{"id":3163,"date":"2020-01-16T16:07:28","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T16:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/?p=3163"},"modified":"2020-09-14T12:16:58","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T11:16:58","slug":"resource-in-focus-historic-digimap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/resource-in-focus-historic-digimap\/","title":{"rendered":"Resource in focus: Historic Digimap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Who doesn\u2019t like maps?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/libsearch.ncl.ac.uk\/permalink\/f\/1jraif3\/NCL_ALMA61113579190002411\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Historic Digimap (opens in a new tab)\">Historic Digimap<\/a> is an online map and data delivery service, available to all staff and students of Newcastle University. It delivers access to historical Ordnance Survey maps of Great Britain dating from 1846-1996 across various scales, including 1:25,000 and 1:10,650.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are a first time user of Digimap then you will need to complete a brief registration form and agree to the license agreements for each collection, but that takes seconds and then you\u2019re ready to go!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Viewing historic maps\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6Qj6WNdPR6w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption> Viewing historic maps (3:36 min) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to \u2018roam\u2019 through the ages in an area, then you can use the timeline tool to see how the landscape has developed through the years, or view two maps side-by-side to compare and contrast your findings. Imagine looking at the Newcastle University Campus and seeing what used to be on the site before buildings such as the Henry Daysh Building, Stephenson Building and Philip Robinson Library graced us with their facilities!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you have your area of interest, the Roam service will allow you to view, annotate and print the map in PDF format. Data Download will allow you to download OS data for use in GIS\/CAD (if you wish!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The full scope of what <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Historic Digimap (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/libsearch.ncl.ac.uk\/permalink\/f\/1jraif3\/NCL_ALMA61113579190002411\" target=\"_blank\">Historic Digimap<\/a> (and the other collections available to you including Ordnance Survey, Geology, Marine, Environment, Aerial, Lidar and Improvement Service) are covered in EDINA\u2019s comprehensive <a href=\"https:\/\/digimap.edina.ac.uk\/webhelp\/resources\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Help (opens in a new tab)\">Help<\/a> service:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"597\" height=\"228\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2020\/01\/libguides_Digimap.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2020\/01\/libguides_Digimap.png 597w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2020\/01\/libguides_Digimap-300x115.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>(Improvement Services is an organisation dedicated to the improvement of local government services in Scotland. This data collection comprises of 37 local authority datasets, such as planning applications, green belts and school catchment areas. A wealth of information, who&#8217;d have thought.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Go on, give it a try! But please do read EDINA&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/digimap.edina.ac.uk\/webhelp\/historic\/faqs_and_known_issues\/faqs.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Digimap FAQs (opens in a new tab)\">Digimap FAQs<\/a> on what you are permitted to do with the data you use, to ensure you comply with the educational use licence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who doesn\u2019t like maps? Historic Digimap is an online map and data delivery service, available to all staff and students of Newcastle University. It delivers access to historical Ordnance Survey maps of Great Britain dating from 1846-1996 across various scales, including 1:25,000 and 1:10,650. If you are a first time user of Digimap then you &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/resource-in-focus-historic-digimap\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Resource in focus: Historic Digimap&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7660,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[106,97],"tags":[10,26,50,4,52,95,53,30,9,196,62,63,100,33,34],"class_list":["post-3163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-databases","category-resources","tag-archaeology","tag-architecture","tag-civil","tag-classics","tag-countryside","tag-culture-and-heritage","tag-earth","tag-geography","tag-history","tag-law","tag-marinesci","tag-marinetech","tag-planning-and-landscape","tag-politics","tag-sociology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7660"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3163"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3191,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3163\/revisions\/3191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}