Historic Digimap service Ancient Roam Screen share Historic Download Questions Historic Digimap

What is Historic Digimap? JISC funded service Provides access to historic maps from 1843 – late 1990s, for users at subscribing colleges/universities Users must login with their college/university network, but no individual registration required EDINA design and host the service:

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). oric_products.shtml

Town plan sample 1895, scale 1:500

County series sample 1896, Scale 1:2500

National Grid sample 1983, Scale 1:1250

Map revisions A map series covers a time period, for example the County 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. 1 st Edition 1854 – 1901 Maps available in blue areas (note this map availability tool is in Historic Download)

Map revisions County Series 1 st revision

Map revisions County Series 2 nd revision

Map revisions County series 3 rd revision

Historic Digimap facilities Original service, make maps and download data – available until December 2010 Ancient Roam, make maps to view on screen Historic Download, download maps – TIFF format

Historic Digimap service Ancient Roam Screen share Historic Download Questions Historic Digimap

Ancient Roam overview Help and navigation Task menu Timeline

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 historical map views – different historical maps viewed at an optimal scale

12 Historic map views Plan (most detailed) 4 views1:500 – 1:1250 Street2 views1:2500 Parish2 views1:2500-1:5000 Shire (least detailed) 4 views1:10560

Plan view 2

Street view1

Parish view 2

Shire view 2

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

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..

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

Viewing historical maps 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:

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

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 click on the map and drag to draw a box where you want to zoom.  Use the zoom slider bar to zoom in or out:

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

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

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

Map Information

Map details Click once anywhere on map - Map series, tile, publication year…we do not have survey year

MyMaps Save up to 200 maps Available anytime you login

Save a map image Print facility not available at present Save a PNG map image to your computer, insert into documents Click the save as image to disk icon in the top right

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

Forthcoming PDF printing Underlying contemporary maps with a slider to fade contemporary maps in or out 4 map view Survey year data to be added for County Series maps – n.b. only available for Scotland Download National Grid tiles of data directly from Ancient Roam Download original map sheet from Ancient Roam – link in the Map Details window

Historic Digimap service Ancient Roam Screen share Historic Download Questions Historic Digimap

Historic Digimap service Ancient Roam Screen share Historic Download Questions Historic Digimap

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

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

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

Search Additional search option – Historic County or Parish

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

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

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 address

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

Download screen 3. Select zip option and order data

Confirmation received You will receive an on-scren confirmation, which explains: You will receive an 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 My Account page

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

Collect data

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!

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

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

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

My Account Click on any order to see details Resend order collection option

Historic Digimap service Ancient Roam Screen share Historic Download Questions Historic Digimap