WISER: 25 May 2011Debbie HallMap Room

Bodleian Library

Maps and mapping: Online Maps

andDigital Mapping

Online maps and digital mapping

• Maps available online• Digital map data available online• Introduction to MapInfo• Practice session

Maps as a resourcefor research and teaching

Online maps

Scanned images from map collectionsMapping generated on demand

Digital mapping / “born digital”

Digital mapping software and data

Raster mapping

No special software required

Can be inserted directly into a document

Limited modification possible

Widely available on the Internet

Both historic and modern mapping

Maps in the Oxford Digital Library

Around 1000 map images are available

The ODL is bringing together digitalcollections from across the University

Search by mapmaker, title and subject

http://www.odl.ox.ac.uk/collections/index.html

Maps in the Oxford Digital Library

Maps in the Oxford Digital Library

Maps in the Oxford Digital Library

Maps in the Oxford Digital Library

Web resources Worldwide

Websites with map images are everywhere

Content and quality varies considerably

Some sites may be infringing copyright

Links to sites with map images are regularlyadded to the Map Room website

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection

11,000 maps online

Modern and historical mapping

Most mapping is public domain

Non-copyright modern mapping is mostlypublished by the US government (CIA, etc)

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection

http://bell.lib.umn.edu/hist/

James Ford Bell Library

Other good examples

Environment Agencyhttp://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/

National Library of Scotland Map Libraryhttp://www.nls.uk/maps/index.html

David Rumsey Collectionhttp://www.davidrumsey.com/

Other good examples

Map history site (including links to images)http://www.maphistory.info/

Ancient world mapping centrehttp://www.unc.edu/awmc/

Euratlas: history and geography of Europehttp://www.euratlas.com/

EDINA Digimap

http://edina.ac.uk/digimap

Free access to modern and historic Ordnance Survey mapping

Maps can be viewed online, printed or saved and downloaded for use in digital mapping programs

Use is restricted to personal, teaching and research and limited academic publishing

EDINA Digimap

© Crown Copyright

EDINA Digimap

Source: Digimap http://edina.ac.uk/digimap © Crown Copyright

EDINA Digimap

Source: Digimap http://edina.ac.uk/digimap © Crown Copyright

OS Open data

Free

Range of scales and data products available

Includes large scale vector data

Edina UK Borders

• Uk digitised boundary data• Modern census borders• Modern and historical county boundaries• http://edina.ac.uk/ukborders/

Digital map data in the Bodleian

Great Britain, Europe and World datasets

Free of charge for use in the Map Room

Can be extensively modified and adaptedto suit specific needs

Digital map data

Digital map data

Sources of digital map data

Bartholomew digital data

3 World datasets

Europe dataset

Great Britain dataset

London dataset

DIGIMAP digital Ordnance Survey data

UKBorders historical boundary data

Global Insight World data

Maps and data – using a GIS

A GIS (Geographic Information System) is a computer program which enables the creation, editing and viewing of spatial data

Spatial data relates to real world objects – places, roads,rivers, trees…

A GIS is spatially aware – it works with real world

co-ordinates, distances and areas

… and it creates maps!

Maps and data – using a GIS

• MapInfo• ArcGIS• ArcGIS online http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html

MapInfo - a GIS anddigital mapping tool

• “The World’s premier desktop mapping application”• MapInfo Professional is a powerful Microsoft® Windows®-

based mapping and geographic analysis application; • Designed to easily visualize the relationships between data

and geography;• Enables discovery of trends hidden in spreadsheets and

charts;• Performs powerful data analysis and calculations;• Creates custom maps and content for analysis

• Works well with existing IT infrastructure• Designed and tested with Windows operating systems;• Imports and exports data in a wide variety of formats

MapInfo - a GIS anddigital mapping tool

MapInfo is a professional and fully functional mappingprogram

It is site-licensed by the University

It can be used by all Departments and University members

It can be installed on any desktop or laptop PC

MapInfo workstations are available in the Bodleian Map Room (temporarily in Duke Humfrey Reading Room)

Mapping spatial data using a GIS

A GIS is a database management program – just like Access

Data is stored as records in tables – just like Access

A GIS can interpret spatial referencing and display

data as a map

Adding your own data

Source: http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/index.html

Maps created with digital data using MapInfo

Maps created with digital data using MapInfo

Maps created with digital data using MapInfo

Maps created with digital data using MapInfo

Create high-quality cartography

Maps created with digital data using MapInfo

Maps created with digital data using MapInfo

http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/

Where to seek assistance in creating your digital maps (1)

Go online for online tutorials via the Bodleian Map Room website at:

http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/guides/maps

Where to seek assistance in creating your digital maps (2)

Duke Humfrey Reading RoomBodleian Library

Tel: 01865 (2)87300Email: maps@bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Where to seek assistance in creating your digital maps (3)

• Here’s a quick introduction• Fuller courses will be available shortly• Only limited data available• You can access this data via SOLO at

http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk