Newsline from EDINA
March 2006: Volume 11, Issue 1
Digimap's Ordnance Survey Data Collection now includes OS Boundary Line data. This can be accessed under the Boundary Download tool and includes GB administrative boundaries in shape, mid/MIF and NTF file formats. GB grid outlines and national boundaries are also available here. More information. (Researchers interested in boundaries should also look at UKBORDERS.)
Digimap Carto is undergoing a face lift. The new version will initially offer the same functionality, but will provide scope for additional functionality in the future. Old and new versions will run in parallel for a short while. Release date to be confirmed.
The first issue of Go-Geo! Metadata News has been released and is available for download. Go-Geo! Metadata News is a biannual newsletter published for UK academics, researchers and students interested in issues and news involving spatial data management and sharing. It will also draw attention to geospatial standards and metadata, plus announce service updates for the Go-Geo! portal and the new Go-Geo! Metadata Editor tool.
We are pleased to report that Culverhouse Collection of classical music files and scores will very shortly be available via the Education Media OnLine (EMOL) service for download and use. The delays associated with preparing the material have finally been resolved and it will be incorporated in to the service as the 17th separate collection. More information.
Data for 2004 for England, Scotland and Wales, has been added to agcensus, the agricultural census service from EDINA. We intend to add further data to the service in the coming months as well as making developments to the interface. More information.
Land, Life & Leisure, the weekly digest of press releases, reports and articles in agriculture, tourism and rural affairs, has a new feature. A leading story will be featured on the main search page from the 300-400 new items added to the index each week. As well as a direct link to the full reference from the database, each item has a preconfigured search strategy to easily retrieve "similar items". In addition an archive will be kept of past week's items. When revisited this also pulls up all new matching items. More information.