Edina Geoservices Review - Emma Diffley
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EDINA Geoservices Review
What are we doing, where are we going?
What does EDINA offer?
http://edina.ac.uk/maps/
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• Carto is being withdrawn on 31 July 2013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
Enhancements to Roam
• Annotations: Save, Open, Import and Export (to various formats)
• Printing from Ancient Roam to PDF
New print options
• All Roams will support (currently in OS only)
– A4 to A0 printing
– user defined scale within given ranges
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…)
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 …
VectorMap styling for Strategi®
• Potential for some features not to be shown at smaller scales e.g. tourist symbols
Meridian 2™ and LandForm Panorama – VML styling
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
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
Digimap Resource Centre
You don’t need to log in to browse the Resource Centre
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
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?
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
GeoTagger
Your Picture
Upload
Existing ExifMetadata
Use map to locate where picture was taken
Export image
http://tagger.edina.ac.uk
• 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
UKBORDERS…where did it go??• UKBORDERS is now:
The UK Data Service Census Support Unit
• Go to: http://census.ukdataservice.ac.uk/
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
Accessing Census Geography data
What is on the horizon?
• Still awaiting news on funding
• Ideas on “mobilisation”
• Keen to hear your ideas on new data
• New support
materials
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