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Geology Digimap Geology Digimap overview Geology Roam Geology Download Using geological map data in ArcGIS
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Geology Digimap Licence extended to July 2016 http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/Catalogue/Agreements/YearlyAgreements/924 Subscription rates reduced for 2010-2011:
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Geology Digimap Home Page
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Geology Digimap Geology Digimap overview Geology Roam Geology Download Using geological map data in ArcGIS
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Geology Roam – whats new? JIDI Image links: http://edinadigimap.blogspot.com/2010/09/geological-photos-in-geology- 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
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Geology Roam Navigation, Print and Help Task menu: Search, customise, map info., save, print, Geological Photos Map fade slider
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Search – place name Enter place name, click Find
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Search - place name List of matches for Liverpool returned Click once on your choice to generate a map centred on that location
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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
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Search – place name Plot view returned
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Postcode search Input full postcode Click Find
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Postcode search Detailed view returned
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Grid reference search
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Detailed view returned with 8 fig grid ref.
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Map Views
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Panning Click and drag on the map to move in any direction Or use compass to pan NSEW
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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
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Map Content Control Control display of geological map layers Click Map Content Control
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Map Content Control Check / uncheck boxes to display / hide layers Content reflects geology at the map location
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Map fade slider
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Map Information Map Information: Current BGS map product Current map extent Cursor coordinates Current print scale
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Map details Click once on any rock for info.
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Geological Photos Available at 5 most zoomed in views Click the camera icon at top right or on Task Menu, to display image locations
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Geological Photos Click a camera icon on the map, or an image listing to view images
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My Maps Click Save Current Map
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My Maps Enter a title Click OK
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My Maps Map is now permanently available in My Maps
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Print Click Print icon at top right, or Print on Task Menu
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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)
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Print PDF print generated, with copyright statement, date and time created
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Geology Roam - Forthcoming Future functions for Geology Roam: –polygon highlighter –save image function –links to rock lexicon
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Geology Digimap Geology Digimap overview Geology Roam Geology Download Using geological map data in ArcGIS
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Geology Digimap Download 4 data sets available, in 2 formats Can select to download layers of interest only
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Geology Digimap data New dataset: DigBath250 – vector digital bathymetry of UK http://www.bgs.ac.uk/products/digbath250/ 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
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BGS OpenScience http://www.bgs.ac.uk/opengeoscience/
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BGS OpenScience Maps Section
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BGS OpenScience Data Downloads Section
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Access Geology Download Click Geology Download
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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
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Step 1: Select product/format Select product Choose data format: – Shape (ArcGIS) –MID/MIF (MapInfo)
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Step 2: Searching for data Select a location search method Choose a result from the list generated by the search
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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
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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
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Step 5: Downloading Right-click, Save link as.. or Save Target As… Click the link to go to the download page
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Geology Digimap Geology Digimap overview Geology Roam Geology Download Using geological map data in ArcGIS
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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.
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Geology data in ArcGIS Step 1 – add the Shape files
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Geology data in ArcGIS Step 2 – view the unstyled data layers
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Geology data in ArcGIS Apply AVL files to each Shape file
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Geology data in ArcGIS View styled data
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