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Downloading Bartholomew
digital map data for use with MapInfo
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| A range of World, US, European,
GB and London digital map data can be downloaded by Oxford University users.
The data is accessed via SOLO
(http://solo.ouls.ox.ac.uk). OS Opendata datsets are available in MapInfo
format (and some in ESRI Shapefile) on the MapInfo workstations temporarily
relocated in Duke Humfrey's Library. Other data is available there but it
is for use on these workstations ONLY. Please ask staff for advice. |
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vector or raster data - which do I need? |
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All directories contain digital vector data and there is
also European and GB raster data. The digital vector data is for
use in a GIS (MapInfo) but can be used in other GIS applications which
can import MapInfo format data. The raster files are images (georeferenced
TIFF format) and they can be used in a GIS, or in image processing software
such as Photoshop or PaintShop Pro.
MapInfo, Photoshop and PaintShop Pro can be purchased by Oxford University
members from the OUCS
shop.
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Downloading
the digital data
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| Step 1: In SOLO, search
for bartholomew digital mapping data: |
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| Step 2: Click Online
Access (Get It) in the Bartholomew Digital Mapping Data link: |
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| Step 3: You will now see
the directory listing and you can select a dataset. As an example,
to download the most detailed World dataset, click the World5million link: |
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| Step 4: Click the zipped_download
link to see the map data available for that dataset: |
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| Step 5: Select a dataset,
download and unzip the contents into a folder on your PC. The zipped
file contents file lists the files contained in each zipped download:
When you have downloaded the files, keep them together in the same directory
- if you separate the individual files (.tab .dat. .id. .dat) into
separate folders or locations you will not be able to open the files in
MapInfo. |
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| Downloading
the raster data |
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| To use the raster data in image processing software, such
as photoshop you only need the approprate TIFF file. The data in split into
a number of sections, either based on OS grid squares (GB data) or a number
of sections (European and World data). |
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| The raster data can also be used in a GIS. The TIFF files
are geo-referenced, which means that other data such as points and line
features can be overlaid and they will be correctly located on the raster
image. If you are using the files in MapInfo, you also need to download
either the accompanying .tfw file (European data) or the Colour or Grey
tab file (GB data). |
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| For more information about MapInfo and how to work with your
data, see the easy guide for new
MapInfo users |
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Nigel James
Map Room
Bodleian Library 2010
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