Digital maps: past, present; on your desktop and in the palm of your hand

SAGT Annual Conference - 25th October 2014

Carol BlackwoodEDINA, University of Edinburgh

Ordnance Survey mapping, current and historic

12 zoom levels, different scales and products

Tools to query and customise the maps

Save and print

Online, use anywhere. No installations

Free resources

Whole of school resource

Subscription service – 34% of Scottish secondary schools currently subscribed

Zoom in/out and pan to view

different maps of Pitlochry. Can you identify features?

- Transport- Tourism

- Environmental- Amenities

How do features look on different

maps as you zoom in/out?

Use the 1890s historic map slider

to fade the modern map and view the

historic map.How has Pitlochry changed since the

1890s?

Use the annotation tools to add markers and text for the

features you’ve identified. Or mark locations of the surveys carried out on the field trip.

Use the draw area tool to create a land

use map. Add photos and labels to give

more detail. Use the area tools to create a

map key.

Draw area tools and colour options

Tip! Use the area tools to draw a key. Use the rectangle or square fixed shape for the patches of colour.

Use the buffer tool to create sphere of influence maps for

different features and amenities

Add some photos to your map, using the

Add Photo tool in the Annotations Toolbar.

Tip! Find photos online from Google, Geograph - http://www.geograph.org.uk or Flickr - https://www.flickr.com Find a photo and right-click to save it to your computer.

Use the measurement tools to calculate building density.

Image courtesy of Lisa Allan, Barrhead High School

Use the Annotation line tool to create lines of different

thicknesses for Flow Line Maps.

Image courtesy of Lisa Allan, Barrhead High School

Adding graphs to your map. Create graph in Excel, right-click on the graph and chose ‘Save a Picture’. Save to your

computer.

Use the Add Photo annotation tool to add your picture to the map. Move and resize to suit. Click to view a bigger version

JPG maps can be imported into

Word or Powerpoint.

Create a JPG map, then use the insert

photo from file option, and add your JPG map.

Create a PDF or JPG version of your completed map.

Use PDF if you are going to print a hardcopy. Use JPG

to drop into Word or Powerpoint.

Choose format, size and layout. Give your map a title and add your name. Then click ‘make printable

map’.

Save your maps with the Save Map tool.

Give you map a title, add your name and

class to make it easier to find.

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Mean house prices 2012 – source: http://www.sns.gov.uk

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Fieldtrip GB

High quality background maps offering

rich data in both urban and rural environments

Cache maps to allow off-

network usage

Design your own data capture

Manage your data through the Authoring tool

Export data to csv/KML/GeoJSON

Great Maps ManageCustomiseOffline

iPhone/iPad and Android Compatible Free in iStore and PlayStore

http://fieldtripgb.blogs.edina.ac.uk/

Group Work

http://fieldtripgb.blogs.edina.ac.uk/

• Get a new Dropbox account to share with your pupils• Download Fieldtrip GB to your devices1.Before you start• Log into the Authoring Tool• Create a custom form and save it2. Design your form• Get pupils to log into the Dropbox account • Use Sync to get the form on their devices3. Share the form• Collect data using the form• Manually correct remote points or in urban canyons4. In the field• Connect to WiFi• Get pupils to Sync to upload the data5. Back indoors• Log into Authoring Tool• Filter by form name and edit points if needed6. Manage your data• Export to a KML file, GeoJSON, CSV or WMS• Map the points in Google Earth, OpenLayers or a GIS 7. View the results

Password: sagt14

Upload your records when you’re finished.

Then go to the Authoring Tool (login) and view all uploaded records.

If the form gets used, I’ll download all the records uploaded and visualise them

in GIS and will circulate the map.

Email me (carol.blackwood@ed.ac.uk) if you want to see the results!