CENTREMAPS has specific expertise in selling Ordnance Survey products – customised mapping in particular – and provides a high value solution to ensure you are making an informed choice when it comes to choosing the best type of licence for a particular project.

Whether, on-line, in person or by phone, our friendly and knowledgeable staff will guide you through the whole process of ordering and understanding your requirements, discussing the options available, deciding what best suits your needs and completing the order.
Selecting the appropriate licence
For the majority of projects the new Plan, Design & Build (PDB) licence will be required and will be the most cost effective.
The key features of the Plan, Design & Build Licence
Data sharing between project participants allowed
Choice of licence period – 12, 18, 24 or 30 months
Right to archive for up to 13 years for legal or regulatory reasons after the licence has ended and for looking at the information to answer queries arising on the specific project in that period
When licence is purchased it is identified by the project name
Use of the data on up to a maximum of 40 terminals per project is permitted
No rights to commercially exploit the data in any way
Unlimited production of paper copies from data or use within the specified project allowed
Production of reports for project client allowed
The Internal Business Use (IBU) Licence is the most appropriate licence when using Ordnance Survey mapping data solely as a tool for internal day-to-day business operations.
The key features of the Internal Business Use Licence
Data must only used as a tool in the administration of internal day-to-day business
Limited rights to share the data with other organisations
Licence is valid for one year from date of licensing
No rights to use the data for any other purpose after one year
Further use only allowed if licensed data is repurchased at the end of the licence period
No rights to archive the data for whatever reason beyond the term of
the licence
No rights to commercially exploit the data in any way
Unlimited production of paper copies from data is allowed during the lifetime of the licence
Production of reports for clients allowed
Use to meet a statutory obligation allowed
Limited rights granted to publish Ordnance Survey data for ‘display and promotion’
Use of Ordnance Survey trademarks or closely similar names to Ordnance Survey trademarks not permitted
Copyright licensing
Most organisations using Ordnance Survey mapping will also require a Paper Map
Copying Licence.
The Paper Map Copying Licence allows for:
Copying unlimited amounts of original Ordnance Survey mapping to support internal day-to-day business administration
Making copies of mapping in either paper or electronic form – although electronic copies are subject to specific rules
Including copies of mapping in leaflets, brochures and on web pages, subject to the rules set out in the licence
Using copies of mapping as part of a professional service, subject to the rules set out in the licence
Copying Ordnance Survey mapping in all offices where the business operates, subject to the applicable fee payable for that number of offices
Copying mapping based on Ordnance Survey mapping produced by another publisher, subject to obtaining permission to copy the mapping involved directly from that publisher