EDINA Newsline

September 2007: Volume 12.3

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In this Issue:

Film & Sound Online users invited to have their say

New features within the multimedia service give users the chance to comment and discuss. Plus, thematic film "trails" put users on the right track.

OS Mastermap® at EDINA

MasterMap replaces Land-Line.Plus® throughout the online mapping and data service.

Making OS MasterMap fit

Integrating the seamless MasterMap into Digimap presented unique challenges.

Go-Geo! to expand data on offer

The geographic information community in UK academia have published a significant number of geospatial metadata records on Go-Geo!,

GRADE repository update

Digimap will be offering the GRADE repository.

UKBORDERS and census.ac.uk

UKBORDERS has been designated the Geography Data Unit of the ESRC Census Programme.

Annual Digimap data update

All Ordnance Survey® products for which updates are available have been updated.

Index to The Times – one-year agreement 2007/2008

We are now offering a further one-year agreement to the newspaper index service.

Jorum update

Video interviews, and training.

SUNCAT promotion

SUNCAT promotional leaflets are available.

UK Federation increases membership

Going from strength to strength.

Forthcoming Events

Upcoming conferences, exhibitions, and training events.


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