Digimap

An online map and data delivery service, available by subscription to specific establishments.

Digimap offers a number of data collections, including Ordnance Survey, historical, geological, LiDAR and marine maps and spatial data .You can use Digimap resources for a wide range of different research tasks across many different arts and sciences subjects. Digimap will allow you to:

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  • Produce custom maps at small, medium and large scales 
  • Download and customise maps to illustrate lectures and publications
  • Use historical maps to analyse changes in the natural and built environment
  • Access and Analyse Ordnance survey data at multiple scales 
  • Access and analyse vector data in marine charts
  • Access high resolution aerial photography data
  • Provide the raw data to enable you to conduct spatial analysis using GIS
  • Use Lidar data to download for use in 3D models in GIS and CAD
  • Access a time series of multi-scale, multi-year agricultural census data 
  • Access spatial data for other non-UK geographical areas 
Find out more about Digimap Data Providers & Suppliers

Free or paid for:

Free at the point of access to all university of Edinburgh staff and students, but users must register.

EDINA is a world class centre of digital and data expertise, at the University of Edinburgh, with 20 years’ experience and expertise in providing support and advice to researchers in HEIs across the UK, in geospatial data, Census data and newly emerging technology and data services relating to the Internet of Things, Text & Data Mining and Satellite data.

Product Features

  • Ordnance Survey
  • Landmark Historical map archive (back to 1840’'s) 
  • British Geological Survey
  • OceanWise marine data 
  • Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (enviromental data) 
  • Getmapping Plc (aerial photography)

Applicable Disciplines

  • Environmental Science
  • Geography
  • Aerial
  • Energy
  • Health Professions
  • Design
  • Ecology
  • History
  • Anthropology
  • Lidar
  • Engineering
  • Epidemiology
  • Planning
  • Languages
  • Archaeology
  • Marine
  • Ordnance survey
  • Architecture
  • Literature
  • Zoology
  • Forestry

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Technical Requirements

  • Internet connection
  • Edinburgh login
  • some services require GIS or CAD software

Skills Required

Support and Training Available