Slides used in a webinar on Historic Digimap, a service for UK further and higher education. The service allow

1. Historic Digimap
9 October 2013
Carol Blackwood, Edina Geo User Support
Vivienne Carr, Edina User Support

2. Content
• Ancient Roam
• Historic Download
• Copyright
• Resources
Learning outcomes
By the end of today you will be able
to:
• View, annotate, print and save
historic OS maps from Digimap
Collections
• Download historic map data to
use in GIS
• Direct users to:
• Copyright advice
• Digimap Resource Centre
Aims

3. • JISC funded service.
• Historic OS maps from
1830s to 1990s.
• Digitised by Landmark.
• Range of scales, from
county to very
detailed town plans.
• Ancient Roam: view
and print maps by
decade.
• Historic Download:
download original map
sheets or tiles
referenced to National
Grid.

4. Poll
• Have you used Historic Digimap?
A. Yes, Ancient Roam only.
B. Yes, Historic Download only.
C. Yes, both Ancient Roam and Historic Download.
D. No, I have not used it.

5. What historic maps?
3 map series:
• Town Plan maps at 1:500, 1:528 and 1:1056 scales.
• County Series maps at 1:2,500 and 1:10560 scales
• National Grid maps at 1:1,250, 1:2,500 and 1:10560/10,000 scales.
http://digimap.edina.ac.uk/webhelp/historic/about_historic_maps/map_summary.htm
What do the scales mean?
1:500/528 – c.10’ or 120” to 1 mile
1:1056 – 5’ or 60” to 1 mile.
1:1250 – 50” to 1 mile.
1:2500 – 25” to 1 mile.
1:10000 – 6” to 1 mile.

6. Map revisions
• A map series covers a time period, for example the County Series 1:10560
series ran from the 1840s to the 1960s.
• Within that time period, the maps were resurveyed periodically and the
maps were revised.
• Not all areas were resurveyed, only those with significant change.
•1st Edition 1849 – 1899
•Maps available in blue
areas (note this map
availability tool is in
Historic Download)

7. Map revisions
• County Series 1st revision 1888 - 1914

8. Map revisions
• County Series 2nd revision 1900 - 1949

9. Map revisions
• County series 3rd revision 1922 - 1969

10. Ancient Roam
• View, annotate
and print
historic OS
maps
• Fixed
scale, user
cannot select
scale.
• 12 historic map
views.

11. Ancient Roam overview
Search,
view 2
maps,
scale
bar,
annotate
and
measure
Print, Save within
Ancient Roam
Timeline

12. 12 Historic map views

13. Plan view 1
1876, Town Plan, scale
1:1056
1958, National Grid, scale
1:1250

14. Street View
1989, National Grid, scale
1:2500
1899, County Series, scale
1:2500

15. Parish View
1896, County Series, scale
1:2500
1951, National Grid, scale
1:2500

16. Shire View
1976, National Grid, scale
1:10000
1958, County Series, 1:10560

17. Ancient Roam exercise
• Recreate map
of Liverpool
dock area in
1920s.
• PDF gives step-
by-step
instructions.

18. Search
• Place name, full
postcode
• Advanced Search
offers or grid
reference search
options
• Place name database
does not include
street names

19. Viewing historical maps
• The Timeline is located above the map pane. The timeline is
not activated until a historical map is generated.
• Shows the availability of historical maps over each decade, for
the current location and view level. Simply click on a decade to
view the available map.
•Currently selected decade is highlighted in red
•Decades in blue mean there are maps available for that decade. Where
there is more than one map available in a decade, the earliest map is
shown.
•Decades in grey mean there are no historical maps available for that
decade, at that location and map view.
•Your decade selection is retained when you move around and zoom in/out.

20. Viewing historical maps
To zoom in/out of the map, you can:
Double click to zoom in
Use the mouse scroll wheel to zoom in or out.
Use the drag zoom tool to zoom to a specific area. Select the
tool, then draw a box on the map.
Use the zoom slider bar to zoom in or out:
To pan around:
• Click and drag the map i.e. click and hold the left mouse
button, then drag to move the map.
• Use the navigation control to move north, south, east or west

21. Viewing historical maps
No available maps?
•Search again
•Pan around
•Zoom in or out
•Try a different decade

22. Map availability

23. Map availability

24. Overlapping maps
•Overlapping map selection tool will be highlighted in red if overlapping maps occur
(happens when neighbouring counties surveyed the same area more than once in the
same time period – the maps are on top of each other in Ancient Roam)
•Sometimes overlapping maps cause blurring, as above

25. Overlapping maps
Select a county from the list to
display only one map

26. Map details
• Click then once anywhere
on map -
• Map
series, tile, scale, county, publi
cation year…we do not have
survey year for England and
Wales County series

27. 2 up view
•Compare 2 maps for same area by clicking 2up

28. 2 up view
•Select the decades for the maps that you wish to compare
•Overlapping maps cannot be cleared in 2up view
•Click 1up to return to the one map view

29. Map Information
•More map information
available on left of Ancient
Roam

30. Save maps
• Click Save >
MyMap to save
a map within
Ancient Roam
• Click Open >
MyMaps to
retrieve maps
• Available
anytime you
login

31. Generate Print file
• Click Print
• Moveable preview map – identifies centre of map, not true preview
• Options – title, grid lines, include annotations
• A3/A4 PDF/PNG/JPG maps
• Include copyright statement

32. Annotations
• Toolbar appears at the top of the screen – can be moved around
• Main options to add annotations in the Draw & Create area - add
symbols, text, lines, polygons, pre-defined shapes
• Annotations remain on your map at the same scale as you zoom in and out
• Options: save annotations within Digimap, make visible on PDF
print, export, import

33. Historic Download
• Download historic OS
maps for use in
GIS/CAD/other
software.
• All maps that can be
viewed in Ancient
Roam are available.
• All maps are in TIFF
format, raster map
data.

34. Raster v Vector map data
• Raster map data is a matrix of
cells (or pixels) in a grid:
– scanned maps, digital aerial
photographs, satellite
images, digital pictures.
– geo-referenced, geographic
coordinates of the location
added.
– useful as background for
displaying other data
• Vector map data stores data
on individual map features e.g.
– Points such as train stations
– Lines such as railway tracks and
rivers
– Polygons such as buildings or
fields
• We can view, query and
analyse vector map data.

35. East is East and West is West, Class Division in
the Sheffield Landscape
• Use raster map
to display your
data
This author has used his colour
coding system for housing types
on a raster Historic Map, to try
and identify reasons for
ongoing ‘social divide’ between
east and west areas of the city.
Peter Brown, Sheffield
Univ, Undergraduate
dissertation, 2011.

36. Historic Download exercise
• Download
County
Series
1:2500
map data
from 1920s
for
Liverpool
dock area.

37. Select map data product
Click on any map
series to select it for
download

38. Select map data product 2
• Select the required scale
• Select Original map sheets, National Grid
tiles or both

39. Search & Select Tiles screen
Select tiles
here…once you are
in the right location
Search, sele
ct map
edition
List of selected tiles
appears here

40. Search
Additional search
option – Historic
County or Parish

41. Select tiles
•Once you are in the right location, and can see tiles marked on the
map (note that you may have to zoom in several times to see tiles
•Click Select tiles and click on the map to select the tiles of
interest

42. Select tiles
• Selected tiles are highlighted on the map in red
• Selected tiles are in the list on the right

43. Download screen
1. name your order and confirm your details,
2. refine your data order,
3. order your data.
1. Name your order, confirm email address

44. Download screen
2. Refine your data order – you can delete any unwanted tiles here.
Note that map sheets are included automatically, if you asked for
map sheets AND National Grid tiles at the start

45. Download screen
3. Select zip option and order data

46. Confirmation received
You will receive an on-screen confirmation, which explains:
• You will receive an email when your order is ready.
• That your order will typically be ready within 48 hours
(although generally it is much faster).
• You can check the status of your order on the My Account
page

47. Email received when ready
• Includes a link to collect
data – note you must
already be logged in to
Historic Digimap to use
the link

48. Collect data

49. Data download file contents
• Unzip the zip file to see the contents
• Sub-folder for National Grid tiles and map sheets….IF you
requested both!

50. Data download file contents
National Grid folder:
• A TIFF file, for each tile of map data you selected.
• An ESRI tfw world file, for each map data tile. These files are read by ESRI
GIS software to place the TIFF map image in the correct geographic location
– KEEP THESE FILES IN THE SAME FOLDER AS THE TIFF FILES.
• A MapInfo tab world file which is read by MapInfo GIS software to place the
TIFF map image in the correct geographic location

51. Data download file contents
Map sheets folder:
• A TIFF file, for each original map sheet you selected.
• A MapInfo tab world file which is read by MapInfo GIS
software to place the TIFF map image in the correct
geographic location

52. My Account
• My Account allows you to
view details of your data
orders and to check their
status

53. My Account
• Click on any order to see details
• Resend order collection email option

54. Permitted Uses
Summarised as for Educational Purposes:
• Teaching, academic research, limited internal business use
– Includes institutional publicity
– Public lectures
– Conference demonstrations
– Private study/personal development including student societies
work
– Teaching practice (B.Ed. PGCE etc)
Excludes:
– Institutional estate management
– Running the institution as a business
– Courses for commercial gain

55. Publication
• You can publish Licensed Data and materials which contain
Licensed Data
• Subject to some restrictions which are detailed in each licence
– no size limitations for Historic Digimap
• Includes various publications
• Copyright acknowledgement required:
– © Crown Copyright and Landmark Information Group Limited 20yy. All
rights reserved.
– Included on all maps printed from Digimap Collections.
– Remember to include copyright acknowledgement if you download
data from Digimap and create maps!

56. Support with copyright
• Lists of Frequently Asked Questions:
http://digimap.edina.ac.uk/webhelp/digimapsupport/access/licence_ag
reements.htm
• Your site representative:
http://digimap.edina.ac.uk/webhelp/digimapsupport/service_info/site_r
ep_list.htm
• EDINA Help Desk:
edina@ed.ac.uk
0131 650 3302

57. Resources
• Digimap Resource
centre – access
help
pages, guides, FA
Qs, videos, case
studies and more.
• Resources list in
blue section of
your booklet

58. Poll
• Where should we provide more/improved resources?
A. Ancient Roam
B. Historic Download
C. Copyright issues
D. Use of GIS
E. Not sure/other
For other suggestions and comments, please use the text
chat box…thanks!