Digimap provides access to a wide range of core spatial datasets as maps to view and print online and data files to download for use in GIS and CAD. Available to subscribing UK further education institutions, collections include Ordnance Survey (contemporary and historical), geological, marine and land cover data, all accessible through easy-to-use interfaces. This session will showcase some use cases to highlight the cross-disciplinary nature of the data available.

1. Maps are not just
for Geographers!
Use cases for getting the most out of Digimap

2. What do the Digimap Collections provide?
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3. Digimap - tools for accessing maps and data
Mapping via ROAM DATA DOWNLOAD
search and retrieve data
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4. Printable maps – A4 to A0
» Landscape or portrait
» A4-A0
» PDF, PNG or JPG
» Optional grid lines
» Title
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5. Ordnance Survey Data Products
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©Crown Copyright

6. Boundary, Gazetteer and Historical Map Data
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Map images © Landmark Information Group Ltd Crown copyright 2016

7. Geology Data
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Geological Map Data © NERC 2016

8. Marine and Land Cover Data
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© Crown Copyright/SeaZone Solutions © Crown Copyright/SeaZone Solutions © Crown Copyright/SeaZone Solutions
© Crown Copyright/SeaZone Solutions
© Crown Copyright/SeaZone Solutions
© Crown Copyright/SeaZone Solutions © Crown Copyright/SeaZone Solutions

9. How we make the data usable
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Software + application of
cartographic rules
Software + application of default
cartographic rules specified by vendor
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OS digital data
© Crown Copyright© Crown Copyright

10. What’s wrong with the “free” stuff?
Bing ' Streetview' Digimap – OS Mastermap
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© Crown Copyright
© Crown Copyright
© 2016 HERE

11. Google Maps versus Digimap
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© Crown CopyrightMap data © 2016 Google

12. Demo
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13. Surely maps are just for geographers?
» Far from it
» Digimap has been operating since 2000 and the number of geographers has been
consistent since then at around 20-25%
of all users
» Full range of disciplines represented across 65,000 users
» Staff and students, research and teaching all represented
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14. Digimap OS Collection: Users by Subject
Source: Digimap OS Collection user satisfaction survey 2013: http://edina.ac.uk/impact/html/osdigimap2013.html
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8%
24%
7%
1%
1%
1%4%
7%
25%
7%
3% 1%
1%
5%
1%
3%
1%
1%
Agriculture, food, and forestry
Architecture and planning
Biological sciences
Business and management studies
Communication and media studies
Creative and performing arts
Education and research methods
Engineering
Geography and environment
Humanities
Law
Mathematics and computer science
Medicine including dentistry
Modern languages and area studies
Nursing, midwifery and allied health
Physical sciences
Psychology
Social sciences
Veterinary medicine
Other

15. So what other subjects might need maps?
» Languages – tracing place names
» History – what used to be on this site, what was close by?
» Civil engineering – what is this bridge built on?
» Architecture – in what context is my new building set?
» Ecology – why do these species flourish here and not there?
» Your ideas?
» How many things do you engage with which have a “where” element to them?
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16. Building Height Attribute data (BHA)
» Released by OS in March 2014
» Enhancement toTopography layer
» Covers around 10,000 km2 of major
towns and cities inGB - see where:
http://bit.ly/1zvKI9q
» Alpha release – no guarantee error free
» In future will be included inTopography
layer
» CSV, KML or File Geodatabase formats
» EDINA supplies as 5x5km grid tiles
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© Crown Copyright and database rights 2015. Ordnance Survey (Digimap Licence)

17. What are BHA?
» BHA are Building Height Attributes
from Ordnance Survey
» Released as Alpha product in 2014
» Provide multiple values for heights of
buildings (both absolute and relative)
» Covers most major cities and towns
(but not all)
» Supplied by Ordnance Survey as 5km
tiles in CSV format
» Linked to OS MasterMapTopography
Layer (i.e. building footprints) byTOID
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18. Extrude to 3D and add backdrop data
UsingVML Raster data from Digimap
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© Crown Copyright and database right 2015. Ordnance Survey (Digimap Licence)

19. Add representations to suit purpose
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Instructions are available on our Help pages:
http://bit.ly/EDINA_map_help

20. Uses for 3D buildings
» Looking at proposed new buildings
in context
» Useful for architects, urban
designers, planners, landscape
architects
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http://bit.ly/Jisc_theconstructionindex
Artist’s impression of new Cantay House,
Oxford, designed byTSH Architects

21. Historical mapping
» Undergraduate dissertation by Peter Brown at University
of Sheffield
» Aims to identify when and how class divisions evident in present landscape of
Sheffield came into existence
› Using HousingType as an indicator of social status
› Colour coding historical maps
› Geology maps used to plot location of coal seams and pits
in the area
› http://bit.ly/Jisc_digimap_casestudies
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22. Historical landscape characterisation in Sheffield
Peter Brown, University of Sheffield 2012
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23. Historical landscape characterisation in Sheffield
Image © Peter Brown, 2011, superimposed on OS OpenData from EDINA Digimap
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24. Mapping information to postcodes
» Indices of Multiple Deprivation
» Mapped according to Postcode
» Glasgow 2001 data
» Can also combine postcode boundaries with
census data e.g.
› People aged >60 per postcode unit
(EH3 9DR)
› Households with income >£50,000 per
postcode district (EH3)
› Business addresses per postcode sector
(EH3 9)
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© Crown Copyright and database right 2015. Ordnance Survey (Digimap Licence)

25. Geological indicators of flooding
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26. Geological indicators of flooding
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27. Geology in Civil Engineering Projects
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© Crown Copyright and database right 2015. Ordnance Survey (Digimap Licence)

28. Forth crossing analysis
» Create a cross section to analyse
water depth using bathymetry data
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© Crown Copyright and database right 2015. Ordnance Survey (Digimap Licence)

29. Training Materials and Case Studies
» More case studies in the Digimap Resources Centre
› http://bit.ly/Jisc_digimap_resources
»Training Exercises with detailed instructions
› http://bit.ly/Jisc_digimap_training
»Workshop materials
› http://bit.ly/Jisc_digimap_workshopmaterials
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30. jisc.ac.uk
Any questions?
Contact
Emma Diffley
EDINA, University of Edinburgh
Helpdesk: edina@ed.ac.uk
0131 650 3302
http://digimap.edina.ac.uk
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