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Plans for the Coastal Zone
onshore strategic development and control plans such as the “County” Structure Plan
and “District” Local Plan.
OS maps (particularly at scales of 1:50,000, 1:250,000 and 1:625,000) together
with their digital counterparts - 1:50,000 Raster Data, Strategi™ and BaseData.GB™,
are important in underpinning the definition of the Management Units. They also
provide a link to the mapping products used in the local authority landward planning
systems. These products depict the human and natural environments, and (through
successive epochs and editions) coastal change, in sufficient detail to identify
constraints to, and limitations on, shore defence options.
The next management phase is the development of Scheme Strategy and Beach
Management Plans for implementing coastal defence and shoreline use options. These
are well supported by the comprehensive detail of OS mapping products at 1:10,000 and
larger scales. Here the Land-Line.Plus® and Superplan™ vector data products
(nominally at 1:1250 or 1:2500 scales) and the 1:10,000 scale raster data together with
Superplan™ hard copy graphics, offer the ideal integrated solution as backdrop
products for design and monitoring of these plans.
Coastal Communications
In the coastal zone the importance of communicating with other bodies and with the
public on proposals and management schemes should not be understated. Whether
providing information for statutory or voluntary consultation on proposals for managing
fragile coastal environments, or in promoting the benefits of specific coastal uses such
as leisure and tourism, the benefits of using well presented map-based information are
significant. In Great Britain the general public are most familiar with OS maps at
1:10,000 and 1:50,000 scales. OS “Solution Centre” is well able to support specialist
customising of local information, particularly for these types of applications using our
famous 1:50,000 Landranger™ map series. The raster data variants of these products
offer the potential for complementary local design, integration and presentation of high
quality map-based material.
Contingency Planning
As we have seen all too frequently around the shores of Great Britain, being at a major
crossroads of the shipping arteries of the world brings the ever-present risk of accident
and potential disaster. Responses to incidents such as oil spills and in-shore maritime
emergencies call not only for effective and targeted contingency plans, but the
mechanisms to communicate unambiguously scoping, disaster management and
recovery strategies. This is where comprehensive nationally recognised and consistent
topographic information really comes into its own.
The familiarity of OS maps to those involved in coastal zone contingencies,
derived from their use of these products in their day to day activities, makes these
products the obvious choice for presenting and communicating response plans and
actions. The comprehensive nature of the OS portfolio enables the full range of
tracking, monitoring, response and reporting processes to be undertaken in a fully
integrated way, both via traditional hard-copy media and using the best of modern
Plans for the Coastal Zone
onshore strategic development and control plans such as the “County” Structure Plan
and “District” Local Plan.
OS maps (particularly at scales of 1:50,000, 1:250,000 and 1:625,000) together
with their digital counterparts - 1:50,000 Raster Data, Strategi™ and BaseData.GB™,
are important in underpinning the definition of the Management Units. They also
provide a link to the mapping products used in the local authority landward planning
systems. These products depict the human and natural environments, and (through
successive epochs and editions) coastal change, in sufficient detail to identify
constraints to, and limitations on, shore defence options.
The next management phase is the development of Scheme Strategy and Beach
Management Plans for implementing coastal defence and shoreline use options. These
are well supported by the comprehensive detail of OS mapping products at 1:10,000 and
larger scales. Here the Land-Line.Plus® and Superplan™ vector data products
(nominally at 1:1250 or 1:2500 scales) and the 1:10,000 scale raster data together with
Superplan™ hard copy graphics, offer the ideal integrated solution as backdrop
products for design and monitoring of these plans.
Coastal Communications
In the coastal zone the importance of communicating with other bodies and with the
public on proposals and management schemes should not be understated. Whether
providing information for statutory or voluntary consultation on proposals for managing
fragile coastal environments, or in promoting the benefits of specific coastal uses such
as leisure and tourism, the benefits of using well presented map-based information are
significant. In Great Britain the general public are most familiar with OS maps at
1:10,000 and 1:50,000 scales. OS “Solution Centre” is well able to support specialist
customising of local information, particularly for these types of applications using our
famous 1:50,000 Landranger™ map series. The raster data variants of these products
offer the potential for complementary local design, integration and presentation of high
quality map-based material.
Contingency Planning
As we have seen all too frequently around the shores of Great Britain, being at a major
crossroads of the shipping arteries of the world brings the ever-present risk of accident
and potential disaster. Responses to incidents such as oil spills and in-shore maritime
emergencies call not only for effective and targeted contingency plans, but the
mechanisms to communicate unambiguously scoping, disaster management and
recovery strategies. This is where comprehensive nationally recognised and consistent
topographic information really comes into its own.
The familiarity of OS maps to those involved in coastal zone contingencies,
derived from their use of these products in their day to day activities, makes these
products the obvious choice for presenting and communicating response plans and
actions. The comprehensive nature of the OS portfolio enables the full range of
tracking, monitoring, response and reporting processes to be undertaken in a fully
integrated way, both via traditional hard-copy media and using the best of modern