During the summer we have been really busy implementing aerial imagery into Digimap for Schools.  This was at the top of the ‘wish list’ for our schools, and we are incredibly grateful to Getmapping for helping to facilitate this.
The aerial imagery is amazing and gives real context to the OS and Historical mapping already available in the service. Â Users are also now able to overlay this imagery with the mapping already available in the service. Â Â Below is an example of overlaying OS mapping with the Aerial Imagery.
Along with the aerial imagery we have also added a new tool called the ‘Information Tool’, this was previously known as the ‘Grid Reference Tool’.  The Information tool now gives you the exact date the imagery was captured, this is really useful in helping people understand that this imagery is a patchwork of photographs taken at different times.  We have also provided a map key which simply gives the year the imagery was captured.
We are absolutely delighted with the results, and are very proud of the quality of the imagery and the usability of use of these tools.  Please login and have a play about.
If you want a quick overview, have a look at our youtube video on the new features.