1. Geology Digimap 29 June 2010 Vivienne Carr

2. Geology Digimap JISC funded collection of geological maps and data, from British Geological Survey Available since January 2007 3 data products, most detailed is 1:50000 scale Complete coverage of Great Britain

3. Geology Digimap Home Page

4. 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

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

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

7. Search – place name Enter place name, click Find

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

9. 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

10. Search – place name Plot view returned

11. Postcode search Input full postcode Click Find

12. Postcode search Detailed view returned

13. Grid reference search

14. Detailed view returned with 8 fig grid ref.

15. Map Views

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

17. 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

18. Map fade slider

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

22. Map details Click once on any rock for info.

23. My Maps Click Save Current Map

24. My Maps Enter a title Click OK

25. My Maps Map is now permanently available in My Maps

26. Print Click Print icon at top right

27. 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)

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

29. 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of BGS Rock Lexicon as an independent application Existing map application will run in parallel until it is withdrawn in December 2010

30. 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

31. Geology Download

32. 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

33. Step 1: Select product/format Select product Choose data format: Shape (ArcGIS), or MID/MIF (MapInfo)

34. Step 2: Search for data

35. Step 3. Results list

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

37. 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

38. Step 5: Downloading Use your browser's ‘Save link as..’ or ‘Save Target As…’ option Click the link to go to the download page

39. Unzip data.zip file

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

41. Data imported to ArcGIS, no data style applied

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

43. 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