Maps and Data at EDINA

View, annotate and print maps; Download data for GIS and CAD software

Ordnance Survey maps and data including: MasterMap Topo and ITN; OS OpenData; Colour Raster maps
British Geological Survey, on and offshore maps and data; plus detailed rock information and photos
Historic Ordnance Survey maps from 1843 to 1996 at scales ranging from 1:500 to 1:10,560
Marine Charted Raster maps, and Hydrospatial and Bathymetry data for the UK coastal zone

Find - GI resources, news, books, software and events

Learn - resources that help you understand metadata and standards

Discover - centralises metadata from a number of sources making it easy to find data

Describe - Create and export standards compliant metadata to support your data

Find – search for user-contributed datasets

Re-use – download datasets for research, teaching and learning

Share – contribute your own datasets for others to use

Open – there are Open and Digimap licensed versions for datasets with different origins

Unlock – the potential in your data with our simple web services

Unlock Places – Find the locations and shapes of places, and re-use them in your application

Unlock Text – Extract place names from text or metadata to find their locations with a geo-parser

Access – digitised boundaries and geographic lookup tables for the UK

Create – thematic maps using your data and supported geographies

Datasets available:

Census boundaries (historic and current)
Administrative boundaries
Electoral boundaries

An online mapping service providing Ordnance Survey mapping to schools

Search, view and print a wide range of maps

Enhance maps with annotation and measuring tools

Map and download data derived from Agricultural and Horticultural Censuses of Great Britain

Provides realistic estimates of what is produced, how much is produced and where it was produced.

Research Data Management Training (MANTRA) is a course designed for PhD students and others who are planning a research project using digital data

A searchable, historical database of the people of Edinburgh, Scotland

Search – for surnames, places and professions listed in historic Post Office Directories

API – Build searches into websites; view results on web maps

Maps – Use historical maps overlays to view search results

Services developed for partner organisations

EDINA partners with these Edinburgh-based research centres to provide information architecture and website support

The Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) research programme aims to deliver high-quality, cutting-edge research that will improve our understanding of the way ecosystems function, the services they provide and their relationship with the political economy and sustainable growth.

The Applied Quantitative Methods Network (AQMeN) is a Research Centre that aims to develop a dynamic and pioneering set of projects to improve our understanding of current social issues in the UK and provide policy makers and practitioners with the robust independent research-based evidence.