GIS Resources

Human Geography / Humanities / Arts / Social Research

NLS

• http://maps.nls.uk/ - provides fantastic resource

• Strong digital presence: Georeferenced historic maps, Web Mapping Services, GI projects: VUG, AddressingHistory

Heritage / Historic Sector

• RCHAMS /

• SNH / EH /

• HS /

EDINA – A National Data Centre(for Higher Education users)

• Digimap: www.edina.ac.uk/digimap – OS (OpenData, MasterMap, Colour Raster)– Geology Digimap (BGS on/offshore, rocks)– Historic Digimap (Historic OS 1843-1996)– Marine Digimap (Charts, bathymetry, wrecks)

• UKBORDERS: www.edina.ac.uk/ukborders – Census (current/historic) boundaries– Other admin and electoral boundaries

• EDINA funded by JISC (along with e.g. MIMAS)• (JISC funded by research councils and UK government)

MIMAS

• Sister National Data Centre to EDINA

• Based at University of Manchester

• Range of services:– Census Dissemination Unit (CDU)– Web of Knowledge– Landmap

• www.landmap.ac.uk – UK Remote Sensing Data incl. LIDAR, high-res DTMs (<= 5m), Radar, Thermal

USGS / NASA / etc.• US Geological Survey

– Free, but less accurate?, US and global data– Aerial Photos and Satellite Images– Global DEMs and other EO data– Land Cover– Historical Maps – GeoPDF format

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration– data.NASA– various EO datasets, APIs for web delivery

• National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration– Includes NODC – National Oceanographic Data Center– Also see www.climate.gov

Census Datawww.census.ac.uk

• Hosted by UK Data Archive at U of Essex

• Gateway to numerous census data sites:– CDU (MIMAS) – census area stats, postcodes– CIDER (Leeds/St Andrews) – migration/travel– UKBORDERS (EDINA/Edinb.) – boundaries– Others… supply/support data from ONS/GROS/NISRA (UK gov)

• All funded by ESRC

• All moving to single UK Data Service (though still distributed: Essex, Manchester, Leeds, S’hampton, UCL)

ONS

• UK National Statistics Institute

SIMD

World Bank

The Guardian!

• Mostly human-focus (wealth, health, etc.)

Geospatial Data Discovery

Academia, WWW, Blogosphere

Qualitative (and Quantitative) Analysis – Digital Humanities

• Lancaster– Prof. Ian Gregory (ex MSc GIS) – Literary GIS

• Portsmouth:– Prof. Richard Healey (ex MSc staff) – Historical GIS– Dr. Humphrey Southall

• OldMapsOnline www.oldmapsonline.org (International)• Great Britain Historical GIS• A Vision of Britain through Time

• Manchester/Open University:– Niall Cunningham / Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change

• The Historical GIS Research Network

• US Human Geography may make greater use of GIS

New Technologies

• Visualising the past:

– Google Earth Timestamp• Perhaps more qualitative? Limited tools• Mood maps, routes, derive meaning from visuals

– Fuller GIS functionality• Qualitative Spatial Analysis possible too, but offers • Quantitative/Statistical Analysis of Spatial Data