Digimap is an online map and data delivery service, available by subscription to UK Higher and Further Education establishments. Operated by EDINA at the University of Edinburgh, Digimap offers a number of data collections, including Ordnance Survey, historical, geological, aerial photography, LiDAR, marine maps, land cover mapping, global mapping and census data. For more information about Digimap go to our website: https://digimap.edina.ac.uk Background image Contains OS data (c) Crown Copyright and database right 2022
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//Marine and Coastal Mapping
Join us for an engaging session on Marine and Coastal Mapping, led by Bella Ormerod, Marine Data Technician/Engineer from OceanWise Ltd.
Date: 4 November 2025
Time: 1:00 PM (London time)
Register HERE.
Geology Collection: BGS Data Products in Digimap
Presented by: Helen Burke, 3D Geological Modeller and Surveyor and Henry Holbrook, Data Sharing Manager at British Geological Survey
Date: 5 November 2025
Time: 01:00 PM (London time)
Register HERE.
//We have some exciting updates to share for the start of the new academic year:
We’ve refreshed the interface and added the most recent census data: Scotland (2022) and England & Wales (2021). This provides richer demographic and societal information for your projects and research.
We have switched our global mapping provider from OpenStreetMap to Overture Maps. Overture is based on OpenStreetMap but is enriched with data from other sources. This means you’ll benefit from the very best open-source mapping, with a smoother user experience and data updated to March 2025.The data will be also available for download.
We’ve added the new Multimodal Routing Network (MRN) data to the OS Collection, ideal for users needing detailed transport and routing information. This includes the speed data previously available under trial from Basemap.Ordnance Survey National Geographic Database (OS NGD) data has been updated to the May 2025 version, also available in the OS Collection.All other products continue to be updated according to their usual schedules.
Data from Map Impact is available for trial and testing in Pilot Digimap until December 2025. Go to Pilot Digimap >> Data Download tab >> Map Impact to download samples. The data available relates to Biodiversity, Drought Risk, Wildfire Risk, and Heat Risk. It is supplied as H3 hex grids on WGS84 (EPSG:4326) projection
The latest version of the LandCoverMap for 2024 from UKCEH is now available for download in Environment Digimap. We are working on making this available for mapping too, and hope to have this available soon.
Celebrating 100 years or broadcast this year, the Shipping Forecast has not only saved lives and grown as an important safety tool, but it’s also established itself as a cultural staple in UK and Republic of Ireland. Now these forecast areas can be added to maps in Marine Digimap, adding context and illustration for further research work.
OS continually develop their product range and as part of this process some products are “retired” and no longer updated or made available. Digimap maintains a historical archive of data previously licensed from OS, which enables continuity of supply for research purposes. The following products have been given a withdrawal date:
This will be superseded by the NGD Water Theme – Water Collection, which already exists and is available through Digimap (your institution will need to purchase a subscription to the OS NGD data). You can read the withdrawal notice on Ordnance Survey’s website.
All Digimap licences expired on 31 July 2025. To continue accessing Digimap you must re-agree to the licences for the collections and products your institution subscribes to from 1 August 2025.
Please note your institution may not have renewed every subscription it held for 2024/25. To re-agree to the licences, please log in to Digimap as usual and follow the prompts. Help with this is available on the help page about accepting licence terms . There are no substantive changes to the licences between last year and this.
We are hosting the following webinars in October 2025. For more information/to register, please visit our blog by clicking the button below.
If you would like to receive updates like this by email, please log in to Digimap and go to Change User Details from the My Digimap link (top right hand corner). You can leave your details the same, but check the box to say you’d like to hear from us!
//We are pleased to announce that the Land Cover Map 2024 version is now available through Environment Digimap. This is an update to the previous versions, available under the Data Download tab, for download only. The LCM data follows previous years in providing an uninterrupted national dataset of land cover classes from grassland, woodland and fresh water to urban and suburban built-up areas. The Land Cover Map data can be used to plan, manage or monitor agriculture, ecology, conservation, forestry, environmental assessment, water supplies, urban spread, transport, telecommunications, recreation and mineral extraction. It is particularly useful when combined with other datasets. The land cover data can be used to examine the coincidence of a given species with particular land cover types, make assessments of habitats at risk from a specific development, or look at national distributions of land cover types and how it is affected by other environmental and human factors.
//The Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN) and OceanWise are delighted to announce two new 2023 course dates for our free online workshop: Marine Data Management, Governance and the MEDIN toolset.
The courses will take place on the following dates:
The course takes place over 5 days with live lessons in the morning and independent learning in the afternoons.
The course can be taken as a whole, or attendees can select modules according to two streams: Marine Data Governance; or Practical MEDIN. Some modules are common to both streams, for example, modules on marine data management principles and components.
The Marine Data Governance stream consists of some elements of general data management best practice, suitable for anyone wishing to improve their data management skills; as well as some higher-level elements suitable for those wishing to enact wider improvements to data management practice across a team or organization.
The practical MEDIN stream also contains elements of general data management with a focus on tools that MEDIN use to facilitate good data management and governance. The practical side to this stream aims to familiarise attendees with creating MEDIN compliant data and metadata.
The course features interactive training and discussion sessions, quizzes, and assignments to help users become familiar with:
//Following our survey in April to learn more about Digimap users’ data priorities for the future, we have some interesting results, with common themes emerging.
First priority datasets:
Second priority datasets:
Third priority datasets:
Combined, the three priorities look like this:
In summary, we think there is demand for more lidar data, more historical data and satellite imagery. We will continue to look at the detail of the survey and use the results to inform our pursuit of additional datasets for Digimap.
In the meantime, do explore what’s already there. Your institution may not subscribe to all the Digimap Collections but you can express your interest in those you don’t currently have access to by logging in to Digimap and following the prompts against each Collection. There is already a range of historical maps (OS, dating back to the 1840s), aerial photography (as much as is available from Getmapping Ltd at 25cm resolution) and Lidar data (originating from GB environment agencies), as well as a full range of DTM and DEM data, detailed OS topographical maps and land cover information. A complete list of all the data available can be found in the Digimap help pages: https://digimap.edina.ac.uk/help/our-maps-and-data/
//Recent data releases are as follows:
| Date of update | DATA | VERSION | APPLICATION |
| 23/05/2023 | Codepoint | May 2023 | OS Download |
| Raster Charts | May 2023 | Marine Download | |
| 15/05/2023 | UKLand | May 2023 | Verisk Roam and Download |
| Air Quality Management Areas – Scotland
Alcohol Prohibition Areas – Scotland Article 4 Directions – Scotland Building Standards Applications – Scotland Community Asset Transfer Register – Scotland Conservation Areas – Scotland Contaminated Land – Scotland Council Asset Register – Scotland Culverts – Scotland Green Belts – Scotland Historic Environment Records – Scotland Housing Land Supplies – Scotland Land Ownership – Scotland Libraries – Scotland Local Landscape Areas – Scotland Local Nature Conservation Sites – Scotland Local Nature Reserves – Scotland Planning Applications – Scotland Polling Districts – Scotland |
April/May 2023 | OS (IS) Download | |
| 12/05/2023 | Open TOID | Jan/Feb/Mar 2023 | OS Download |
| Open Linked Identifiers | December 2022 | OS Download | |
| Open Linked Identifiers | Dec 2022/Feb 2023 / Mar 2023 | OS Download | |
| 11/05/2023 | Open UPRN | Jan/Feb/Mar 2023 | OS Download |
| Open USRN | Jan/Feb/Mar/Apr 2023 | OS Download | |
| Open Map Local | April 2023 | OS Download | |
| Open Map Local Raster | April 2023 | OS Download | |
| Open Rivers | April 2023 | OS Download | |
| Boundary Line | May 2023 | OS Download | |
| 01/05/2023 | Mastermap Water | April 2023 | OS Download |
| Mastermap Greenspace | April 2023 | OS Download | |
| 28/04/2023 | Boreholes | April 2023 | Geology Download |
| 27/04/2023 | Terrain 5 | April 2023 | OS Download |
| Terrain 5 DTM | April 2023 | OS Download | |
| VML | April 2023 | OS Download | |
| VML Raster | April 2023 | OS Download | |
| Open Names | April 2023 | OS Download | |
| 19/04/2023 | Codepoint Polygons | April 2023 | OS Download |
| 13/04/2023 | Land Cover Crops | 2022 | Environment Roam |
| 05/04/2023 | Raster Charts XL (Excluding Land) | March 2023 | Marine Roam/Download |
| 21/03/2023 | Air Quality Management Areas – Scotland
Article 4 Directions – Scotland Conservation Areas – Scotland Contaminated Land – Scotland Core Paths – Scotland Culverts – Scotland Local Landscape Areas – Scotland Local Nature Conservation Sites – Scotland |
January 2023 | OS (IS) Download |
| 21/03/2023 |
Alcohol Prohibition Areas – Scotland Building Standards Applications – Scotland Car Parking – Scotland Gritting Routes – Scotland Historic Environment Records – Scotland Land Ownership – Scotland Local Nature Reserves – Scotland Planning Applications – Scotland |
February 2023 | OS (IS) Download |
| Cycling Network – Scotland
Community Council Boundaries – Scotland |
August 2022 | OS (IS) Download | |
| Council Asset Register – Scotland | March 2023 | OS (IS) Download | |
| Community Asset Transfer Register – Scotland | November 2022 | OS (IS) Download | |
| 16/03/2023 | POI | March 2023 | OS Roam/Download |
| 09/03/2023 | Raster 25k
Raster 50k |
March 2023 | OS Roam |
| 08/03/2023 | Raster 25k
Raster 50k |
March 2023 | OS Download |
| 06/03/2023 | Land Cover Crops | 2022 | Environment Download |
| 01/03/2023 | Codepoint (for search) | February 2023 | All |
| Codepoint Polygons (for search) | January 2023 | All | |
| Codepoint Open | February 2023 | OS Download | |
| 23/02/2023 | Open Names (for search) | January 2023 | All |
| Open Roads (for search) | October 2022 | All | |
| Land Cover Map 2021 | 2021 | Environment Roam | |
| Land Cover Map 2020 | 2020 | Environment Roam | |
| 13/02/2023 | Codepoint | February 2023 | OS Download |
| 07/02/2023 | Open Names | January 2023 | OS Download |
| 01/02/2023 | 12.5cm Colour Infrared | Trial | Pilot Roam |
//Recent data releases are as follows:
| Date of update | DATA | VERSION | APPLICATION |
| 27/01/2023 | MasterMap Topo | December 2022 | OS Roam |
| MasterMap Topo | December 2022 | Schools | |
| 26/01/2023 | Terrain 5 | January 2023 | OS Download |
| Terrain 5 DTM | January 2023 | OS Download | |
| Raster Charts | January 2022 | Marine Download | |
| Boreholes | January 2023 | Geology Download | |
| 19/01/2023 | MasterMap Topo | December 2022 | OS Download |
| Vector Map Local | January 2023 | OS Download | |
| Vector Map Local Raster | January 2023 | OS Download | |
| 12/01/2023 | MasterMap Water | January 2023 | OS Download |
| Codepoint Polygons | January 2023 | OS Download | |
| Codepoint Polygons | January 2023 | OS Download | |
| Open TOID | November 2022 | OS Download | |
| Open USRN | November 2022 | OS Download | |
| Open USRN | December 2022 | OS Download | |
| Open UPRN | November 2022 | OS Download | |
| Open Linked Identifiers | November 2022 | OS Download | |
| 12.5cm Colour Infrared | Trial | Pilot Roam and Download | |
| 50cm Colour Infrared | Trial | Pilot Roam and Download | |
| 5cm RGB Imagery | Trial | Pilot Roam and Download | |
| 12.5cm RGB Imagery | Trial | Pilot Roam and Download | |
| 2m DSM | Trial | Pilot Roam and Download | |
| 2m DTM | Trial | Pilot Roam and Download |
//The UK Hydrographic Office has announced the phased withdrawal of its paper charts to conclude in late 2026. This withdrawal includes digital facsimiles of its paper charts known as raster charts. These are currently available through Marine Digimap‘s Chart Roam and Marine Download applications.
EDINA is aware that the Raster Charts are very popular. As a consequence of the Hydrographic Office announcement, OceanWise (who supply the marine data available through Digimap) is urgently considering how best to support users of the Raster Charts and Raster Charts XL following their withdrawal. One option is to develop alternative raster charts through various means. You can read more about OceanWise’s approach to this on their website.
As a supplier of marine data to the academic sector, EDINA would like to gather feedback from Digimap users about the marine mapping requirements of the research and teaching community to feed into OceanWise’s review of the forthcoming change. If you would like to share your views on this, please drop us a line on digimap@ed.ac.uk
//EDINA are pleased to announce the release of new sample data to Pilot Digimap. From 12th January 2023 until 31 July 2023, the following data from Getmapping plc will be available for these sample areas:
 City View (5cm) aerial photography, Ipswich |
 City View (5cm) aerial photography, Reading |
High Resolution Vertical Aerial Photography (12.5cm), |
Images contain OS data (c) Crown Copyright and database right 2023
Digimap’s Pilot Collection provides access to data that we would like to evaluate against demand from the Digimap user community. Only sample areas are available through Pilot Digimap, but should demand for the data warrant it, we will explore options for longer term licensing solutions. This means that the data are only available for a short time: January to July 2023.
Please take a look at the data in Pilot Digimap and rate the datasets you would like to see available in future. Please also contact us if you have any questions or would like to discuss any potential future use of these datasets: digimap@ed.ac.uk
//Recent data releases are as follows:
| Date of update | DATA | VERSION | APPLICATION |
| 10/01/2023 | Miniscale | 2023 | OS Roam |
| POI | December 2022 | OS Roam | |
| 05/01/2023 | Miniscale | 2023 | OS Download |
| POI | December 2022 | OS Download | |
| 15/12/2022 | Raster 25k | December 2022 | OS Download |
| Raster 50k | December 2022 | OS Download | |
| Vector Map District | November 2022 | OS Download | |
| Vector Map District Raster | November 2022 | OS Download | |
| 14/12/2022 | Open Built Up Areas | December 2022 | OS Download |
| Open Zoomstack | December 2022 | OS Download | |
| 08/12/2022 | Land Cover Map 2021 GB 1km Raster | 2021 | Environment Download |
| Land Cover Map 2021 NI 1km Raster | 2021 | Environment Download | |
| Land Cover Map 2020 GB 1km Raster | 2020 | Environment Download | |
| Land Cover Map 2020 NI 1km Raster | 2020 | Environment Download | |
| Land Cover Map 2019 GB 1km Raster | 2019 | Environment Download | |
| Land Cover Map 2019 NI 1km Raster | 2019 | Environment Download | |
| Land Cover Map 2018 GB 1km Raster | 2018 | Environment Download | |
| Land Cover Map 2018 NI 1km Raster | 2018 | Environment Download | |
| Land Cover Map 2017 GB 1km Raster | 2017 | Environment Download | |
| Land Cover Map 2017 NI 1km Raster | 2017 | Environment Download | |
| 01/12/2022 | Radon Potential v3 | 2022 | Geology Download |
| Boundaryline | October 2022 | OS Download |
