Geoforum: Digimap Update 2016

New and Enhanced features in Digimap Services

Guy McGarva

Quality Improvements

• We’ve listened to what you have wanted through surveys, support requests, discussions etc..

See Quality Improvement Plans at http://edina.ac.uk/impact/ for details of what

has been requested and what we are doing.• We have also made a lot of improvements to

back-end systems to make the website faster, more reliable and resilient e.g. load balancing and new versions of software.

Last year, we said we were working on…

• Refresh of Digimap Home page • Tablet friendly Digimap • New Historic Downloader • New Marine Roam (Raster Charts) • Geology Roam/Marine Roam data updates • Additional site rep stats (all collections) • New version of Help system in HTML5• Ancient Roam – add current data to 2-up view • Improved OS and Geology cartography

Last year, our progress…

• Refresh of Digimap Home page • Tablet friendly Digimap • New Historic Downloader • New Marine Roam (Raster Charts) • Geology Roam/Marine Roam data updates • Additional site rep stats (all collections) • New version of Help system in HTML5• Ancient Roam – add current data to 2-up view • Improved OS and Geology cartography

What we have achieved in 2015-2016

• Main achievements – highlights and details – all those and some more

Applications– New Chart Roam for Marine application– New Historic Download application– Site Rep stats for all collections– New Homepage design– Responsive design

Data– New and updated Geology and Marine data– New and updated to OS data– Added contemporary maps to Ancient Roam– Added Land Cover 2007 Vector data– Added Scotland’s Greenspace map– OS MasterMap Plan style for CAD users– Improvements to geo referencing of CAD data– Easier use of 3D data

• Some examples..

Geology data improvements

• Additional basemaps• Sorting of legend by age• Additional products (10K, 25K)

New Chart Roam in Marine Collection

• Full range of charts• Multiple scales• Mosaicked together to form

continuous view• Updated data

Replaced Marine Mapper

Historic Download

• Show coverage grids• Download multiple series at

the same time

Ancient Roam

• Compare Historic and Current mapping in 2–up mode

Environment Digimap

Land Cover 2007 Vector data available for download

New Historic Download application

Scotland’s Greenspace Map

• Available to download in the OS Collection

Scotland’s Greenspace Map

New OS MasterMap Topography Cartography

Existing

New

- Existing style will still be available as a Basemap

New OS data recently added

New OS data recently added

OS Highways Network and Water Network to come when released by OS

Improvements for CAD Users

• Outline/plan version OS MasterMap in DWG format

• 3D buildings in DWG format• OS Terrain 5 and 50

contours in DWG format with 3D contours

• All Georeferenced correctly in CAD

• Tested in AutoCAD, Revit, Rhino 5

Building Height Attribute data (BHA)

• Enhancement to Topography layer

• Covers around 10,000 km2 of major towns and cities in GB - see where:– http://bit.ly/1zvKI9q

• In future will be included in Topography layer

• EDINA supplies as 5x5km grid tiles

• CSV, KML, DWG or File Geodatabase formats

Easier use of 3D in ArcGIS Pro

Site Rep Support

Stats for all Collections now available

Refresh Digimap Home Page

- Responsive- No login popup- Highlight News & Events- Simpler navigation- Accessible- Supports deep linking

Refresh Digimap Home Page

Can deep link to here: http://digimap.edina.ac.uk/osOr to the application: http://digimap.edina.ac.uk/roam/os

Responsive Design

iPhone

iPad

Help & Support

• Online Chat facility• Q & A Forum

Resource Centre

Updates to the Resource Centre- New GIS/CAD

resources section

Training - Webinars

Past

http://digimap.edina.ac.uk/webhelp/training/training.htm#learning_and_teaching_resources/webinar_materials.htm

What do you want to see?

• Data• Functionality• Support