wiser: 8 june 2009 nick millea - on behalf of nigel james digital mapping specialist bodleian...

WISER: 8 June 2009

Nick Millea - on behalf of Nigel James

Digital Mapping SpecialistBodleian Library

Online MapsOnline Mapsandand

Digital MappingDigital Mapping

Maps as a resourcefor research and teaching

Online maps

Scanned images from map collections

Digital mapping

Mapping generated on demand

Digital mapping software and data

Raster mapping

No special software required

Can be inserted directly into a document

Limited modification possible

Widely available on the Internet

Both historic and modern mapping

Maps in the Oxford Digital Library

Around 1000 map images are available

The ODL is bringing together digitalcollections from across the University

Search by mapmaker, title and subject

http://www.odl.ox.ac.uk/collections/index.html

Maps in the Oxford Digital Library

Maps in the Oxford Digital Library

Maps in the Oxford Digital Library

Web resources Worldwide

Websites with map images are everywhere

Content and quality varies considerably

Some sites may be infringing copyright

Links to sites with map images are regularlyadded to the Map Room website

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection

11,000 maps online

Modern and historical mapping

Most mapping is public domain

Non-copyright modern mapping is mostlypublished by the US government (CIA, etc)

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection

http://bell.lib.umn.edu/hist/

James Ford Bell Library

EDINA Digimap

http://edina.ac.uk/digimap

Free access to modern and historic Ordnance Survey mapping

Maps can be viewed online, printed or saved and downloaded for use in digital mapping programs

Use is restricted to personal, teaching and research and limited academic publishing

EDINA Digimap

© Crown Copyright

EDINA Digimap

Source: Digimap http://edina.ac.uk/digimap © Crown Copyright

EDINA Digimap

Source: Digimap http://edina.ac.uk/digimap © Crown Copyright

Digital map data

Great Britain, Europe and World datasets

No charge to University members

Can be extensively modified and adaptedto suit specific needs

Digital map data

Digital map data

Sources of digital map data

Bartholomew digital data

DIGIMAP digital Ordnance Survey data

3 World datasets

Europe dataset

Great Britain dataset

London dataset

Global Insight World data

UKBorders historical boundary data

Maps and data – using a GIS

A GIS (Geographic Information System) is a computer program which enables the creation, editing and viewing of spatial data

Spatial data relates to real world objects – places, roads,rivers, trees…

A GIS is spatially aware – it works with real world

coordinates, distances and areas

… and it creates maps!

MapInfo - a GIS anddigital mapping tool

MapInfo is a professional and fully functional mappingprogram

It is site-licensed by the University

It can be used by all Departments and University members

It can be installed on any desktop or laptop PC

MapInfo workstations are available in the Bodleian Map Room (New Bodleian Reading Room)

Mapping spatial data using a GIS

A GIS is a database management program – just like Access

Data is stored as records in tables – just like Access

A GIS can interpret spatial referencing and display

data as a map

Adding your own data

Source: http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/index.html

Maps created with digital data using MapInfo

Maps created with digital data using MapInfo

Maps created with digital data using MapInfo

Maps created with digital data using MapInfo

Create high-quality cartography

Bodleian LibraryMap Room

University of OxfordBroad Street

OxfordOX1 3BG

Tel: 01865 277013Fax: 01865 277139

Email: maps@bodley.ox.ac.uk

http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/guides/maps/