Brief georeferenced layers list

These brief lists below give details of XYZ or WMTS URLs and Zoom Levels for some of our most popular georeferenced layers (for adding the layer into QGIS, ArcGIS, geojson.io or OpenStreetMap - see Guides). They are grouped into those that cover Scotland or Great Britain, and they are ordered from large-scale (more detailed) to small-scale (less detailed).

To access all of our georeferenced layers, including these below, please also see our guide on How to find all georeferenced layer URLs in the Georeferenced Maps viewer.

Scotland

Country	Layer home page (ordered by scale)	WMTS	XYZ	MinZoom	MaxZoom	Re-use
Scotland	Ordnance Survey - Air Photos, 1944-1950 - 1:10,560	WMTS	XYZ	5	16	CC-BY
Scotland	Ordnance Survey - Six Inch Scotland, 1843-1882 - 1:10,560	WMTS	XYZ	1	16	CC-BY
Scotland	GSGS - GSGS 3906, 1941 - 1:25,000	WMTS	XYZ	1	16	CC-BY
Scotland	Roy - Roy Highlands, 1747-1752 - 1:36000	WMTS	XYZ	5	14	CC-BY (BL)
Scotland	Roy - Roy Lowlands, 1752-1755 - 1:36000	WMTS	XYZ	5	14	CC-BY (BL)
Scotland	Ordnance Survey - One Inch Outline, 1921-1930 - 1:63,360	WMTS	XYZ	1	15	CC-BY
Scotland	Ordnance Survey - One Inch Scotland (Col), 1857-1891 - 1:63,360	WMTS	XYZ	1	15	CC-BY
Scotland	Ordnance Survey - One Inch Scotland 3rd Ed, 1902-1923 - 1:63,360	WMTS	XYZ	1	15	CC-BY
Scotland	Ordnance Survey - One Inch Scotland, 1921-1930 (Regular), 1921-1930 - 1:63,360	WMTS	XYZ	1	15	CC-BY
Scotland	Ordnance Survey - One Inch, 1945-1948 (Outline), 1945-1948 - 1:63,360	WMTS	XYZ	1	15	CC-BY
Scotland	Ordnance Survey - One Inch, 1945-1948 (Regular), 1845-1948 - 1:63,360	WMTS	XYZ	1	15	CC-BY
Scotland	Ordnance Survey - Half-Inch (Hills), 1908-1918 - 1:126720	WMTS	XYZ	1	13	CC-BY
Scotland	Aaron Arrowsmith - Aaron Arrowsmith, Scotland 1807, 1807 - 1:253440	WMTS	XYZ	2	12	CC-BY

To access all of our georeferenced layers, including these below, please also see our guide on How to find all georeferenced layer URLs in the Georeferenced Maps viewer.

Great Britain

Country	Layer home page (ordered by scale)	WMTS	XYZ	MinZoom	MaxZoom	Re-use
Great Britain	Ordnance Survey - 1:25,000 (Outline), 1945-1965 - 1:25,000	WMTS	XYZ	1	16	CC-BY
Great Britain	Ordnance Survey - 1:1m to 1:63k, 1920s-1940s - 1:63,360	WMTS	XYZ	1	14	CC-BY
Great Britain	Bartholomew - Bartholomew Half Inch, 1897-1907 - 1:126,720	WMTS	XYZ	1	15	CC-BY
Great Britain	Bartholomew - Bartholomew Half Inch, 1940-1947 - 1:126,720	WMTS	XYZ	1	14	CC-BY
Great Britain	Ordnance Survey - 10 mile, Admin Areas, 1956 - 1:633,600	WMTS	XYZ	1	12	CC-BY
Great Britain	Ordnance Survey - 10 mile, Coal & Iron, 1945 - 1:633,600	WMTS	XYZ	1	12	CC-BY
Great Britain	Ordnance Survey - 10 mile, Farming, 1944 - 1:633,600	WMTS	XYZ	1	12	CC-BY
Great Britain	Ordnance Survey - 10 mile, General, 1955 - 1:633,600	WMTS	XYZ	1	12	CC-BY
Great Britain	Ordnance Survey - 10 mile, Geological, 1955 - 1:633,600	WMTS	XYZ	1	12	CC-BY
Great Britain	Ordnance Survey - 10 mile, Iron and Steel, 1945 - 1:633,600	WMTS	XYZ	1	12	CC-BY
Great Britain	Ordnance Survey - 10 mile, Land Classification, 1945 - 1:633,600	WMTS	XYZ	1	12	CC-BY
Great Britain	Ordnance Survey - 10 mile, Land Utilisation, 1944 - 1:633,600	WMTS	XYZ	1	12	CC-BY
Great Britain	Ordnance Survey - 10 mile, Limestone, 1955 - 1:633,600	WMTS	XYZ	1	12	CC-BY
Great Britain	Ordnance Survey - 10 mile, Physical, 1957 - 1:633,600	WMTS	XYZ	1	12	CC-BY
Great Britain	Ordnance Survey - 10 mile, Railways, 1946 - 1:633,600	WMTS	XYZ	1	12	CC-BY
Great Britain	Ordnance Survey - 10 mile, Rainfall, 1881-1915 - 1:633,600	WMTS	XYZ	1	12	CC-BY
Great Britain	Ordnance Survey - 10 Mile, Roads 1946, 1946 - 1:633,600	WMTS	XYZ	1	12	CC-BY
Great Britain	Ordnance Survey - 10 Mile, Roads 1956, 1956 - 1:633,600	WMTS	XYZ	1	12	CC-BY
Great Britain	CPRE / LUC Light Pollution / Dark Skies, 2016	WMTS	XYZ	1	9	CC-BY (LUC)

To access all of our georeferenced layers, including these below, please also see our guide on How to find all georeferenced layer URLs in the Georeferenced Maps viewer.