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Resource List

Digimap Resource Centre

Access Help pages, videos, case studies, quick guides and many more resources:

http://digimap.edina.ac.uk/webhelp/resources/index.html

Digimap Case Studies

http://digimap.edina.ac.uk/webhelp/digimapsupport/about.htm#case_studies/history,_literature_and_language_case_studies.htm

Youtube

http://www.youtube.com/user/EDINADigimap

Blog

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

Quick Guides

http://digimap.edina.ac.uk/webhelp/digimapsupport/about.htm#quick_guides/quick_ref_guides.htm

GIS exercises

https://digimap.edina.ac.uk/webhelp/training/gis_and_cad_exercises.htm#learning_and_teaching_resources/gis_and_cad_exercises.htm

Webinar recordings

https://digimap.edina.ac.uk/webhelp/training/gis_and_cad_exercises.htm#learning_and_teaching_resources/webinar_materials.htm

Using maps and map data

Grid referencing

https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/guides/beginners-guide-to-grid-references/

Map data products

https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-government/products

Map data in GIS

Digimap map data products

Digimap map data – comprehensive information on using each map product available in Digimap:

https://digimap.edina.ac.uk/webhelp/os/osdigimaphelp.htm#using_data_in_gis_and_cad/data_formats/new_data_translators.htm

Data conversion

Interpose data convertor (OS MasterMap GML to Shape and DXF) – note that this only works on OS MasterMap downloaded from Digimap:

http://misoportal.com/data/interpose-for-digimap/

Productivity Suite from Esri UK. Works with ArcGIS to convert OS MasterMap and other OS products to File Geodatabase and Shapefiles.

Available through IS Software Services

http://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/computing/desktop-personal/software/main-software-deals/arcgis

QGIS

QGIS (formerly Quantum GIS) is a user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS) licensed under the GNU General Public License.

http://www.qgis.org/

ArcGIS

ArcGIS is the most widely used commercial GIS. The University of Edinburgh has a site licence and copies can be purchased from IS Software Services. As well as ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Online is available and includes free access to Esri Premium online training courses.

http://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/computing/desktop-personal/software/main-software-deals/arcgis

http://www.esri.com/

Streaming map data directly to GIS/CAD

Digimap OpenStream allows registered academic users (not necessary to be a Digimap user) to stream 4 Ordnance Survey open map data products:

http://openstream.edina.ac.uk/registration/

Other Sources of map data

Digimap supplies data from the Ordnance Survey, British Geological Survey, Landmark Information Group, SeaZone and Getmapping. There are a number of other useful sources of spatial data, some listed here:

Data.gov.uk

The UK government’s data portal is the place to discover data produced by the government and other parts of the civil service.

https://data.gov.uk/

Ordnance Survey Open Data

OS OpenData™ offers a wide range of digital map products which you can freely view or download, for use in both personal and commercial applications.

Note that you can download most of the OS Open Data map products within Digimap, typically for smaller areas making data management more straightforward. You cannot download OS MasterMap data from OS Open Data.

https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendatadownload/products.html

UK Data Service

http://ukdataservice.ac.uk/

ESRC funded portal to access census data and other quality social research data. No subscription necessary, but users must register.

Historic Environment Scotland

http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/spatialdownloads

Access to spatial data from Historic Environment Scotland for viewing and download.

National Library of Scotland Map Library

http://maps.nls.uk/

Access and view high resolution images of maps of Scotland, England Wales and beyond.

The British Library Map Collection

https://www.bl.uk/subjects/maps

Access one of the largest collections of maps, plans and topographical views in the world, numbering some 4.5 million, with a chronological spread of over 2,000 years.

A Vision of Britain Through Time

http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/

A Vision of Britain through Time brings together historical surveys of Britain to create a record of how the country and its localities have changed.

Old Maps Online

http://www.oldmapsonline.org/

Gateway to historical maps in libraries around the world

The Statistical Accounts of Scotland 1791-1845

http://stataccscot.edina.ac.uk/

The Statistical Accounts of Scotland 1791 – 1845 online service provides access to scanned pages of the original ‘Old’ and ‘New’ Statistical Accounts.