Presented by Anne Robertson and Carol Blackwood for the Scottish Association of Geography Teachers in Perth, on 25 October 2014. An overview of some of the features of the online mapping tool for schools.
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Digital maps: past, present; on your desktop and in the palm of your hand
1. Digital maps: past, present; on your desktop
and in the palm of your hand
SAGT Annual Conference - 25th October
2014
Carol Blackwood
EDINA, University of Edinburgh
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4. 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
5. 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?
6.
7. Use the 1890s
historic map slider
to fade the
modern map and
view the historic
map.
How has Pitlochry
changed since the
1890s?
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. Use the buffer tool to create
sphere of influence maps for
different features and
amenities
11. 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.
12. Use the measurement
tools to calculate
building density.
Image courtesy of Lisa Allan, Barrhead High School
13. Use the Annotation
line tool to create
lines of different
thicknesses for Flow
Line Maps.
Image courtesy of Lisa Allan, Barrhead High School
14. 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
15. 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.
16. 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’.
17. Save your maps with
the Save Map tool.
Give you map a title,
add your name and
class to make it
easier to find.
22. Fieldtrip GB
Great Maps Offline Customise Manage
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
iPhone/iPad and Android
Compatible
Free in iStore and PlayStore
http://fieldtripgb.blogs.edina.ac.uk/
23. Group Work
• Get a new Dropbox account to share with your pupils
• Download Fieldtrip GB to your devices 1.Before you start
• Log into the Authoring Tool
• Create a custom form and save it 2. Design your form
• Get pupils to log into the Dropbox account
• Use Sync to get the form on their devices 3. Share the form
• Collect data using the form
•Manually correct remote points or in urban canyons 4. In the field
• Connect to WiFi
• Get pupils to Sync to upload the data 5. Back indoors
• Log into Authoring Tool
• Filter by form name and edit points if needed 6. 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
http://fieldtripgb.blogs.edina.ac.uk/
27. 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 (carol.blackwood@ed.ac.uk) if
you want to see the results!
Editor's Notes
Before you go, use maps to explore the area that you are going to visit. Identify features that may be of interest and worth visiting.
After you get back, explore the maps to identify features you saw when there.
How do different features look on the different maps as you zoom in and out. Helps maps skills and getting used to looking at different types of mapping. Could be a refresher for looking at OS mapping.
Also helps to get familiar with Digimap for Schools if pupils are new to using the service.
Our you could print off some paper maps for exploring the area before going, or for use in the field to annotate by hand.
Or you can print paper maps. The benefit being different products, different details centred anywhere you like
Use the 1890s historic map to explore the area in the 1890s. How much change has there been? Won’t be able to look in detail, but can assess the growth of the town, has the transport network changed?
1890s mapping provided by NLS. Only timespan we have at the moment and scale, but we hope to add more. The 1890s mapping is useful for looking at landscape change on a broader scale, urban expansion eg.
Comprehensive annotations tools that allow you to add your own data to map – markers, lines, areas, text and photos.
Use the annotation tools to customise your map and start adding features for amenities, particular tourist locations, location of survey counts.
Using the annotation tools, create a land use map. Might have made a paper version in the field, create a digital copy to then print or add to your notes that can be taken in to exam.
Using the area tools, you can digitise around the building footprint, and categorise according to the classifications used e.g. RICEPOTS
You can also add photos to show examples of building or land use types.
Using the area tools, you can also create a key for your map. This is a bit fiddly, but not that difficult.
The buffer tool. Buffering is a type of spatial analysis to investigate proximity
Brief demonstration to show main areas – searching, maps, tools.
Another service offering that we have that I’ll briefly mention is Digimap for Schools MapStream. Mapstream allows you to stream the mapping stack used in Digimap for Schools directly into a GIS.
It use a standard data streaming method called a WMS – web map service. This means standard GIS software will be able to handle the data. So you get access to all the OS backdrop mapping that you see in DfS,
But with the advantage that you can combine it with your own data in a GIS.
It is a subscription service, so would be additional to a DfS subscription. But if you’re using GIS or thinking about it, but want to be able to get up to date OS mapping. This is the service to use.
Explore the change in number of sales and average house price. How does that relate to pitchlory being a tourist town? Does it? Can see that 2007 was a healthier year, more sales and a higher average price. Before the down turn.
Data zones may not be detailed enough for looking at the effect, but hopefully illustrates the idea. Having the backdrop mapping from Mapstream gives the map context.