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GIS Resources

GIS Resources. Earth/Ecol/Enviro Science. EDINA – A National Data Centre (for Higher Education users). Digimap: www.edina.ac.uk/digimap OS (OpenData, MasterMap, Colour Raster) Geology Digimap (BGS on/offshore, rocks) Historic Digimap (Historic OS 1843-1996)

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GIS Resources

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  1. GIS Resources Earth/Ecol/Enviro Science

  2. EDINA – A National Data Centre(for Higher Education users) • Digimap: www.edina.ac.uk/digimap • OS (OpenData, MasterMap, Colour Raster) • Geology Digimap (BGS on/offshore, rocks) • Historic Digimap (Historic OS 1843-1996) • Marine Digimap (Charts, bathymetry, wrecks) • UKBORDERS: www.edina.ac.uk/ukborders • Census (current/historic) boundaries • Other admin and electoral boundaries • EDINA funded by JISC (along with e.g. MIMAS) • (JISC funded by research councils and UK government)

  3. MIMAS • Sister National Data Centre to EDINA • Based at University of Manchester • Range of services: • Census Dissemination Unit (CDU) • Web of Knowledge • Landmap • www.landmap.ac.uk – UK Remote Sensing Data incl. LIDAR, high-res DTMs (<= 5m), Radar, Thermal

  4. NERC • Natural Environment Research Council • Research Centres • British Antarctic Survey (BAS) • British Geological Survey (BGS) • Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) • National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS) • National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) • National Oceanography Centre (NOC) • BGS, CEH particularly good for ‘GIS’ data • Selection of NERC Data Centres – LOTS! Too many?

  5. BGS • British Geological Survey • HQ Nottingham (Keyworth) • Various Edinburgh Offices • Also London, Belfast, Cardiff, Wallingford,… • Data Downloads • OpenGeoScience • Bedrock and Surface Layers; Faults – ESRI/MapInfo • Geology & Earthquakes – KML (Google Earth/Maps) • Hydrogeology, Gravity/Magnetic, Chemical • Web Mapping Services (WMS) – direct access, no download req’d • 3D Geology Software – GSI3D (basic 3D GIS!)

  6. CEH • Centre for Ecology and Hydrology • Landcover Data (Landcover type) • LCM2007 • Corine (EU wide, 2006) • Data free for academic use – BUT on specific projects only!

  7. JNCC • Joint Nature Conservancy Council • Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) • Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) • Natural England (NE) • Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) • GIS Boundary Data for Protected Sites: • Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) • Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) • RAMSAR Wetland Sites • Marine Protected Areas

  8. USGS / NASA / etc. • US Geological Survey • Free, but less accurate?, US and global data • Aerial Photos and Satellite Images • Global DEMs and other EO data • Land Cover • Historical Maps – GeoPDF format • National Aeronautics and Space Administration • data.NASA • various EO datasets, APIs for web delivery • National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration • Includes NODC – National Oceanographic Data Center • Also see www.climate.gov

  9. JRC (EC) • EC Joint Research Centre • Annual Budget c.EUR 330m from EU FP7 • Institute for Environment and Sustainability • Data Portals: Marine, Floods, Drought, Soils • Also involved with GMES project (now renamed Copernicus) – Global Monitoring for Env’l Security – and EU INSPIRE directive.

  10. Others… • National Mapping Agencies • DCW • Natural Earth • Keep Googling…

  11. Geospatial Data Discovery • EDINA: • GoGeo! • Unlock • ShareOpenGeo • ShareOpenDigimap

  12. Academia, WWW, Blogosphere • CASA, English Universities, US • GIS Stack Exchange, forums, ESRI • Numerous GIS/Mapping Blogs • Gary Gale, Nokia • Ed Parsons, Google • Independent

  13. New Technologies • Visualising the past: • Google Earth Timestamp • Perhaps more qualitative? Limited tools • Mood maps, routes, derive meaning from visuals • Fuller GIS functionality • Qualitative Spatial Analysis possible too, but offers • Quantitative/Statistical Analysis of Spatial Data

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