1. EDINA Geoservices Review
What are we doing, where are we going?

2. What does EDINA offer?
http://edina.ac.uk/maps/

3. Digimap Carto….
• Carto is being withdrawn on 31 July 2013
• Where did the functionality go?
– Key aspects already added to Roam
– Further enhancements in progress

4. Enhancements to Roam
• Annotations: Save, Open, Import and Export (to
various formats)
• Printing from Ancient Roam to PDF

5. New print options
• All Roams will support (currently in OS only)
– A4 to A0 printing
– user defined scale within given ranges

6. In future for all Roams…
• In progress…
– new cleaner interface, consistent across all Roams
– convergence of look and feel across all Collections
– better printing controls
– simpler, combined map and annotation Save/Open
– Additional overlay options coming soon (boundaries,
contours…)

7. Data Improvements
• VectorMap Local Shapefiles
– converted all tiles to Shapefile
– Layer files for symbolisation are in
production
• VectorMap Local DWG
– converted all tiles to DWG
– coming soon
• OS MasterMap ITN
– improved performance with
reduced file sizes
• OS MasterMap Topo
– DWG planned soon …

8. VectorMap styling for Strategi®
• Potential for some features not to be shown at smaller
scales e.g. tourist symbols

9. Meridian 2™ and LandForm Panorama – VML styling

10. Harmonising Data Download
• All OS data provided through one client…
– encompasses MasterMap Download and Boundary
Download
– includes all OS Open Data and Digimap Licensed data
• New Geology Download available soon
– same framework as OS Data Download
– includes Borehole data and the Lexicon of Named Rock
Units

11. Help and Support Enhancements
• New Resource Centre
• Revised Learning Resources
• More and reorganised Case
Studies
• New eLearning modules for
AutoCad coming soon
• Improved service videos
and presentations

12. Digimap Resource Centre
You don’t need
to log in to
browse the
Resource Centre

13. GoGeo
• More resources added and “Editors Picks” highlighted
• Search for data among 20,000 records from data
providers around the world
• Workshop resources introduce importance of metadata
• Keep up to date
– Blog
– Twitter - @go_geo
– www.gogeo.ac.uk

14. ShareGeo Open
• www.sharegeo.ac.uk
• Over 210 resources
• All are open and free to use
• projects/research/teaching
• Cite URI in publications
• Deposit your own data?

15. FieldTrip GB
Data collection App for iPhone and Android
1.Design your own data capture project
2.Capture your data
3.Export it to KML /CSV/GeoJSON
Home Mapping Capture Review

16. GeoTagger
Your Picture
Upload
Existing Exif
Metadata
Use map to locate where
picture was taken
Export
image
http://tagger.edina.ac.uk

17. • Example of one being made here:
Europe – Small
area, big drinkers
N. America – Big
area, big drinkers
India – Big area –
light drinkers
http://cartogrammar.edina.ac.uk
Cartogrammar

18. UKBORDERS…where did it go??
• UKBORDERS is now:
The UK Data Service Census Support Unit
• Go to: http://census.ukdataservice.ac.uk/

19. UK Data Service Census Support
• All applications now in the UK Data
Service style
• Functions and data remain unchanged
• Training now available via webinars
• All support enquiries to go via online
enquiry page
• Some things still in state of flux

20. Accessing Census Geography data

21. What is on the horizon?
• Still awaiting news on funding
• Ideas on “mobilisation”
• Keen to hear your ideas on new
data
• New support
materials