale is available as a vector graphic Adobe Illustrator file for publishing using cases or a raster file with georeferencing world file for use as a backdrop map in web applications and geographical information systems (e.g. a GB overview layer). It is intended to be a visually appealing location map for promotional material and website use and also finds use in high level route planning.

OS Miniscale is aligned to British National Grid (EPSG:27700) with a recommended viewing range between 1:700 000 and 1:2 000 000 (nominally1:1 000 000 i.e. or 1mm = 1km) and is updated annually.