On 30th November 2017, we released Beta versions of our new Roam mapping application for all Digimap Collections. Log in to Digimap and click on each Collection to find the link to each new Roam: The functionality of the new application remains the same, but we hope you agree that the updated look is easier […]
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Coming soon: New Roam for Digimap
As mentioned at Geoforum earlier this year, we’re currently working hard on a new version of Digimap Roam. The new-look application will bring Digimap Roam, the online mapping tool in the Digimap family, bang up to date with the latest web technologies available. Whilst the functionality will remain the same, the look and feel of the […]
Digimap dataset updates: March and April 2016
Lots of datasets were updated in March and April this year, with the majority of updates being to data in the Ordnance Survey Collection of Digimap. We also updated the vector marine data in Marine Roam so that it is now displaying the same version that is available for download through Marine Download; the Borehole data in Geology Download has also been updated to the latest version.
The updates include the latest versions of the 1:50,000 and 1:25,000 Colour Raster products which show the new height of Ben Nevis. The mountain, which is the tallest in Britain, was recently resurveyed by OS and found to be one metre taller than the measurements taken during the previous survey in 1949. If you’re interested in finding out more about the resurvey, and why two different heights are shown for the summit on the maps, the Ordnance Survey have published a blog post which explains the process in detail.
The tables below detail all the datasets that were updated recently in each Collection along with the publication dates of each one.
OS Data Download:
| Product Name | OSÂ Publication Date |
| 1:25,000 Colour Raster | March 2016 |
| 1:50,000 Colour Raster | March 2016 |
| MasterMap Topography Layer | January 2016 |
| VectorMap Local | January 2016 |
| VectorMap Local Raster | January 2016 |
| VectorMap District | March 2016 |
| VectorMap District Raster | March 2016 |
| Terrain 5 Contours | January 2016 |
| Terrain 5 DTM | January 2016 |
| Code-Point with Polygons | January 2016 and April 2016 |
| Code-Point | February 2016 |
| Code-Point Open | February 2016 |
| Points of Interest | March 2016 |
| Open Names | March 2016 |
| MiniScale | January 2016 |
| * OS Street View | April 2016 |
| * Meridian 2 | July 2015 and January 2016 |
| * Strategi | January 2016 |
OS Roam:
| Product Name | OSÂ Publication Date |
| 1:25,000 Colour Raster | March 2016 |
| 1:50,000 Colour Raster | March 2016 |
| MasterMap Topography Layer | January 2016 |
| VectorMap Local | January 2016 |
| VectorMap Local Raster | January 2016 |
| VectorMap District Raster | March 2016 |
| Terrain 50 Contours | July 2015 |
| Â MiniScale | January 2016 |
| * Meridian 2 | January 2016 |
| * Strategi | January 2016 |
* Note: these are the last updates to OS Street View, Merdian 2 and Strategi that will be supplied by Ordnance Survey who have announced that they are retiring these products. Whilst the data will still be available to download through Digimap, these products will no longer be updated to reflect changes in the real world.
The data product updates help page is kept up to date with all dataset updates in the Ordnance Survey collection.
Marine Roam:
As well as all the changes in the Ordnance Survey collection, we have also updated the vector data in Marine Roam from Seazone Solutions. This brings the data up to date with the latest version of the product from SeaZone Solutions, which is also available for download through Marine Download.
| Product Name | SeaZone Publication Date |
| HydroSpatial One | August 2015 |
Geology Download:
Finally the Borehole data available in Geology Download has also been updated to the latest version available from the British Geological Survey.
| Product Name | BGSÂ Publication Date |
| Onshore Borehole Index | January 2016 |
If you have any questions about the dataset updates or Digimap please contact us:
- Phone: 0131 650 3302
- Email: edina@ed.ac.uk
Digimap Roam: Printing PDFs from Chrome
We are getting a few reports from users experiencing issues when printing PDF maps using Chrome web browser. Unfortunately, the map watermark and any semi-transparent annotations are being printed as solid filled features. We have discovered that this occurs when the PDF is viewed and printed from within the Chrome browser, using Chrome’s in built PDF plugin.
We have investigated this problem and discovered that the bug is with Chrome and occurs with all PDFs with semi-tranparent layers not just those created by Digimap. The problem only happens on Windows computers with versions of Chrome released since the end of April (Chrome 34.0.1847 onwards).
Digimap users with Chrome should see a warning when they open the Print… window, informing them about the problem.
As the alert message suggests you can disable the plug-in to prevent it from opening PDFs or you can use the following workaround.
- Create your printable map as normal it will appear at the bottom of your web browser.
- Don’t click the file name to open the PDF, click the little arrow and choose ‘Open with system viewer’.
- Providing it is installed on your machine, the map will open in Adobe Reader which will print the semi transparent layers correctly.
We hope that the issue is resolved by Google who develop the Chrome browser, it has been reported to them. Should you wish to disable the plug-in entirely then you can follow the instructions with the image below. You can also download the map as a file to your computer, and then open it directly with Adobe Reader, this is usually the best option anyway as it allows you to print the PDF multiple times or store it if you don’t want to print it just yet.
- Type Chrome://plugins into the web address bar in chrome, this opens a list of all the plug-ins you have installed for Chrome.
- Scroll down to the Chrome PDF Viewer on the Plug-ins page and click on the blue “Disable” link.
- You will no longer have the option to view PDFs in the web browser.
- Use this page to reactivate the plug-in if you want to reverse the change in the future.
If you need any assistance with opening your PDF map, please contact the EDINA helpdesk:
- Email: edina@ed.ac.uk
- Phone: 0131 650 3302
Digimap Roam updates now in service
The changes we previewed in the last blog post have now been put into service.
We hope that you find the these changes an improvement and we would really appreciate any feedback you may have:
- email: edina@ed.ac.uk
- phone: 0131 650 3302
Read the previous blog posts about the updates to learn more about the changes we have made: