Newsline from EDINA
October 2006: Volume 11, Issue 3
The annual update to the contemporary Ordnance Survey data took place on Thursday 31 August. The update dates of the new data are within the Digimap Help pages. Note that Boundary Line data will not be updated until 2007 when the new data is supplied by Ordnance Survey.
By popular demand, Carto now contains postcode boundary data.
You can view postcode boundaries with a Land-Line or 1:10,000 Scale Raster backdrop.
Two layers are available: postcode boundaries and postcode labels. Each of these can be switched on or off independently and can be displayed at scales between 1:500 and around 1:25,000.
These scales may change depending on feedback from users and the impact of this addition on the speed of other Digimap facilities.
As part of a "re-branding" exercise, there have been some minor alterations to the names of various services and facilities.
The login page is now called the Digimap Collections login page. This is the same login page as before (see web address below).
The Collections page now hosts two collections: Digimap - Ordnance Survey Collection and Historic Digimap (formerly known as Digimap Historic). You will only be able to access both collections if your institution subscribes to both collections. A third collection, Geology Digimap, is detailed on page 1 of this edition of Newsline. More information on subscriptions is in the Access area, available from the Digimap Collections login page.
The names of the following facilities available within Digimap have also changed:
All other names of facilities remain unchanged.
Improvements have been made to the Historic Digimap collection service. Alterations to the underlying technology mean that the interface is now easier and faster to use. There is no need to wait for the screen to refresh each time you change tools. The "holes" in data coverage, most obviously Perthshire and the Isle of Man, have been filled and the additional data is now available.
Annual subscription rates for FE Colleges have been reduced, and a trial access period of three months is now available.