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Digimap dataset updates November 2016

Nov 302016

As well as releasing the new OS MasterMap Water Network Layer earlier this month, we have also updated a number of datasets available in the Ordnance Survey collection. Most notably this month we have updated OS Open Map – Local, the most detailed OpenData product available from Ordnance Survey. OS Open Map – Local was initially released as a beta product in March 2015. The October 2016 release of Open Map – Local marks the end of the beta period and provides the first main version of the dataset.

The first main release of Open Map – Local has a few changes over the prevous beta version, including:

improved road information
addition of Car Charging Points sourced from the National Charge Registry
enhancements to the features included in the Important Buildings feature class
creation of a raster version optimised for display at 1:10,000 scale, this will be the replacement for OS Street View which is no longer updated and will be withdrawn by OS in March 2017

OS Open Map – Local (Raster) Birmingham city centre

OS Open Map – Local (Vector) Birmingham city centre

The tables below list all the datasets that were updated this month.

OS Data Download:

Product Name	OS Publication Date
OS MasterMap Water Network Layer	October 2016
OS MasterMap Sites Layer	October 2016
OS VectorMap Local	October 2016
OS VectorMap Local Raster	October 2016
OS Terrain 5 DTM	October 2016
OS Terrain 5 Contours	October 2016
OS Open Map – Local (Raster)	October 2016
OS Open Map – Local (Vector)	October 2016
Code-Point	November 2016
Code-Point Open	November 2016

OS Roam:

Product Name	OS Publication Date
OS VectorMap Local	October 2016
OS VectorMap Local Raster	October 2016

The OS data update page is kept up to date with all dataset updates in the collections.

If you have any questions about the dataset updates or Digimap please contact us:

Phone: 0131 650 3302
Email: edina@ed.ac.uk

30 November, 2016 Posted by Ian Holmes at 11:13 am Data Changes & Additions, Digimap News, Of Interest Tagged with: Data, Data Download, Digimap, Digimap Roam, Ordnance Survey, OS MasterMap Comments Off

New datasets in the Ordnance Survey Collection: Highways Network and Water Network

Nov 042016

We are pleased to announce the addition of two new datasets to the Digimap Ordnance Survey Collection, which are available to download through the Data Download application. Both these datasets are detailed network datasets and form part of the OS MasterMap family of products. The datasets should prove useful for individuals carrying out detailed network analysis using the road and river network of Great Britain.

OS MasterMap Highways Network

OS MasterMap Highways Network is a new dataset from Ordnance Survey which provides the most detailed road network dataset available for Great Britain. The new Highways Network product is a replacement for OS MasterMap Integrated Transport Network (ITN), which will be retired at some point in the future. Highways Network was built using ITN as the base network and then further improved adding information from other authoritative sources including the National Street Gazetteer (NSG) and local authorities in England and Wales.

OS MasterMap Highways Network with OS MasterMap Topography Layer (raster version)

Highways Network is provided in GML format as a single, national dataset covering the whole of Great Britain. This is a large dataset and is available through Digimap as a single download of 1.1GB in size.

Ordnance Survey have produced a number of supporting documents that are available for download directly from their website. We recommend that you consult these before using the data.

Current version: June 2016

OS MasterMap Water Network Layer

OS MasterMap Water Network Layer is a new network dataset from Ordnance Survey that represenets the centrelines of watercourses including flow direction and suplementary information.

OS MasterMap Water Network Layer on top of aerial imagery for an area of the Scottish Highlands

OS MasterMap Water Network Layer is provided in GML format in 5 x 5km tiles. Water network features that cross tile boundaries are included in all tiles that they cross, so the data is called ‘hairy data’ due to the presence of these ‘hairs’ around the edge of each tile. This means that some processing is required to de-duplicate the features that cross tile boundaries if your order contains data from more than one 5 x 5km tile.

OS MasterMap Water Network Layer is projected in the ESPG 7405, which is a British National Grid projection that also includes the Z value using Ordnance Datum Newlyn.

Ordnance Survey have produced a Getting Started Guide which describes the process of importing the Water Network Layer in to common GIS packages.

Current version: October 2016

4 November, 2016 Posted by Ian Holmes at 11:00 am Data Changes & Additions, Digimap News, New Features, Of Interest Tagged with: Data, Data Download, Digimap, Improvements, OS MasterMap Comments Off

Digimap dataset updates October 2016

Nov 012016

A number of datasets were updated last month in both the Ordnance Survey and Geology collections. In the Ordnance Survey Collection we also added the new OS MasterMap Highways Network to the service. The screen grab below shows the detail included in the Highways Network; there will be a separate blog post about this dataset shortly.

OS MasterMap Highways Network with OS MasterMap Topography Layer (raster version)

The tables below list the datasets that were updated.

OS Data Download:

Product Name	OS Publication Date
Points of Interest	September 2016
OS VectorMap District Raster	September 2016
OS VectorMap District	September 2016
Boundary-Line	October 2016
OS MasterMap Topography Layer – Raster (1:1,000 and 1:2,000)	June 2016
OS Open Rivers	October 2016
OS Integrated Transport Network Layer Urban Paths Theme	July 2016
OS Open Names	October 2016
Code-Point with Polygons	October 2016
OS MasterMap Highways Network	June 2016

OS Roam:

Product Name	OS Publication Date
OS VectorMap District Raster	September 2016

Geology Download:

Product Name	BGS Publication Date
Onshore Borehole Index	October 2016

The OS data update and Geology data update pages are kept up to date with all dataset updates in the collections.

If you have any questions about the dataset updates or Digimap please contact us:

Phone: 0131 650 3302
Email: edina@ed.ac.uk

1 November, 2016 Posted by Ian Holmes at 11:04 am Data Changes & Additions, Digimap News, Of Interest Tagged with: Data, Data Download, Ordnance Survey, Roam Comments Off

Aerial Digimap – open for subscriptions

Oct 052016

Giraffe shadows at Chester Zoo (click to enlarge)

EDINA is pleased to announce the launch of Aerial Digimap, a new Collection offering aerial photography from Getmapping Plc.

Aerial imagery capture dates

The crystal clear imagery from Getmapping is 25cm resolution vertical aerial photography and the most detailed national coverage available. The largest proportion of the imagery dates from post-2011 with updates due every year.

Aerial Digimap offers both a mapping and a data download facility, both familiar to those who already have access to other Digimap Collections.

Aerial Roam offers the ability to view, annotate and print the aerial photographs as well as an overlay function to allow comparison with current Ordnance Survey mapping.

Aerial Roam with Road/Place name overlay

Aerial Download offers the ability to select specific locations for which to download the aerial photography for use in local desktop software. Data is delivered in jpeg format each with a corresponding world file (.jgw).

You can see a preview of the new service on Digimap’s YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/rAiO4XXRD5Q

How to Subscribe

In order to access Aerial Digimap, your institution must subscribe. Please contact your local Digimap Site representative, Learning Resources team or Information Services to express your interest, (you can find your site rep details on this help page: http://bit.ly/DigimapSiteReps).

Subscriptions must be requested by an authorised member of staff. Details about how to subscribe to Aerial Digimap can be found here: http://bit.ly/AerialDigimapSubs

Please contact EDINA directly on edina@ed.ac.uk with any subscription enquiries.

5 October, 2016 Posted by Ian Holmes at 9:53 am Data Changes & Additions, Digimap News, New Features, Of Interest Tagged with: Aerial, Aerial Digimap, Aerial Imagery, Data, Data Download, Digimap, Digimap Roam, Improvements Comments Off

Digimap dataset updates September 2016

Sep 272016

A number of datasets available through the Ordnance Survey collection in Digimap have been updated in September.

OS Terrain 50 showing Ben Nevis

The tables below list the datasets that have been updated recently.

OS Data Download:

Product Name	OS Publication Date
OS MasterMap Topography Layer	June 2016
OS MasterMap Integrated Transport Layer	June 2016
OS Terrain 50 (DTM)	July 2016
OS Terrain 50 (Contours)	July 2016
OS VectorMap Local	July 2016
1:25,000 Scale Colour Raster	September 2016
1:50,000 Scale Colour Raster	September 2016

OS Roam:

Product Name	OS Publication Date
OS VectorMap Local Raster	July 2016
OS VectorMap Local	July 2016
1:25,000 Scale Colour Raster	September 2016
1:50,000 Scale Colour Raster	September 2016

The data product updates help page is kept up to date with all dataset updates in the Ordnance Survey collection.

If you have any questions about the dataset updates or Digimap please contact us:

Phone: 0131 650 3302
Email: edina@ed.ac.uk

27 September, 2016 Posted by Ian Holmes at 11:08 am Data Changes & Additions, Digimap News, Of Interest Tagged with: Data, Data Download, Digimap Roam, Ordnance Survey Comments Off

New MasterMap style in OS Roam

Sep 162016

This summer our cartographic team have been busy working on a new style for OS MasterMap Topography layer. These are the maps displayed at the three most detailed zoom levels in Digimap OS Roam. The original style, created more than ten years ago, followed the official style published by Ordnance Survey and has undergone little change since its creation. Later this year Ordnance Survey are making significant changes to the underlying MasterMap data so we thought it was high time the cartography was refreshed to give it a more modern feel.

The design brief had three broad requirements:

make it look ‘nicer’!
tone down the colours to allow annotations to stand out more
use the same colours as OS VectorMap Local, the second most detailed data product

The images below show the original and new styling for a number of areas which highlight the improvements that have been made in both urban and rural areas.

Changes to styling in urban areas:

The colours in urban areas have been muted, removing the large areas of yellow and making ‘unclassified’ land appear with hatching rather than as blank areas on the map.

Improvements in text styling:

Text labels have been updated to emphasise building names and reduce the size of the labels for named urban areas.

Updated rural styling:

Styling in rural areas with mixed land use is a challenge as there are multiple types which need to be conveyed to the user. We have increased the number of shades of green and improved the symbol spacing and placement in order to improve the appearance of these areas. Additionally we have changed the fill colour for tracks allowing them to be more easily distinguished from paved roads.

Updated foreshore styling:

Foreshore areas now display using the yellow ‘sand’ colour, making them far easier to visualise.

We hope you like the new style, however the original style can still be accessed from the Basemap menu in OS Roam:

OS Roam MasterMap basemap options

If you have any questions about the updates or Digimap please contact us:

Phone: 0131 650 3302
Email: edina@ed.ac.uk

16 September, 2016 Posted by Ian Holmes at 10:00 am Data Changes & Additions, Digimap News, New Features, Of Interest Tagged with: Data, Ordnance Survey, OS MasterMap, Roam Comments Off

Dataset updates Summer 2016

Sep 152016

A number of datasets available through the Ordnance Survey collection in Digimap have been updated over the summer as show in the tables below.

OS Data Download:

Product Name	OS Publication Date
OS MasterMap Topography Layer	June 2016
OS VectorMap Local Raster	July 2016
OS Terrain 5 (DTM)	July 2016
OS Terrain 5 (Contours)	July 2016
OS Open Names	July 2016
Points of Interest	June 2016
Code-Point with Polygons	July 2016
Code-Point	August2016
Code-Point Open	August2016

OS Roam:

Product Name	OS Publication Date
OS MasterMap Topography Layer	June 2016

The data product updates help page is kept up to date with all dataset updates in the Ordnance Survey collection.

If you have any questions about the dataset updates or Digimap please contact us:

Phone: 0131 650 3302
Email: edina@ed.ac.uk

15 September, 2016 Posted by Ian Holmes at 10:00 am Data Changes & Additions, Digimap News, New Features, Of Interest Tagged with: Data, Data Download, Digimap Roam, OS MasterMap, OS OpenData, Roam Comments Off

Digimap Dataset Updates: June 2016

Jun 302016

A number of datasets have been updated in June 2016, all in the Digimap Ordnance Survey Collection. As well as updates to the 1:25,000 and 1:50,000 Colour Raster products (which are the digital versions of the ever popular Explorer and Landranger paper map series), this month we have also updated the relatively new OS Open Rivers dataset, an image of the full network is shown on the right hand side. This is the first update to the dataset which was first released in March 2015. Users should note that this dataset is still a Beta version, so changes to the specification and/or delivery method are still possible.

OS Data Download:

Product Name	OS Publication Date
OS MasterMap ITN Layer Urban Paths Theme	April 2016
Code-Point	May 2016
1:250,000 Scale Colour Raster	June 2016
1:25,000 Scale Colour Raster	June 2016
1:50,000 Scale Colour Raster	June 2016
OS Open Rivers	June 2016
* 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer	May 2016

* Note: this is the last update to 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer as Ordnance Survey have announced that they are retiring this product. Users are advised to use OS Open Names instead. Whilst the data will still be available to download through Digimap, this product will no longer be updated to reflect changes in the real world.

OS Roam:

Product Name	OS Publication Date
1:250,000 Scale Colour Raster	June 2016
1:25,000 Scale Colour Raster	June 2016
1:50,000 Scale Colour Raster	June 2016

The data product updates help page is kept up to date with all dataset updates in the Ordnance Survey collection.

If you have any questions about the dataset updates or Digimap please contact us:

Phone: 0131 650 3302
Email: edina@ed.ac.uk

30 June, 2016 Posted by Ian Holmes at 11:00 am Data Changes & Additions, Digimap News, Of Interest Tagged with: Data, Data Download, Digimap Roam, Ordnance Survey Comments Off

Detailed contemporary mapping added to Ancient Roam

Jun 022016

We have recently added detailed, large scale, contemporary mapping to Ancient Roam allowing users to compare side by side historic mapping with detailed modern mapping.

The detailed modern mapping is visible at all zoom levels in both the 1-up and 2-up views. The most detailed mapping uses the new OS OpenMap – Local product, which is the most detailed Open Data product available from Ordnance Survey and can be downloaded through the Digimap Ordnance Survey collection. We further enhanced the most detailed mapping to include the additional features from OS VectorMap District:

Contours
Spot heights
Medical centres
Police stations
Heritage sites
Places of worship

The other products we have added are OS StreetView and OS VectorMap District Raster to provide a comprehensive set of contemporary map data suitable for all zoom levels in Ancient Roam.

We hope you find the new data useful, if you have any questions about the updates or Digimap please contact us:

Phone: 0131 650 3302
Email: edina@ed.ac.uk

2 June, 2016 Posted by Ian Holmes at 11:00 am Data Changes & Additions, Digimap News, New Features, Of Interest Tagged with: Ancient Roam, Data, Historic Digimap, Improvements Comments Off

Improvements to using Digimap data in CAD systems

May 272016

As many of you may be aware, the number of users of the Digimap service using CAD systems has increased considerably over the years. As this user base has grown we have endeavoured to make the data we provide as easy to use as possible in these systems. As part of this effort to continually improve the service we offer, we have made some considerable enhancements to the products we offer for use in CAD systems.

Part of the problem is that there is a proliferation of systems in use under the general banner of ‘CAD’ systems, including AutoCAD, Revit, Rhinoceros, Vectorworks to name a few. A common factor between these systems is that they can accept vector data in DWG format, however, the way that DWG data is handled can vary between systems.

A number of our products in DWG format were loading into CAD systems but some were not correctly spatially referenced. This meant that although the data looked fine and worked perfectly well on its own, but it was difficult to overlay or integrate it with other datasets. We have now fixed this issue, so that it is possible to overlay common products together much more easily.

To accompany the DWG map data we also provide Digital Terrain Model (DTM) data to allow you to create a landsurface to loacte buildings and infrastructure on. In the past we only provided the OS Terrain 5 DTM in a format that was not so easily used in some CAD systems. To remedy this, we are now delivering OS Terrain 5 DTM in the XYZ format that can be used in most CAD systems.

These are the Changes we have made:

All data available as DWG should overlay correctly where appropriate in AutoCAD Map 3D, AutoCAD, AutoCAD Civil, Revit and Rhinoceros.
All data has the correct Spatial Reference (British National Grid) and Units (metres).
OS Terrain 5 Contours are available as 3D Polyline data which is suitable for creating surfaces in Revit and Rhinoceros 5.
OS Terrain 5 DTM is available in an XYZ format which can be used to create surfaces in AutoCAD and Rhinoceros 5.
OS MasterMap Sites Layer is now available in DWG.

OS MasterMap Topography Layer Building Height Attribute data on top of OS Terrain 5 Contours

We have updated our help pages in line with these changes and recommend that you consult the AutoCAD FAQ page which has further details for how you can load Digimap data in to common CAD packages.

We hope our CAD users find these changes useful but if you have any questions about using Digimap data in a CAD system please let us know. Similarly if you can provide us with any information about using Digimap data in a CAD system we would be very pleased to hear from you.

Phone: 0131 650 3302
Email: edina@ed.ac.uk