Geology Digimap 29 June 2010 Vivienne Carr

Geology Digimap JISC funded collection of geological maps and data, from British Geological Survey Available since January data products, most detailed is 1:50000 scale Complete coverage of Great Britain

Geology Digimap Home Page

Session Objectives  Geology Roam  Creating maps  Storing maps  Printing maps  Future developments  Screen sharing  Geology Download  Data available  Downloading data  Using data  Screen sharing  Questions

Geology Roam Several improvements over existing facility: larger map area, slippy maps, enhanced printing

Geology Roam Navigation, Print and Help Task menu: Search, customise, get map info., save maps 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 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.

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

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

Future development September 2010 release: –Polygon highlighting when retrieving map details –Map-based links to a Geology Photography Collection (JIDI Images) –Introduction of BGS Rock Lexicon as an independent application Existing map application will run in parallel until it is withdrawn in December 2010

Session Objectives  Geology Roam  Creating maps  Storing maps  Printing maps  Future developments  Screen sharing  Geology Download  Data available  Downloading data  Using data  Screen sharing  Questions

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), or MID/MIF (MapInfo)

Step 2: Search for data

Step 3. Results list

Step 4: Choose data Select the required tiles from the list or map Select the required layers for those tiles

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 Use your browser's ‘Save link as..’ or ‘Save Target As…’ option Click the link to go to the download page

Unzip data.zip file

Download file contents 1 AVL file included with each layer of data AVL files used to apply BGS data style in GIS

Data imported to ArcGIS, no data style applied

Data imported to ArcGIS, BGS style applied using AVL file(s)

Session Objectives  Geology Roam  Creating maps  Storing maps  Printing maps  Future developments  Screen sharing  Geology Download  Data available  Downloading data  Using data  Screen sharing  Questions