maps are not just for geographers - jisc digifest 2016
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Maps are not just for Geographers!Use cases for getting the most out of Digimap
What do the Digimap Collections provide?
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Digimap - tools for accessing maps and data
Mapping via ROAM DATA DOWNLOAD search and retrieve data
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Printable maps – A4 to A0»Landscape or portrait»A4-A0»PDF, PNG or JPG»Optional grid lines»Title
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Maps are not just for Geographers!
Ordnance Survey Data Products
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Boundary, Gazetteer and Historical Map Data
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Map images © Landmark Information Group Ltd Crown copyright 2016
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Geology Data
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Geological Map Data © NERC 2016
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Marine and Land Cover Data
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How we make the data usable
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Software + application of cartographic rules
Software + application of default cartographic rules specified by vendor
Value added component
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OS digital data
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What’s wrong with the “free” stuff?
Bing ' Streetview' Digimap – OS Mastermap
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Google Maps versus Digimap
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© Crown CopyrightMap data © 2016 Google
Demo
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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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Maps are not just for Geographers!
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 forestryArchitecture and planningBiological sciencesBusiness and management studiesCommunication and media studiesCreative and performing artsEducation and research methodsEngineeringGeography and environmentHumanitiesLawMathematics and computer scienceMedicine including dentistryModern languages and area studiesNursing, midwifery and allied healthPhysical sciencesPsychologySocial sciencesVeterinary medicineOther
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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Maps are not just for Geographers!
Building Height Attribute data (BHA)
»Released by OS in March 2014»Enhancement to Topography
layer»Covers around 10,000 km2 of
major towns and cities in GB - see where:http://bit.ly/1zvKI9q
»Alpha release – no guarantee error free
» In future will be included in Topography 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)
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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 MasterMap Topography Layer (i.e. building footprints) by TOID
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Extrude to 3D and add backdrop data
Using VML Raster data from Digimap
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© Crown Copyright and database right 2015. Ordnance Survey (Digimap Licence)
Add representations to suit purpose
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Instructions are available on our Help pages:http://bit.ly/EDINA_map_help
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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_theconstructionindexArtist’s impression of new Cantay House, Oxford, designed by TSH Architects
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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 Housing Type 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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Historical landscape characterisation in Sheffield
Peter Brown, University of Sheffield 20123/03/2016
Maps are not just for Geographers!
Historical landscape characterisation in Sheffield
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Image © Peter Brown, 2011, superimposed on OS OpenData from EDINA Digimap 3/03/2016
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)
Maps are not just for Geographers!
Geological indicators of flooding
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Geological indicators of flooding
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Geology in Civil Engineering Projects
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© Crown Copyright and database right 2015. Ordnance Survey (Digimap Licence)
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)
Maps are not just for Geographers!
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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jisc.ac.uk
Any questions?
ContactEmma DiffleyEDINA, University of EdinburghHelpdesk: [email protected] 650 3302http://digimap.edina.ac.uk
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