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WISER: 8 June 2009 Nick Millea - on behalf of Nigel James Digital Mapping Specialist Bodleian Library Online Maps and Digital Mapping.

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1 WISER: 8 June 2009 Nick Millea - on behalf of Nigel James Digital Mapping Specialist Bodleian Library Online Maps and Digital Mapping

2 Maps as a resource for research and teaching Online maps Scanned images from map collections Digital mapping Mapping generated on demand Digital mapping software and data

3 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

4 Maps in the Oxford Digital Library Around 1000 map images are available The ODL is bringing together digital collections from across the University Search by mapmaker, title and subject http://www.odl.ox.ac.uk/collections/index.html

5 Maps in the Oxford Digital Library

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8 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 regularly added to the Map Room website

9 Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection 11,000 maps online Modern and historical mapping Most mapping is public domain Non-copyright modern mapping is mostly published by the US government (CIA, etc) http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/

10 Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/

11 Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection

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13 http://bell.lib.umn.edu/hist/ James Ford Bell Library

14 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

15 EDINA Digimap © Crown Copyright

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

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

18 Digital map data Great Britain, Europe and World datasets No charge to University members Can be extensively modified and adapted to suit specific needs

19 Digital map data

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21 Sources of digital map data Bartholomew digital data DIGIMAP digital Ordnance Survey data 3 World datasets Europe dataset Great Britain dataset London dataset Global Insight World data UKBorders historical boundary data

22 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 coordinates, distances and areas … and it creates maps!

23 MapInfo - a GIS and digital mapping tool MapInfo is a professional and fully functional mapping program 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 (New Bodleian Reading Room)

24 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

25 Adding your own data Source: http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/index.html

26 Maps created with digital data using MapInfo

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30 Create high-quality cartography

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32 Bodleian Library Map Room University of Oxford Broad Street Oxford OX1 3BG Tel: 01865 277013 Fax: 01865 277139 Email: maps@bodley.ox.ac.uk@bodley.ox.ac.uk http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/guides/maps/


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