Category: New Features

More Data Download Improvements

ecls/ / Data Changes & Additions, Digimap News, Help, New Features

The new Data Download has been updated with a few more enhancements that will make it even easier to use; it is now no longer in BETA.

Data Download Improvements May 2012A selection of the improvements made include:

  • Changes to where you change between panning the map and drawing a rectangle to select to make it more obvious what you are doing.
  • A general improvement of the lay out and buttons used.
  • My Account has been moved to the top right of the screen.
  • Better product information by clicking on the info icon.
  • You can clear the selection you have just made using the Data Download Clear Selection button.
  • A greatly improved preview of the each dataset in basket, showing what the product is like, what it can be used for, and the extent of the area you are taking:

Data Preview Improvements May 2012These changes have been made in response to recommendations from a usability project run in conjunction with the redevelopment of the Data Download service. You can read more about this project, called USeD, on its blog here:

USeD Project Blog

The enhancements also include a fix to a bug that some users experienced when using the latest version of the Google Chrome web browser; the interface no longer offsets the area you select when displaying it on the map.

Digimap is getting a new home page

ecls/ / Digimap News, New Features, Of Interest

Digimap is getting a fresh new look with a significant change to the home page. The change is being made to make it easier to find the different services within Digimap and to help our users get assistance with the maps and data. To do this we will be adding a new resource centre where we will bring together all of the support and help resources that are available. The resource centre will offer guidance on not only the information available from Digimap but how to use it in GIS and CAD software.

Digimap new home page

The new home page will show all the different applications available within Digimap before you login, so you can see what else is available, and show what you are using to your colleagues and classmates. There will also be news and blog extracts on the page to keep you up to date with all things Digimap.

We already have some working prototypes and will shortly begin testing the interface on groups of users to make sure it really does make things easier. We aim to have the new page in place later this year; afterwards you should notice more and more elements of Digimap change to the new look.

New Data Download site for the Ordnance Survey Collection

ecls/ / Digimap News, New Features

The Digimap Ordnance Survey Collection now has a new Data Download site, with a much improved search and selection interface. The new interface came from your feedback about the existing Data Download and has been designed to allow users:

  • a much more flexible way to pan and zoom the map while selecting data.
  • to be able to select more than one product for the area they are downloading data for.
  • to be able to take their full allowance of data in a single download.
New Data Download
Click for a larger image.

 

There is more information on how to use the new site in the help pages:

How to use the New Data Download

As the service is new we would very much like to hear from you about how you have got on using it. Please contact EDINA with any feedback you might have about this or any of our other services: Contact Us.

The existing Data Download will continue to be run alongside the new site till the end of the year to allow time for any documentation or practical guides to be changed.

Annotations Tools in Ancient Roam

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Ancient Roam now has the annotation tools, so all the Roam facilities allow you to add your own features (symbols, lines, polygons and text) to the map.

Ancient Roam Annotation Tools

We are always looking for feedback so if you have any requests for symbols, line styles or any other features you would like put on the map, let us know. You can comment on this post or email us directly here:

Mailto: EDINA help desk

Remember there is a video on how to use the general features of the Annotation Tools on YouTube:

[youtube width=”640″ height=”390″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSkTZvMNyKU&hd=1[/youtube]

2011 Data Update

ecls/ / Data Changes & Additions, Digimap News, New Features

This year’s annual data update will take place at the beginning of September.  There will be a refresh the following Ordnance Survey products:

MasterMap Topo

  • MasterMap Topography and ITN Layers
  • VectorMap Local
  • Meridian2
  • Strategi
  • MiniScale
  • Code-Point
  • Code-Point with Polygons
  • Boundary Line

1:250,000 Colour Raster

  • 1:250,000 Colour Raster
  • 1:50 000 Colour Raster
  • 1:25 000 Colour Raster
  • 1:10 000 Raster
  • 1:50 000 Scale Gazetteer

 

There will also be updated Hydrospatial data in Marine Digimap and a new version of the DiGMapGB-50 data in Geology Digimap.

Along with the new data Ancient Roam will be getting the Annotation Tools and there may be a bit of a surprise bonus addition to Digimap Roam. More information will be posted on the Blog, Twitter and Facebook page nearer the time.

Annotation Tools in Marine Roam

ecls/ / Digimap News, New Features

Now we have the annotation tools up and running they are being added to all the Roam services thick and fast! Marine Roam is the latest to get the tools, again they are an initial version with the basic set of features.

Marine Annotation Tools

Please let us know if you have any requests for symbols, line styles or any other features you would like to be able to annotate the map with. You can comment on this post or email us directly here:

Mailto: EDINA help desk

Remember there is a video on how to use the general features of the Annotation tools on YouTube:

[youtube width=”640″ height=”390″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSkTZvMNyKU&hd=1[/youtube]

There is also a section in the How to use Marine Roam help page that covers how to use all the different tools:

Annotation Tools in Geology Roam

ecls/ / New Features

Following on from the success of the annotation tools in Digimap Roam, we have now added them to Geology Roam. The tools are the same as the one in Digimap Roam at the moment but we hope to add in a set of geology specific symbols and features in the near future.

Geology Annotation Tools

We’d like to know what sort of annotations you’d like to put on the geology maps; perhaps a dip and strike symbol you can rotate and add a dip value to, or a borehole symbol that you can label with a depth and ID number. Please comment on this article if you have any ideas or send us an email:

Mailto: EDINA help desk

Don’t forget we have a quick guide on what you can do with the annotation tools on YouTube:

[youtube width=”640″ height=”390″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSkTZvMNyKU&hd=1[/youtube]

We also have a section in the Geology Roam help page that describes how each of the different tools works:

Geology Roam Help

We hope to add the annotation tools to the remaining services over the summer, keep checking the blog for news of when they will be released.

High Quality PDF Printing For Ancient Roam

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You can now download high quality PDF maps from Ancient Roam for printing.  This element of the service has been quite tricky to implement, so until now we have only had the save image button  to get a PNG image of the map you are viewing.

Now you can use the print button  to access a similar interface to the ones found in all the other Roam services.  You can see a sample PDF by clicking on the thumbnail below:

The Round Tower, Windsor Castle
A Sample PDF from Ancient Roam.

There are still a couple of options to add into Ancient Roam print maps; we need to add the ability to print 2up maps and the ability to switch off counties in areas where there are overlapping maps. Look out for these arriving in the near future.

Information about how to use all the features of Ancient Roam can be found on the following help page:

How to Use Ancient Roam

VectorMap Local now in Digimap Roam!

ecls/ / Data Changes & Additions, New Features

The VectorMap Local (VML) maps mentioned in the previous blog posts are now working in Digimap Roam. There is a video on YouTube showing you how to view all the different mapping styles that are now available at the four most zoomed in levels; including all the VML maps and Land-Line style MasterMap:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wadgUWe3jNA[/youtube]

For more informations see the previous blog post here:

More Improvements Coming Soon, June 20th 2011

More Improvements Added 28th June

ecls/ / Data Changes & Additions, New Features, Service Availability

Service "At Risk".Some of the features mentioned in the previous blog post will be added into the services tomorrow, Tuesday 28th June:

More Improvements Coming Soon

Due to this work there will be some short Disruptions to all the services between 17:30 and 18:30. We hope you find the new features useful, please let us know if you have any feedback:

Mailto: EDINA help desk

or call us on: 0131 650 3302