Webinar: The Land Cover Map Family: Land Cover, Crops and Hedgerows

Digimap is happy to announce the Environment Collection’s webinar ‘The Land Cover Map Family: Land Cover, Crops and Hedgerows’. Presented by Dr. Clare Rowland Earth Observation Scientist and Emily Upcott Spatial Ecologist.

Date: 06 February 2024
Time: 1:00 PM
You can register Here

 

New Digimap Webinar Schedule

EDINA is pleased to announce a new schedule of webinar dates. Some topics have yet to be confirmed. Please book a place….just click any webinar to go to the booking page.

If you have suggestions for other webinar topics relating to Digimap, please drop us a line on edina@ed.ac.uk or 0131 650 3302.



Ask us anything!

Digimap have scheduled two “open surgery” webinars, open to all Digimap users.  These hour long sessions offer the opportunity for you to ask any questions you may have about Digimap.

EDINA Geo team
EDINA Geo team

Our team have a wealth of experience of mapping data and can help you with:

  • using the service – how to get the map or data you need
  • personalising your map with annotations or data
  • the maps available within the service
  • using your data in GIS
  • copyright queries

We’d welcome questions about any aspect of the service, or if you’d just like to give us some feedback that would be very welcome. Hope to see you there.

Book now!

NOTE: Previous webinar recordings, along with slides and Q&A transcripts can be viewed on the webinar materials page.


Webinar series for Autumn 2017

We are pleased to announce a new webinar series for Digimap over the coming months.  These short sessions are free to attend and are available to any Digimap user, whether staff, student or researcher.  You will need to register to attend each webinar. Bookings will open a couple of weeks before each webinar is scheduled. The majority of the webinars will be recorded and made available via our Digimap YouTube channel for those who were unable to attend.

All webinars will run from 13:00-13:30.

Previous webinar recordings, along with slides and Q&A transcripts can be viewed on the webinar materials page.


Free Digimap webinar: Creating 3D models from Digimap data – 26 April 2017

The Digimap team are hosting a free webinar, on Wednesday 26 April 2017, from 1-1:30pm.

3D model showing bedrock geology of the Cuillin hills in Skye with Aerial Imagery draped over OS Terrain 5 DTM.
3D model showing bedrock geology of the Cuillin hills in Skye with Aerial Imagery draped over OS Terrain 5 DTM.

The session will give an overview of how to create 3D models in common GIS and CAD packages (ArcGIS Pro, QGIS and AutoCAD) using data downloaded from Digimap.

The session will look at the datasets available from Digimap that are of use for 3D modelling.

You will also have the opportunity to ask questions on any aspect of Digimap.

Registration is required – please note that spaces are limited, so it’s advisable to register early.

Register now!


Webinar: Digimap for Site Reps, 29th March 13:00 – 13:30

This free webinar will briefly cover recent changes to Digimap Collections and offer a summary of copyright issues.

An ideal way for Digimap site reps, or any staff who support Digimap users, to get information on key aspects of Digimap activity.

You will also have the opportunity to ask questions on any aspect of Digimap. Emma and Ian, from EDINA’s Geosupport team, will host the session. Hope you can make it!

Register now!

Presenters:

Emma Diffley, Ian Holmes

Emma and Ian delivering training
EDINA Geosupport team – Emma and Ian

 

 

 

 


Free Digimap Training Events: 2014

training courseDigimap has some upcoming webinars and a free training event in London. Booking is available via the links below:

There will be more training events throughout the year; for more information or to request training for your institution, please contact us:

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



Upcoming Digimap Training & Webinars

training courseWe have a few events coming up that will help you get to grips with aspects of the Digimap service. The next course is a face to face training session at Leeds University on Thursday the 15th of November covering the basics of what is available from the Digimap collections.

Webinars are open to all Digimap users whereas the face-to-face training is aimed at staff researchers and postgraduates. Do note that we have a couple of sessions coming up in the South West of England where we haven’t been for a while.

For a full list and details of how to book, go to the Training page on the blog or go to the Training and Events list on the main EDINA website:

Training & Events


Digimap Training in Birmingham on the 19th May

training courseEDINA is running Digimap training at Birmingham City University on Thursday 19th May 2011. Training is free and available to support staff, teaching staff and site representatives. This course will cover an introduction to all Digimap’s collections, including mapping facilities and downloading data for Historic, Geology and Marine Digimap as well as the Ordnance Survey Collection.

For further information and to book online, visit the EDINA website here: Digimap Training, 19/05/11

Details of all our upcoming training events and webinars can now be found here in the Digimap Blog: Training Events


“How To” Videos on YouTube

You Tube IconWe have created some “How To” video clips and put them on YouTube for everyone to view. They show how to carry out various tasks with Digimap’s online maps and downloaded data.

You can see all the videos on the EDINA Digimap YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/EDINADigimap

If there are any particular aspects of the service for which you would like us to make a video, you can add them to the discussion on our Facebook page or email us directly at edina@ed.ac.uk.