Mapping the Nation: representations of Scotland 1200-2000

26th April 2014

Anne RobertsonEDINA, University of Edinburgh

Outline

• Background - EDINA & Digimap• Service description• Service functions and features• Subscription info• Historical features on contemporary

mapping• Making maps• Historical mapping

EDINA @ the University of Edinburgh

Digimap for the HFE sector

Digimap for Schools mapping

• Online mapping service designed for schools

• Offers the ability to customise and print maps anywhere in GB

• Contemporary mapping at 12 zoom levels based upon 8 Ordnance Survey map products including OS MasterMap®

• Historic mapping Ordnance Survey 1 inch mapping published 1895-1899

Digimap for Schools customising maps

• Pupils can annotate maps by– Adding their own text labels– Defining lines and areas of interest and

adding their distance/area measurements– Adding photos– Creating buffers around points/lines

• Annotations can be saved and retrieved• Create print A3 & A4 print files• Create image files for use in ppt/docs

Digimap for Schools set up

• Online service, no software installation or data management

• Browser based – PC, laptop, iPad, Smartboard

• One login per school – limitless number of users per school

• Can be used out of school (e.g. at home or outdoor learning centre)

• Free resources blog and twitter feed

Digimap for Schools subscription

• Whole of school resource - History, Biology, PE, Maths

• Annual subscription charge– £69 Primary– £86.25 Secondary < 604– £120.75 Secondary < 1659– £143.75 Secondary 1660+

• Easy online registration process with immediate access

Digimap for Schools

Using Digimap for Schools to bring history to life …….

Castles

Castles

Romans

Battle of Bannockburn

Folkore

Map making (but first quick quiz)• 6th century - settled by an early Christian hermit• In the early 15th century King James I imprisoned his political

enemies here• By the 16th century location of one of Scotland’s most important

castles• Mary Queen of Scots had a garrison of 100 men stationed here

in early 16th century (incl French troops)• In 1546 the Lauder family rebuilt the small chapel above the

castle• After the Battle of Killiecrankie, it was the only Jacobite

stronghold, until in 1690, 2 years after the battle, they were starved into submission

• Features in Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1893 sequel to Kidnapped• In 2010 during his visit here David Attenborough ‘one of the

wildlife wonders of the world’

Answer ……. Bass Rock

Map making

Historical maps

1890s slidebar

1890s map

1890s peak of railway before Beeching

Replaced with roads and cycle network

Thanks

120 secondary schools in Scotland

Today - come and have a play

Thanks

Anne Robertsona.m.robertson@ed.ac.uk