Digimap via EDINA

The Digimap suite of on-line mapping facilities delivered to U.K. Higher Education includes the following:

Ordnance Survey Collection

The Ordnance Survey Collection covers the whole of the country as follows:

• OS MasterMap® Topographic Layer: large-scale, polygonised & seamless topographic database, showing natural & man-made features. Replacement for Land-Line.Plus
• OS MasterMap® Integrated Transport Network Layer: national definitive & intelligent multimodal transport network dataset for Great Britain
• 1:50 000 Scale Colour Raster: general purpose raster mapping, which mirrors the Landranger® series
• 1:25 000 Scale Colour Raster: higher resolution mapping, which represents the Explorer series
• 1:10 000 Scale Colour Raster: high resolution scanned image of the 1:10,000 scale mapping
• Meridian™2: comprehensive road networks, passenger railway lines, urban areas, boundaries, place names, woodlands & river networks
  
• Strategi®: "road atlas" scale mapping
• Land-Form PANORAMA®: contours & digital terrain model data at 1:50 000 scale
• Land-Form PROFILE®: contours & digital terrain model data at 1:10 000 scale 1:50 000 Scale Gazetteer
• Code-Point® with Polygons: postcode unit data & associated notional boundaries
• Boundary-Line®: administrative boundary data
• OS VectorMap™ Local: national vector dataset supplied in Geography Markup Language (GML) & derived from OS Landplan data. Generalised to view between scales of 1:3000 to 1:20,000.

Geology Digimap

Geology Digimap provides access to geological maps and data from the BGS. Maps can be viewed through a web browser and saved for printing. The geological map data can also be downloaded for use in geographical information systems.

The following data are available as both maps generated online and to download:

• 1:625,000 solid & drift geology
• 1:250,000 solid geology & linear features
• 1:50,000 solid & drift geology, mass movement, artificial ground & seven separate linear feature layers
• BGS Lexicon of named Rock Units
  

Historic Digimap

Historic Digimap provides access to historic map data. Maps can be viewed through a web browser and saved for printing. The data can also be downloaded for use in geographical information systems.

The Landmark historic map data are digital scans of OS paper map sheets including County Series maps at 1:2,500 & 1:10560 scales published between 1843 & 1969 & National Grid maps at 1:1,250, 1:2,500 & 1:10560/10,000 scales published between 1943 & 1996.

Historic Digimap includes the following:

• Ancient Roam: historical Ordnance Survey maps, dating from the 1840s to the 1990s with pre-defined small scale views of contemporary mapping for reference.
• Historic Download: find & select tiles of historic map data using modern maps (for advanced users)
• Land Use Map Viewer: access to 1930's maps created by Dudley Stamp. Land use is depicted as a colour overlay to Ordnance Survey topographic mapping. Maps are provided at two scales: 1:625,000 & 1:63,360

Registration for use locally or remotely

• Login to MUSE & connect to the Library database listings via the eResources links (located on the Library tab)
• Select Digimap via EDINA from the A to Z list. A new page will display. On the Digimap page, click the Connect to Digimap link in the Quick links box
• The EDINA Digimap home page will display. Select the Data Collection you wish to access (separate registration is required for each)
• The EDINA Digimap: Web registration page will display: follow the on screen instructions. This includes accepting the terms of use
• Print the resulting personal registration page for future reference
• Your details will be entered into EDINA's database & your registration will take 2 working days to be processed. You will be notified by email when your registration is complete
• EDINA will confirm your registration annually

Please note that the registration procedures and restrictions on use are licence conditions required by the Ordnance Survey.

Access

Access is available directly from this page by connecting to Digimap - you'll be prompted to login to MUSE as necessary. Once registered for a service, no further credentials other than your MUSE ones will be needed. To access the Library's eResources collection whether on or off campus, simply log into MUSE & connect via the Library eResources links, located on the Library tab. Alternatively, access via the eResources A to Z links on the Library Web pages & login to MUSE when prompted.

Printing

Print in GIF format if you are using a laser or ink-jet printer. Best quality EPS (Postscript) format is available only if you have access to a Postscript printer. Further advice about printing is available from CiCS helpdesk or your departmental IT support.

Support

If you experience any difficulties in using this eResource please call the Library on extension 27200 or email library@sheffield.ac.uk.