digimap training workshops update for digimap site reps – october 2010 ordnance survey collection...
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Digimap Training Workshops
Update for Digimap site reps – October 2010
• Ordnance Survey Collection• Historic Digimap
– Ancient Roam screenshare
• Geology Digimap• Questions
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OS Licence Agreement renewal
• Licence agreement extended until 31 July 2011
• 2010-11 prices no change:http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/Catalogue/Agreements/
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• Ordnance Survey and JISC Collections working on renewal of licence agreement
• Planned that new licence agreement will run from August 2010 – 31 July 2016 (opt-out option every 2 years)
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OS OpenData™
•OS public consultation on OS OpenData™ completed in early 2010:
http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/corporate/ordnancesurveyconsultation
•From March 2010, OS made some datasets freely available to the public:
http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/opendata/ •EDINA Digimap blog posting on the release of Ordnance Survey datasets for free use and re-use:
http://edinadigimap.blogspot.com/2010/04/os-opendata.html
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OS OpenData™
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Digimap OpenStream
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Digimap OpenStream
• Free service to academic community – NOT just for Digimap registered users
• Launched October 2010• Allows users to stream certain OS data sets directly to
their software without downloading and storing large quantities of data
• Digimap OpenStream provides access to the following OS OpenData products:– MiniScale® – 1:250,000 Scale Colour Raster– OS Vector Map™ District (Raster)– OS Street View®
• http://openstream.edina.ac.uk/terms
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• http://edinadigimap.blogspot.com/2010/08/2010-annual-data-update-and-new-data.html
• Took place on 31st August - data updates for:- MasterMap Topography and ITN Layers- Meridian2- 1:50 000 Colour Raster- 1:25 000 Colour Raster- 1:10 000 Raster- Strategi- 1:50 000 Scale Gazetteer- Code-Point with Polygons- Boundary Line
• 1 new dataset added – OS VectorMap Local
Annual data update
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OS VectorMap Local
• http://www.ordnancesurveyvectormap.com/• Vector format, supplied in 5 x 5 km tiles• Typically used as backdrop mapping• Can apply one of 6 different styles: Black and White,
Streetview, 1:10 000 Scale Raster, Standard Style 1, Standard Style 2, Standard Style 3
• GML format – free convertor to convert to ESRI Shape and MapInfo TAB formats available - supplied by:
http://www.rolta-europe.com/osvector.html
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OS OpenData - new products
• OS VectorMap™ District (1:50 000) - available in TIFF or SHP format
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OS OpenData - new products
• OS Street View® (1:10 000 scale street level map data) – raster product, TIFF format
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Where do I find the new products?
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Where do I find the new products?
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OS Collection
Data Download
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Data Download Digimap Agreement products
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Data Download OS OpenData products
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Roam – new print facility
•Opens in new window
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Roam - new print facility
• add gridlines, title• move map around in preview• print A3/A4 landscape or portrait
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Update for Digimap site reps – October 2010
• Ordnance Survey Collection• Historic Digimap
– Ancient Roam screenshare
• Geology Digimap• Questions
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Historic Digimap
• Licence expires 31 July 2011• No change to pricinghttp://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/Catalogue/Agreements/
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Historic Digimap
Make maps and download data – available until
December 2010
Ancient Roam,
mapper – intro. April 2010
Historic Download
tool – intro.
April 2010
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Historic Digimap
• Ancient Roam no longer in Beta phase– 2 up view added – Drag zoom facility added
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Ancient Roam homepage
Help and navigationTask
menu
Timeline
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2 up view
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2 up view
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Drag zoom
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Historic Digimap
• Future functions for Ancient Roam:– PDF Printing– View 4 maps– Map fade slider, to show transition between
maps of different dates– Ability to download the original map sheet data
which makes up your current on-screen view
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Update for Digimap site reps – October 2010
• Ordnance Survey Collection• Historic Digimap
– Ancient Roam screenshare
• Geology Digimap• Questions
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Geology Digimap
• Licence extended to July 2016http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/Catalogue/Agreements/YearlyAgreements/
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• Subscription rates reduced for 2010-2011:
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Geology Digimap Home Page
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Geology Digimap data
• New dataset available: DigBath250 – vector digital bathymetry of UK - to be available for download from December 2010http://www.bgs.ac.uk/products/digbath250/
• Mapping and modelling of the sea bed and sub seabed. It may also be useful for regional scale tidal, current and water column modelling. Includes the whole of the UK continental shelf and slope and extends into adjacent European waters to cover the whole of the Irish Sea and North Sea.
• BGS now make some data freely available to academic community http://www.bgs.ac.uk/opengeoscience/
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BGS OpenScience
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Geology Digimap Download
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BGS OpenScience Maps Section
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BGS OpenScience Data Downloads Section
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Geology Digimap
• JIDI Image links in Geology Roam:http://edinadigimap.blogspot.com/2010/09/geological-photos-in-
geology-roam.html
• Over 3000 images mainly found in geologically rich areas such as Cumbria, North and South Wales, the Dorset coast, Edinburgh etc. The images cover a wide range of features from details of bedding planes and large crystals in rock faces to aerial photographs of valleys showing glacial erosion features.
• Available at 5 most detailed zoom levels in Geology Roam
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Geological Photos
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Geological Photos
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Geological Photos
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Geological Photos
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Geology Roam
•Future functions for Geology Roam:– polygon highlighter
– ‘save image’ function
– links to rock lexicon
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Keeping up to date
• Digimap Home page – announcements – service downtimes, new products etc
• Digimap blog – RSS feed available:– http://edinadigimap.blogspot.com/
• Training and webinars – RSS feed available:– http://edina.ac.uk/events/
• http://edina.ac.uk/supportstaff/ - n.b. more about access, not service specific
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Site Reps – Getting Support
• EDINA Helpdesk– email: [email protected]– telephone: 0131 650 3302– fax: 0131 650 3308
• EDINA Digimap website:– http://edina.ac.uk/digimap/support
• Email discussion list for Site Reps:– [email protected]
• Local support e.g. GIS experts
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Update for Digimap site reps – October 2010
• Ordnance Survey Collection• Historic Digimap
– Ancient Roam screenshare
• Geology Digimap• Questions