Slides used in a webinar on 21 November 2012. Covered Historic Digimap service, a subscription service for UK further and higher education. Contains maps to view/download of GB, from 1843-1996.

1. Content
• What is Historic Digimap?
• Ancient Roam
• Historic Download

2. What is Historic Digimap?
• JISC funded –
maps licensed
from Landmark
Information
Group
• Provides access to
historic maps of
GB from 1843 to
the late 1990s
• EDINA design and
host the service
at Edinburgh
University

3. What can I do with it?

4. What historic maps?
• Town Plan maps at 1:500, 1:528 and 1:1056 scales published
from 1848 and 1939, for towns with a population in excess of
4000 at the time of survey,
• County Series maps at 1:2,500 and 1:10560 scales published
between 1846 and 1969,
• National Grid maps at 1:1,250, 1:2,500 and 1:10560/10,000
scales, published from 1948 – 1996 (before the introduction of
the Ordnance Survey's digital Land-Line product).
http://edina.ac.uk/digimap/description/products/historic_products.shtm

5. Map revisions
• A map series covers a time period, for example the County Series 1:10560
series ran from the 1840s to the 1960s.
• Within that time period, the maps were resurveyed periodically and the
maps were revised.
• Not all areas were resurveyed, only those with significant change.
•1st Edition 1849 –
1899
•Maps available in
blue areas (note this
map availability tool
is in Historic
Download)

6. Map revisions
• County Series 1st revision 1888 - 1914

7. Map revisions
• County Series 2nd revision 1900 - 1949

8. Map revisions
• County series 3rd revision 1922 - 1969

9. Content
• What is Historic Digimap?
• Ancient Roam
• Historic Download

10. Ancient Roam overview
Timeline
Tasks: search,
clear overlapping
maps, save maps Tools: annotate,
measure, 2map
view, map details,
print

11. Ancient Roam maps
• Fixed scales – user cannot select scale
• Zoom in and out to different fixed scale map views
• 5 modern map views – to help you zoom into the right
location
• 12 historic map views – different historical maps viewed
at an optimal scale

12. 12 Historic map views
Views What maps? Print scale
Plan 1-4 Town Plans 1:500, 1:1056, 1:250, 1:500, 1:750,
(most National Grid 1:1250 1:1000
detailed)
Street 1-2 County Series 1:2500, 1:1250, 1:1800
National Grid 1:2500
Parish 1-2 County Series 1:2500, 1:2500 ,1:5000
National Grid 1:2500
Shire 1-4 County Series 1:10560, 1:7500, 1:10000,
(least National Grid 1:15000, 1:20000
detailed) 1:10560/1:10000

13. Plan view 1
1876, Town Plan, scale 1958, National Grid,
1:1056 scale 1:1250

14. Street View
1899, County Series 1989, National Grid,
scale 1:2500 scale 1:2500

15. Parish View
1875, County Series 1951, National Grid,
scale 1:2500 scale 1:2500

16. Shire View
1934, County Series 1988, National Grid,
1:10560 scale 1:10000

17. Search
• Place name, full
postcode or grid
reference search
options
• Place name database
does not include
street names

18. Viewing historical maps
• The Timeline is located above the map pane. The timeline is
not activated until a historical map is generated.
• Shows the availability of historical maps over each decade,
for the current location and view level. Simply click on a
decade to view the available map.
•Currently selected decade is highlighted in red
•Decades in blue mean there are maps available for that
decade. Where there is more than one map available in a
decade, the earliest map is shown.
•Decades in grey mean there are no historical maps available
for that decade, at that location and map view.
•Your decade selection is retained when you move around and zoom
in/out.

19. Viewing historical maps
To zoom in/out of the map, you can:
• Double click to zoom in
• Use the mouse scroll wheel to zoom in or out.
• Use the drag zoom tool to zoom to a specific area. Select the
tool, then draw a box on the map.
• Use the zoom slider bar to zoom in or out:
To pan around:
• Click and drag the map i.e. click and hold the left mouse button,
then drag to move the map.
• Use the navigation control to move north, south, east or west

20. Viewing historical maps
No available maps?
•Search again
•Pan around
•Zoom in or out
•Try a different decade

21. Map availability

22. Map availability

23. Viewing historical maps
Click and drag the red
box to move to a new
location

24. Overlapping maps
•Overlapping map selection tool will be highlighted in red if
overlapping maps occur (happens when neighbouring
counties surveyed the same area more than once in the same
time period – the maps are on top of each other in Ancient
Roam)
•Sometimes overlapping maps cause blurring, as above

25. Overlapping maps
Select a county from
the list to display only
one map

26. Map details
Click then once
anywhere on map -
Map series, tile,
publication year…we do
not have survey year for
England and Wales county
series

27. 2 up view

28. 2 up view
•Select the decades for the maps that you wish to view
by clicking the decades in the Timelines.
•Click or to return to the one map view

29. Map Information

30. MyMaps
• Click here to save maps
• Available anytime you
login
• Give you details such as
View, date of creation

31. Save a map image
• Save a PNG map image to
your computer, insert into
documents
• Click the save as image to
disk icon in the top right

32. Save a map image
• A new browser window opens:
Right click on
image, select
Save Image
as…or Save
picture as

33. Print PDF map
• Click Print icon opens new
window
• Preview map area
• Options – title, grid lines,
include annotations
• A3/A4 PDF maps
• Include copyright statement

34. Annotations
• Toolbar appears at the top of the screen – can be moved around
• Main options to add annotations in the Draw & Create area - add:
• Add symbols, text, lines, polygons, pre-defined shapes
• Annotations remain on your map at the same scale as you zoom
in and out
• Options: save annotations within Digimap, make visible on PDF
print, export, import

35. Recreate this map
• Search with Lancaster University postcode, LA1 4YW.
• Generate 2up view. Compare 1890s, 1970s.

36. Ancient Roam practise
1. Create a map centred on Greenwich Park, Shire view, 1870s.
Remove overlapping maps – select Middlesex.
2. Zoom into Royal Naval College (near the Thames) to look at
Plan views. We may have to switch decades for available
maps.
3. Click i then click on the map for map details. Add some
markers

37. Content
• What is Historic Digimap?
• Ancient Roam
• Historic Download

38. Select map data product
Click on any
map series to
select it for
download

39. Select product 2
Select
Original map
sheets,
National Grid
tiles or both

40. Search & Select Tiles screen
Search, List of
Select tiles
select selected tiles
here…once
map appears here
you are in the
edition
right location

41. Search
Additional
search option
– Historic
County or
Parish

42. Select tiles
•Once you are in the right location, and can see tiles
marked on the map…
•Click Select tiles and click on the map to
select the tiles of interest

43. Select tiles
• Selected tiles are highlighted on the map in red
• Selected tiles are in the list on the right

44. Download screen
Here, you:
1. name your order and confirm your details,
2. refine your data order,
3. order your data.
1. Name your order, confirm email address

45. Download screen
2. Refine your data order – you can delete any unwanted tiles
here.
Note that map sheets are included automatically, if you asked for
map sheets AND National Grid tiles at the start

46. Download screen
3. Select zip option and order data

47. Confirmation received
You will receive an on-scren confirmation, which explains:
• You will receive an email when your order is ready.
• That your order will typically be ready within 48 hours
(although generally it is much faster).
• You can check the status of your order on the
My Account page

48. Email received when ready
• Includes a link to collect
data – note you must
already be logged in to
Historic Digimap to use
the link

49. Collect data

50. Data download file contents
• Unzip the zip file to see the contents
• Sub-folder for National Grid tiles and map sheets….IF
you requested both!

51. Data download file contents
National Grid folder:
• A TIFF file, for each tile of map data you selected.
• An ESRI tfw world file, for each map data tile. These files are read by ESRI
GIS software to place the TIFF map image in the correct geographic location
– KEEP THESE FILES IN THE SAME FOLDER AS THE TIFF FILES.
• A MapInfo tab world file which is read by MapInfo GIS software to place
the TIFF map image in the correct geographic location

52. Data download file contents
Map sheets folder:
• A TIFF file, for each original map sheet you selected.
• A MapInfo tab world file which is read by MapInfo GIS
software to place the TIFF map image in the correct
geographic location

53. My Account
• My Account allows you to
view details of your data
orders and to check their
status

54. My Account
• Click on any order to see details
• Resend order collection email option