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Alison Murison. School of Architecture Edinburgh College of Art. Main uses. Base maps Contours for physical model making Location maps (rarely). Base Maps. Small areas from Standard Digimap Larger areas from Carto. Pro Student can get their own maps They can print them out easily
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Alison Murison School of Architecture Edinburgh College of Art Alison Murison
Main uses • Base maps • Contours for physical model making • Location maps (rarely) Alison Murison
Base Maps • Small areas • from Standard Digimap • Larger areas • from Carto Alison Murison
Pro Student can get their own maps They can print them out easily Paste them together Con Too small an area No Contours Standard Digimap Alison Murison
Maps from Carto • The area is selected visually Alison Murison
Maps from Carto • The data is selected • Panorama for Contours • Landline for Buildings, Roads, Footpaths Alison Murison
Creating the Plotfile Alison Murison
2nd Year Project • Course Objectives • To use digital maps • To insert .jpg files into AutoCAD • maps and images • Build a 3D model to use with their own design Alison Murison
Digital Maps • 6 City Squares including • Festival Square • Parliament Square (Old) • Hunter Square • Canongate Kirk • Pre-loaded from Carto • .EPS converted to .jpg Alison Murison
Digitised outlines, raised into 3D Alison Murison
Shaded image Alison Murison
Musselburgh Lagoons Alison Murison
Physical models Alison Murison
Model (in cork) Alison Murison
Digimap has changed attitudes to maps • Staff are more than delighted with the accuracy of Landline • Students are learning another transferable skill • Printed maps are being used even more than before, for historic comparisons Alison Murison