digimap training workshops update for digimap site reps – october 2010 ordnance survey collection...

Digimap Training Workshops

Update for Digimap site reps – October 2010

• Ordnance Survey Collection• Historic Digimap

– Ancient Roam screenshare

• Geology Digimap• Questions


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)


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


OS OpenData™


Digimap OpenStream


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


• 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


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


OS OpenData - new products

• OS VectorMap™ District (1:50 000) - available in TIFF or SHP format


OS OpenData - new products

• OS Street View® (1:10 000 scale street level map data) – raster product, TIFF format


Where do I find the new products?


OS Collection

Data Download


Data Download Digimap Agreement products


Data Download OS OpenData products


Roam – new print facility

•Opens in new window


Roam - new print facility

• add gridlines, title• move map around in preview• print A3/A4 landscape or portrait


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


Historic Digimap

• Ancient Roam no longer in Beta phase– 2 up view added – Drag zoom facility added


Ancient Roam homepage

Help and navigationTask

menu

Timeline


2 up view


Drag zoom


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


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:


Geology Digimap Home Page


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/


BGS OpenScience


Geology Digimap Download


BGS OpenScience Maps Section


BGS OpenScience Data Downloads Section


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


Geological Photos


Geology Roam

•Future functions for Geology Roam:– polygon highlighter

– ‘save image’ function

– links to rock lexicon


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


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

digimap training workshops update for digimap site reps – october 2010 ordnance survey collection...

Documents

new licence agreement

new dataset

scale raster

digimap site reps

following os opendata

certain os data sets

data updates

edina digimap blog