# Ordnance Survey Service Metadata API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/ordnance-survey/ordnance-survey-service-metadata-api/  
**Provider:** Ordnance Survey — https://apis.io/providers/ordnance-survey/  
**Base URL:** https://api.os.uk/features/ngd/ofa/v1  
**Documentation:** https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-ngd-api-features

Ordnance Survey Service Metadata API is one of 25 APIs that [Ordnance Survey](https://apis.io/providers/ordnance-survey/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Service Metadata. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

Service Metadata for OS Vector Tiles API

## Machine-readable artifacts (21)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ordnance-survey/refs/heads/main/openapi/ordnance-survey-service-metadata-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-ngd-api-features
- **APIReference** — https://api.os.uk/features/ngd/ofa/v1/api
- **Documentation** — https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-ngd-api-tiles
- **APIReference** — https://api.os.uk/maps/vector/ngd/ota/v1/api
- **Documentation** — https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-downloads-api
- **APIReference** — https://api.os.uk/downloads/v1/openapi.yaml
- **Documentation** — https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-net-api
- **APIReference** — https://api.os.uk/positioning/osnet/v1/openapi.yaml
- **Documentation** — https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-places-api
- **APIReference** — https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-places-api/technical-specification
- **Documentation** — https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-names-api
- **APIReference** — https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-names-api/technical-specification
- **Documentation** — https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-linked-identifiers-api
- **APIReference** — https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-linked-identifiers-api/technical-specification
- **Documentation** — https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-features-api
- **APIReference** — https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-features-api/technical-specification
- **Documentation** — https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-maps-api
- **APIReference** — https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-maps-api/technical-specification
- **Documentation** — https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-vector-tile-api
- **APIReference** — https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-vector-tile-api/technical-specification

## Other Ordnance Survey APIs (12)

- [OS Match & Cleanse API (withdrawn)](https://apis.io/apis/ordnance-survey/os-match-and-cleanse-api/)
- [OS OAuth 2 API](https://apis.io/apis/ordnance-survey/os-oauth2-api/)
- [Ordnance Survey Bounding box API](https://apis.io/apis/ordnance-survey/ordnance-survey-bounding-box-api/)
- [Ordnance Survey Collections API](https://apis.io/apis/ordnance-survey/ordnance-survey-collections-api/)
- [Ordnance Survey Data Collections API](https://apis.io/apis/ordnance-survey/ordnance-survey-data-collections-api/)
- [Ordnance Survey Data Packages API](https://apis.io/apis/ordnance-survey/ordnance-survey-data-packages-api/)
- [Ordnance Survey Features API](https://apis.io/apis/ordnance-survey/ordnance-survey-features-api/)
- [Ordnance Survey Find API](https://apis.io/apis/ordnance-survey/ordnance-survey-find-api/)
- [Ordnance Survey Get Capabilities API](https://apis.io/apis/ordnance-survey/ordnance-survey-getcapabilities-api/)
- [Ordnance Survey Landing Page API](https://apis.io/apis/ordnance-survey/ordnance-survey-landing-page-api/)
- [Ordnance Survey Nearest API](https://apis.io/apis/ordnance-survey/ordnance-survey-nearest-api/)
- [Ordnance Survey Open Data API](https://apis.io/apis/ordnance-survey/ordnance-survey-opendata-api/)

## Tags

Service Metadata

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