Paper Map Copying Licence

Use our Paper Map Copying Licence (PMCL) to support your business with unlimited copied OS mapping.

This licence entitles you to

Make copies of original OS mapping, publish copies of OS mapping on your web pages, or include copies of OS mapping as part of your professional service.

  • Businesses
  • General public

Key features

Use copies of OS mapping as part of a professional service

Include copies of OS maps in leaflets, brochures and on web pages, or copy maps based on OS mapping produced by another publisher.

Unlimited copying

Copy unlimited amounts of original Ordnance Survey (OS) mapping to support day-to-day business administration in all offices where your business operates.

Licence agreement

Use cases
  • Copy OS paper maps as part of your day-to-day business
  • Publish copies of OS mapping on your web pages
  • Include copies of OS mapping as part of your professional service.
Customer suitability
  • Businesses
  • General public
Length of licence
12 months
Licence fee

Your annual licence fee will be calculated according to the number of offices/premises you state on the application form.

Annual Licence Fee
Office NumberFee per Office/Premises
Minimum Fee (1 Office)£59.10
First 5 Offices (1-5)£59.10
Next 5 Offices (6-10)£57.50
Next 10 Offices (11-20)£55.60
Next 51 Offices (21-71)£54.00
Maximum Fee for 72 Or More Offices£3945.00

All prices are given in GBP, and are subject to VAT.

Please note that it is Ordnance Survey's policy not to give a refund for a reduction in the number of offices in which copying is taking place, during the term of the licence.

However, when renewing your licence in subsequent years you will have the opportunity to update the number of offices in which copying takes place and you will be charged accordingly.

Terms and conditions

What the terms permit you to do

Publish copies of OS mapping on your web pages, for example to show the location of your offices. Include copies of OS mapping as part of your professional service, for example, to supply a copy of an extract of an OS map to your client.

Obtaining permission from other publishers

This licence allows you to copy mapping based on OS mapping produced by another publisher, subject to you obtaining permission to copy the mapping involved directly from that publisher.

Annual licence fee

The annual fee is based on the number of offices to be covered by your licence.

Refunds or reductions in fees

Please note that it is Ordnance Survey's policy not to give a refund for a reduction in the number of offices in which copying is taking place, during the term of the licence. However, when renewing your licence in subsequent years you will have the opportunity to update the number of offices in which copying takes place and you will be charged accordingly.

Third party OS data entitlements

Refer to copyright acknowledgements.

Documents and support

Licence terms

  • Paper Map Copying Licence
    Use our Paper Map Copying Licence (PMCL) to support your business with unlimited copied OS mapping.
    pdf
    v1.5
    142kb
    March 2, 2015

Trademark acknowledgements

  • Product names and trademarks
    An extensive list of product names and trademarked brands registered to Ordnance Survey
    link
  • Crown Copyright
    Our data and our brand are protected by a variety of intellectual property (IP) rights (including copyright, database rights and trade marks), and our primary income comes from licensing these IP rights to Government, public sector organisations, commercial businesses and consumers.
    link

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Key features
  • Use copies of OS mapping as part of a professional service
  • Unlimited copying
This licence entitles you to

Make copies of original OS mapping, publish copies of OS mapping on your web pages, or include copies of OS mapping as part of your professional service.

Length of licence
12 months

How to apply

I want to apply for a Paper Map Copying Licence

If you want to copy unlimited OS mapping to support your business, apply today. If you have an existing licence and you wish to renew it, please click the 'Renew my existing licence' button.

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