EDINA’s annual Geoforum conference for all its geospatial services and projects was held at the University of Edinburgh’s Institute of Geography this year. It was attended by nearly 50 delegates who came to find out what we have been up to over the past year and to see what we new things they can expect […]
Category Archives: Data Changes & Additions
Digimap dataset updates September 2016
A number of datasets available through the Ordnance Survey collection in Digimap have been updated in September. The tables below list the datasets that have been updated recently. OS Data Download: Product Name OS Publication Date OS MasterMap Topography Layer June 2016 OS MasterMap Integrated Transport Layer June 2016 OS Terrain 50 (DTM) July 2016 OS Terrain 50 (Contours) […]
New MasterMap style is OS Roam
This summer our cartographic team have been busy working on a new style for OS MasterMap Topography layer. These are the maps displayed at the three most detailed zoom levels in Digimap OS Roam. The original style, created more than ten years ago, followed the official style published by Ordnance Survey and has undergone little […]
Dataset updates Summer 2016
AÂ number of datasets available through the Ordnance Survey collection in Digimap have been updated over the summer as show in the tables below. OS Data Download: Product Name OSÂ Publication Date OS MasterMap Topography Layer June 2016 OS VectorMap Local Raster July 2016 OS Terrain 5 (DTM) July 2016 OS Terrain 5 (Contours) July 2016 OS […]
Digimap Dataset Updates: June 2016
A number of datasets have been updated in June 2016, all in the Digimap Ordnance Survey Collection. As well as updates to the 1:25,000 and 1:50,000 Colour Raster products (which are the digital versions of the ever popular Explorer and Landranger paper map series), this month we have also updated the relatively new OS Open Rivers dataset, an image of the full network is shown on the right hand side. This is the first update to the dataset which was first released in March 2015. Users should note that this dataset is still a Beta version, so changes to the specification and/or delivery method are still possible.
OS Data Download:
| Product Name | OSÂ Publication Date |
| OS MasterMap ITN Layer Urban Paths Theme | April 2016 |
| Code-Point | May 2016 |
| 1:250,000 Scale Colour Raster | June 2016 |
| 1:25,000 Scale Colour Raster | June 2016 |
| 1:50,000 Scale Colour Raster | June 2016 |
| OS Open Rivers | June 2016 |
| * 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer | May 2016 |
* Note: this is the last update to 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer as Ordnance Survey have announced that they are retiring this product. Users are advised to use OS Open Names instead. Whilst the data will still be available to download through Digimap, this product will no longer be updated to reflect changes in the real world.
OS Roam:
| Product Name | OSÂ Publication Date |
| 1:250,000 Scale Colour Raster | June 2016 |
| 1:25,000 Scale Colour Raster | June 2016 |
| 1:50,000 Scale Colour Raster | June 2016 |
The data product updates help page is kept up to date with all dataset updates in the Ordnance Survey collection.
If you have any questions about the dataset updates or Digimap please contact us:
- Phone: 0131 650 3302
- Email: edina@ed.ac.uk
Detailed contemporary mapping added to Ancient Roam
We have recently added detailed, large scale, contemporary mapping to Ancient Roam allowing users to compare side by side historic mapping with detailed modern mapping.
The detailed modern mapping is visible at all zoom levels in both the 1-up and 2-up views. The most detailed mapping uses the new OS OpenMap – Local product, which is the most detailed Open Data product available from Ordnance Survey and can be downloaded through the Digimap Ordnance Survey collection. We further enhanced the most detailed mapping to include the additional features from OS VectorMap District:
- Contours
- Spot heights
- Medical centres
- Police stations
- Heritage sites
- Places of worship
The other products we have added are OS StreetView and OS VectorMap District Raster to provide a comprehensive set of contemporary map data suitable for all zoom levels in Ancient Roam.
We hope you find the new data useful, if you have any questions about the updates or Digimap please contact us:
- Phone: 0131 650 3302
- Email: edina@ed.ac.uk
Improvements to using Digimap data in CAD systems
As many of you may be aware, the number of users of the Digimap service using CAD systems has increased considerably over the years. As this user base has grown we have endeavoured to make the data we provide as easy to use as possible in these systems. As part of this effort to continually improve the service we offer, we have made some considerable enhancements to the products we offer for use in CAD systems.
Part of the problem is that there is a proliferation of systems in use under the general banner of ‘CAD’ systems, including AutoCAD, Revit, Rhinoceros, Vectorworks to name a few. A common factor between these systems is that they can accept vector data in DWG format, however, the way that DWG data is handled can vary between systems.
A number of our products in DWG format were loading into CAD systems but some were not correctly spatially referenced. This meant that although the data looked fine and worked perfectly well on its own, but it was difficult to overlay or integrate it with other datasets. We have now fixed this issue, so that it is possible to overlay common products together much more easily.
To accompany the DWG map data we also provide Digital Terrain Model (DTM) data to allow you to create a landsurface to loacte buildings and infrastructure on. In the past we only provided the OS Terrain 5 DTM in a format that was not so easily used in some CAD systems. To remedy this, we are now delivering OS Terrain 5 DTM in the XYZ format that can be used in most CAD systems.
These are the Changes we have made:
- All data available as DWG should overlay correctly where appropriate in AutoCAD Map 3D, AutoCAD, AutoCAD Civil, Revit and Rhinoceros.
- All data has the correct Spatial Reference (British National Grid) and Units (metres).
- OS Terrain 5 Contours are available as 3D Polyline data which is suitable for creating surfaces in Revit and Rhinoceros 5.
- OS Terrain 5 DTM is available in an XYZ format which can be used to create surfaces in AutoCAD and Rhinoceros 5.
- OS MasterMap Sites Layer is now available in DWG.
OS MasterMap Topography Layer Building Height Attribute data on top of OS Terrain 5 Contours
We have updated our help pages in line with these changes and recommend that you consult the AutoCAD FAQ page which has further details for how you can load Digimap data in to common CAD packages.
We hope our CAD users find these changes useful but if you have any questions about using Digimap data in a CAD system please let us know. Similarly if you can provide us with any information about using Digimap data in a CAD system we would be very pleased to hear from you.
- Phone: 0131 650 3302
- Email: edina@ed.ac.uk
Digimap Dataset Updates: May 2016
Latest version of OS VectorMap Local Raster
A number of datasets in the Ordnance Survey Collection have been updated in May this year. We’ve also made a number of improvements to some of the datasets that are popular for 3D modelling which will hopefully make it easier to use these datasets in CAD applications. The main changes are:
- OS MasterMap Sites Layer now available in DWG and ESRI Shapefile format (previously it was only available in GML)
- OS Terrain 5 DTM is now available in XYZ format for use in CAD applications
- OS Terrain 5 Contours in DWG format are now provided as as 3D contours with the height of each feature set to the correct contour height
The data format help page has been updated to reflect these changes and is a good place to go if you are interested to see which datasets are available in a specific format.
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
Improvements to Digimap February/March 2016
Last week (3rd March) we released a new version of Digimap which includes a number of changes that may be of interest to our growing user base. Our set-up allows us to release new versions without requiring any downtime so the recent changes are highlighted below as they may not be obvious at first glance.
Greyscale versions of the 1:25,000 Colour Raster and 1:50,000 Colour Raster have been added to OS Roam
We have added greyscale versions of the 1:25,000 Colour Raster and 1:50,000 Colour Raster products in the Roam client of the Ordnance Survey Collection. These can be selected using the Basemaps drop-down.
The new greyscale versions make it much easier to see your annotations on top of the basemap. The greyscale versions can be saved and printed like all other basemaps available in OS Roam.
Warning about losing changes in all Roam clients
If you customise a map in one of the Roam clients, for example by modifying the layers that are displayed or by creating annotations on the map, then press the browsers back button or navigate away from Roam you will now see a warning prompt advising you that you may lose your changes. The prompt that is displayed in Chrome is shown below:
The prompt is not displayed if you have saved the map, printed the map, or exported the annotations.
Updates to the Open/Save wording in all Roam clients
We have updated the text on the Open and Save menus in all Roam clients to make it clearer what each option does:
Open > Saved maps allows you to open any maps you have previously created and saved within Roam.
Open > Import annotations is where you go to import external datasets in to Roam (we currently support the import of datasets in Shapefile, KML, GPX, CSV, and GeoJSON formats).
Save > Save map will save the current map extents along with any annotations to Digimap for retrieval at a later date.
Save > Export annotations allows you to export annotations from Roam as an external dataset for use GIS/CAD (we currently support the export of datasets in Shapefile, KML, and GeoJSON formats).
Background mapping in Data Download of all Collections is now shown in greyscale
The background mapping data in all Data Download clients has been converted to greyscale:
This makes it much easier to see the availability and reference grids in these applications.
Further improvements
We hope you enjoy using these new features. We are continually improving the service so if you have any suggestions for improvements to the service please get in touch:
- Phone: 0131 650 3302
- Email: edina@ed.ac.uk