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Geology Digimap Geology Digimap overview Geology Roam Geology Download Using geological map data in ArcGIS

Geology Roam – whats new? JIDI Image links: roam.html Over 3000 images mainly found in geologically rich areas such as Cumbria, North and South Wales, the Dorset coast, Edinburgh etc. The images cover a wide range of features from details of bedding planes and large crystals in rock faces to aerial photographs of valleys showing glacial erosion features. Available at 5 most detailed zoom levels in Geology Roam

Geology Roam Navigation, Print and Help Task menu: Search, customise, map info., save, print, Geological Photos Map fade slider

Search – place name Enter place name, click Find

Search - place name List of matches for Liverpool returned Click once on your choice to generate a map centred on that location

Search - place name Place name database - 1:50000 Scale Gazetteer Any place name on OS Landranger maps can be used Street names cannot be used

Search – place name Plot view returned

Postcode search Input full postcode Click Find

Postcode search Detailed view returned

Grid reference search

Detailed view returned with 8 fig grid ref.

Map Views

Panning Click and drag on the map to move in any direction Or use compass to pan NSEW

Zooming Use the scale bar to zoom in or out to next view Double click to zoom in to that point Use scroll bar to zoom in/out

Map Content Control Control display of geological map layers Click Map Content Control

Map Content Control Check / uncheck boxes to display / hide layers Content reflects geology at the map location

Map fade slider

Map Information Map Information: Current BGS map product Current map extent Cursor coordinates Current print scale

Map details Click once on any rock for info.

Geological Photos Available at 5 most zoomed in views Click the camera icon at top right or on Task Menu, to display image locations

Geological Photos Click a camera icon on the map, or an image listing to view images

My Maps Click Save Current Map

My Maps Enter a title Click OK

My Maps Map is now permanently available in My Maps

Print Click Print icon at top right, or Print on Task Menu

Print Check satisfied with print area selected – can click and drag on map to change it Input title, select NG lines, layout (A3/A4, portrait/landscape)

Print PDF print generated, with copyright statement, date and time created

Geology Roam - Forthcoming Future functions for Geology Roam: –polygon highlighter –save image function –links to rock lexicon

Geology Digimap Geology Digimap overview Geology Roam Geology Download Using geological map data in ArcGIS

Geology Digimap Download 4 data sets available, in 2 formats Can select to download layers of interest only

Geology Digimap data New dataset: DigBath250 – vector digital bathymetry of UK Mapping and modelling of the sea bed and sub seabed. It may also be useful for regional scale tidal, current and water column modelling. Includes the whole of the UK continental shelf and slope and extends into adjacent European waters to cover the whole of the Irish Sea and North Sea. BGS now make some data freely available to academic community via their Open GeoScience website

BGS OpenScience

BGS OpenScience Maps Section

BGS OpenScience Data Downloads Section

Access Geology Download Click Geology Download

Geology Download interface Step-by-step download process: 1. Identify the product/format 2. Search for your location 3. Choose the required tiles 4. Make download settings 5. Download data files

Step 1: Select product/format Select product Choose data format: – Shape (ArcGIS) –MID/MIF (MapInfo)

Step 2: Searching for data Select a location search method Choose a result from the list generated by the search

Step 3: Select tiles Select the required tiles from the list or map Select the required layers for those tiles NOTE: Offshore data is available as 1 tile only

Step 4: Download settings Archiving and compression –Unix, PC, Mac? Large numbers of component files mean no individual file downloads All downloads delivered in.zip or.tar archives

Step 5: Downloading Right-click, Save link as.. or Save Target As… Click the link to go to the download page

Geology Digimap Geology Digimap overview Geology Roam Geology Download Using geological map data in ArcGIS

Geology Download - file contents For each SHP or MIF/MID file downloaded, an AVL file is supplied. AVL, or layer, files, allow us to style the data in GIS with BGS cartography.

Geology data in ArcGIS Step 1 – add the Shape files

Geology data in ArcGIS Step 2 – view the unstyled data layers

Geology data in ArcGIS Apply AVL files to each Shape file

Geology data in ArcGIS View styled data