Digimap data in ArcGIS

Guy McGarva
EDINA Geo User Support

Tom Armitage Ian Holmes

 Poll

What is the one thing you most want to learn today?

• What map data is available from Digimap?

• How do I get the data from Digimap?
• What data formats work in ArcGIS?
• Any tips on using ArcGIS
• Other
 Content

• What data is available?

• How do I use Data Download to get data for ArcGIS?
• What formats should I pick for using in ArcGIS?
• How do I load data into ArcGIS?
• How do I style my data?
• Tips:
• Projections
• Clipping smaller areas
• Merging tiles
• Resources
Digimap Home Page
 What data is available from Digimap?

• OS – Full range of OS maps and data available

including OS MasterMap and OS OpenData
• Historic – Detailed historic OS maps from 1843-
1990s
• Geology – Onshore and offshore geological datasets
• Marine – Marine and coastal zone data
• Environment – Land cover and land use datasets

All data can be used in ArcGIS in one form or another!

How do I download map data?
• Data Download –
download OS and
other mapping
data for use in
ArcGIS
Using Data Download
Three steps:
1. Select area
2. Choose data
3. Add to basket -
options to change
format, version
and layers
Data Download
Click + or on category name to open and
see available map data products:
• OS MasterMap – most detailed
topographic mapping of GB, transport
network map data
• Background Mapping – raster maps at
range of scales, all in TIFF format
• Land and Height data – contours and
Digital Terrain Models
• Vector data – range of scales and
formats
• Boundary and Location data –
administrative boundaries, postcode
data, gazetteers
• Withdrawn datasets
 Basket options

• Select version, format and layers in the basket.

• Options vary between map data products.
 What formats should I use for ArcGIS?

• Shapefile – for vector if available

• File Geodatabase – for vector if available
• GML (for OS MasterMap and VML) – if needed
• TIFF – for raster
• ASC (for DTM)
Shape file availability
• Check the
Information
boxes.
• Every product
in Vector Data
category
available in
Shape format.
• The most up-
to-date
contours are
also available
as Shape.
What do Shape files look like?
• Remember to
keep all
constituent
parts together -
SHP, DBF, SHX,
PRJ.

• Image of folder
containing
VectorMap Local
shape files.
OS MasterMap Topography
• Recommend you take File Geodatabase
for use in ArcGIS.
• Alternative: Take GML and convert to
Shape or File Geodatabase using tools
detailed in Help pages.
• Why would I convert GML?
Can limit the actual feature types you import
Can merge several orders together
Use Productivity Suite to process GML

• Creates a File
Geodatabase
• Can select
Feature Types to
process
• Can process
multiple Chunks
and Multiple
Orders
• Essential for ITN
Raster data formats
TIFF
•Raster data (backdrop mapping) all
supplied in TIFF image format
•Some TIFFs are supplied with a TFW file -
a plain text World file
•World Files contain the geographic
coordinates, scale and rotation of TIFF
map.
ASC
• DTM and Gridded Bathymetry data
 Formats and conversion guidance
http://digimap.edina.ac.uk/webhelp/os/data_information/data_formats/new_data_translators.htm
 Download zip file contents

• Within each zip file:

• Folder for each map
product
• Contents text file
• Citations text file

You must extract the data from the zip file before using the data in ArcGIS:

- Either use the Windows ‘built-in’ uncompress option “Extract All” available
when you right click on the zip file
- Or use software such as 7-Zip or WinZip to extract the data from the zip file.
 Poll- Where do you get data?

• What sources do you use to get data for ArcGIS

• Select all that apply:

• Digimap
• Built-in Esri Basemaps or Esri Portal
• Data.Gov or other open portal
• Your own data
• Other source, please specify
Loading data into ArcGIS

Use the Add Data button

Select Folder Connections to add downloaded data

E.g. Adding 25K Raster Data

- Select multiple files if you

want.
- Will automatically show files
that can be loaded e.g. TIF
files, Shapefiles, ASC or File
Geodatabase

- You might get a warning saying they

have missing spatial reference
information.
- Ignore for now.
 Displaying 25K Raster Data

If data is not visible,

Right Click on Layer
and click Zoom to
Layer.
It will zoom to the
extents of the
selected map sheet.
Projections and Transformation in ArcGIS

Need to think about, if:

• You are setting the Coordinate System on an existing
dataset
• You are overlaying data with different coordinate
systems
• You want to overlay Esri Basemap data with OS data
Set Spatial Reference in Arc Catalog
• Some data has no
projection
information to begin
with.
Set Spatial Reference in Arc Catalog
• Select correct
coordinate
system.
• For British
National Grid:
select Projected >
National Grids > Europe >
British National Grid
 Data in WGS 84 and OSGB 36
What if you want to overlay data or use the Esri Basemaps?
• Esri Basemap
data is in WGS 85
• OS data is in
OSGB 36

• Showing
VectorMap Local
overlaid on the
Esri Imagery
Basemap

• Errors of over
100m by default
By default, no datum shift used
Use OSTN02 or Petroleum Transformation
OSTN02 transformation is
accurate to +/- 2 m

OR

Petroleum transformation
accurate to +/- 5 m
 Data correctly transformed should overlay
more accurately

For more information see our Help pages at:

http://bit.ly/1Ph1NJF
 Styling vector data in ArcGIS

• Vector data (e.g. OS MasterMap, OS VectorMap Local) will not have

the same appearance as it does in Digimap, when viewed in ArcGIS
• May want to consider styling the data to emphasise certain things
on the map, or to try and match the OS cartographic style
 Styling options
In ArcGIS – do this in
Symbology tab of
map layer properties:

Option: apply a layer

or style file that
contains styling
information – find
available files in
Digimap Help pages.

Data information pages for each product has a link to a Style

File on it
Style files from Digimap
• Digimap provides style
files for some vector
data products
• Need to look on the
product information
page
• Find this via the Data
Download Information
box
• Can be downloaded
from OS website
• Some products have the
Symbology file in the
download zip
 Other sources of style files
For OS MasterMap:
• Productivity Suite:
– symbology files available with the software but must be used with data processed through
Productivity Suite:
http://www.esriuk.com/software/arcgis/productivitysuite/download#

• InterpOSe:
– provide a style file for ArcGIS with the InterpOSe installer
– Must be used withdata processed through InterpOSe:
http://misoportal.com/data/interpose-for-digimap/

• These are data conversion tools often used with OS MasterMap – full details in
the Format and Conversion tools page mentioned earlier.
 Common Geoprocessing Tools

• Merge
• Mosaic
• Clip
 Vector data – Merge tool
• Where your download area covers
multiple tiles, possible to merge the
tiles into one

Image: OS Terrain contours in ArcMap,

before merge (SE England)
Raster data – Mosaic tool
 Clip tool
• Where tiles are provided
in large sizes e.g. 100 x
100 km, possible to clip
them to smaller area
• To use the clip tool,
necessary to have a
Shape file of the smaller
area to use as the guide

Image: Vector Map District clipped to

smaller area in ArcMap
 Poll

What software do you use most often with geospatial

data?
A. ArcGIS
B. QGIS or other open source software
C. AutoCAD or other CAD software
D. I don’t use any software
E. Other
Example - Analyse flood risk in Carlisle

• Download some data

Select smaller area and save
• Add Streetview
raster
• Add Open Rivers
• Select smaller
area of Open
Rivers
– Save smaller area
as new shapefile
• Change rivers
symbol and label
Add and style OS MasterMap

• Add OS
MasterMap
– Style using layer
files from
Digimap help
pages
Mosaic 4 DTM raster tiles and style

• Add Digital Terrain

Model
– Got 4 raster tiles
– Use mosaic to new
raster tool to
combine the 4
– If we don’t
combine, join will
be obvious and it
will make styling
tricky
– Apply a new colour
ramp to the data
 Recent OS OpenData additions

• OS Open Map Local

– topography data, 1:10000
• OS Open Rivers
– watercourse name; watercourse type; direction of water
flow – 1:15000 to 1:30000
• OS Open Roads
– Motorways, A roads, B road – 1:15000 to 1:30000
• OS Open Names
– comprehensive list of Great Britain’s place names, road
names and numbers and postcodes combined into one
product.
 Future additions

• OS MasterMap
– Building Heights in File Geodatabase format
– Urban Paths (for use with ITN)
– Sites layer in GML format.
– Sites data enables you to:
• Locate all of the main points of access to key sites quickly and easily in
emergency situations.
• Understand their proximity and exposure to risks such as crime and floods.
• Plan the routes of buses, refuse lorries and postal deliveries to meet the
demand they generate.
• Understand in detail the potential impacts of planned works or events on
important locations.
• Points of Interest
– Points of Interest classifies 4 million places and real-world features in
Great Britain by their use and function in a 3-tier hierarchy, also
providing their postal address or location.
Resources
• Digimap Resource
centre – access
help pages,
guides, FAQs,
videos, case
studies and more.
 Help pages

Digimap Resource centre:

http://digimap.edina.ac.uk/webhelp/resources/index.html
PDF exercises

• Exercises available
for download
• PDF step by step
• Some with data
provided
 Chat

• Usually manned in
office hours.
 Poll

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