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Digital maps: past, present; on your desktop and in the palm of your hand
SAGT Annual Conference - 25th October 2014
Carol BlackwoodEDINA, University of Edinburgh
Ordnance Survey mapping, current and historic
12 zoom levels, different scales and products
Tools to query and customise the maps
Save and print
Online, use anywhere. No installations
Free resources
Whole of school resource
Subscription service – 34% of Scottish secondary schools currently subscribed
Zoom in/out and pan to view
different maps of Pitlochry. Can you identify features?
- Transport- Tourism
- Environmental- Amenities
How do features look on different
maps as you zoom in/out?
Use the 1890s historic map slider
to fade the modern map and view the
historic map.How has Pitlochry changed since the
1890s?
Use the annotation tools to add markers and text for the
features you’ve identified. Or mark locations of the surveys carried out on the field trip.
Use the draw area tool to create a land
use map. Add photos and labels to give
more detail. Use the area tools to create a
map key.
Draw area tools and colour options
Tip! Use the area tools to draw a key. Use the rectangle or square fixed shape for the patches of colour.
Use the buffer tool to create sphere of influence maps for
different features and amenities
Add some photos to your map, using the
Add Photo tool in the Annotations Toolbar.
Tip! Find photos online from Google, Geograph - http://www.geograph.org.uk or Flickr - https://www.flickr.com Find a photo and right-click to save it to your computer.
Use the measurement tools to calculate building density.
Image courtesy of Lisa Allan, Barrhead High School
Use the Annotation line tool to create lines of different
thicknesses for Flow Line Maps.
Image courtesy of Lisa Allan, Barrhead High School
Adding graphs to your map. Create graph in Excel, right-click on the graph and chose ‘Save a Picture’. Save to your
computer.
Use the Add Photo annotation tool to add your picture to the map. Move and resize to suit. Click to view a bigger version
JPG maps can be imported into
Word or Powerpoint.
Create a JPG map, then use the insert
photo from file option, and add your JPG map.
Create a PDF or JPG version of your completed map.
Use PDF if you are going to print a hardcopy. Use JPG
to drop into Word or Powerpoint.
Choose format, size and layout. Give your map a title and add your name. Then click ‘make printable
map’.
Save your maps with the Save Map tool.
Give you map a title, add your name and
class to make it easier to find.
www.digimapforschools.edina.ac.uk
mapstream.edina.ac.uk
Mean house prices 2012 – source: http://www.sns.gov.uk
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Fieldtrip GB
High quality background maps offering
rich data in both urban and rural environments
Cache maps to allow off-
network usage
Design your own data capture
Manage your data through the Authoring tool
Export data to csv/KML/GeoJSON
Great Maps ManageCustomiseOffline
iPhone/iPad and Android Compatible Free in iStore and PlayStore
http://fieldtripgb.blogs.edina.ac.uk/
Group Work
http://fieldtripgb.blogs.edina.ac.uk/
• Get a new Dropbox account to share with your pupils• Download Fieldtrip GB to your devices1.Before you start• Log into the Authoring Tool• Create a custom form and save it2. Design your form• Get pupils to log into the Dropbox account • Use Sync to get the form on their devices3. Share the form• Collect data using the form• Manually correct remote points or in urban canyons4. In the field• Connect to WiFi• Get pupils to Sync to upload the data5. Back indoors• Log into Authoring Tool• Filter by form name and edit points if needed6. Manage your data• Export to a KML file, GeoJSON, CSV or WMS• Map the points in Google Earth, OpenLayers or a GIS 7. View the results
Password: sagt14
Upload your records when you’re finished.
Then go to the Authoring Tool (login) and view all uploaded records.
If the form gets used, I’ll download all the records uploaded and visualise them
in GIS and will circulate the map.
Email me ([email protected]) if you want to see the results!