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New Cartography in Digimap - Geoforum 2016 - Tim Urwin

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EDINA, University of Edinburgh
EDINA, University of Edinburgh

Highlights of the new MasterMap Styling in Digimap Roam along with a few backdrop map styles we have added to the service.

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CARTOGRAPHY A tale of green and grey
• MasterMap • Greyscale Background Mapping • MasterMap (schema 9)
It’s a bit GARISH! MasterMap
• Original Ordnance Survey published MasterMap style • Only change was to building text colour (red instead of black) • It’s been in Digimap for 10 years (drawn by three different GIS systems)
Design Brief • Can you make it more consistent and a ‘better’ map? • Has to make annotations stand out more and not contrast as much. • Would like some synergy with OS VML Raster.
What were the problems with the style/implementation? • Colour consistency/choice – Clashing colours – Non-consistent colours • Symbolisation issues – Vegetation symbols/size • Not exposing the richness of the data – Several features grouped together • Text – Limited styling differentiation and size
Yellow and blank space (white)
The greys
Too much grey?
Improved text clarity and size consistency
Vegetation – Background colour & text size
Symbol spacing and background colours
Vegetation background (cont) and road/track differentiation
Vegetation without symbols and foreshore
Vegetation – not so apparent regular pattern and ‘rocky’ backdrop
New Cartography in Digimap - Geoforum 2016 - Tim Urwin
New Cartography in Digimap - Geoforum 2016 - Tim Urwin
New Cartography in Digimap - Geoforum 2016 - Tim Urwin
New Cartography in Digimap - Geoforum 2016 - Tim Urwin
Greyscale Backdrop • Style had to work across a large scale range • Had to use only OS Open products – Open Map Local, Vector Map District and Strategi • Had to have consistent style across products • Wanted it to provide a ‘backdrop context’ rather than full on mapping • Look nice
Map vs Backdrop
The 3 OS Open Products: Strategi, VMD and OML
Consistent Styling
MasterMap Schema 9 Areas • Agricultural Land • Structures: – Aqueducts, Bridges, Chimneys, Cranes, Cross, Electricity Sub Stations, Fords, Gas Governor, Locks (and gates), Masts, Reservoirs, Sloping Masonry, Tanks, Wells • Natural features: – Static Water, Waterfalls, Marsh, Reeds and Saltmarsh, Springs • Surfaces: – Mud, Shingle, Sand – Landfill, Mineral Workings, Slag and Spoil Heaps
Mastermap Schema 9 Lines • General features – Cattle Grid, Conveyor, Cranes, Line of Posts, Lock Gates, Slipways, Sloping Masonry • Water features – Drains, Collects, Conduits, Fords, Leats, Weirs
MasterMap Schema 9 Points • Structures – Capstans, Chimneys, Cranes, Crosses, Flagstaffs, Fords, Fountains, Gas Governors, Letter Box, Masts, Mooring Posts, Poles, Posts, Public Conveniences, Public Telephones, Signals (Rail), Tanks, Weirs, Wells, Wind Turbines • Landforms/Natural – Caves, Collects, Fords, Issues, Sinks, Springs, Static Water, Waterfalls (vertical)
Why is schema important for cartographic representation • Differentiate between agricultural and natural land. • Some of the intelligence in the data is migrating from text features to attribution (e.g. sand). • Fewer black lines. • Fewer generic black dots.

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New Cartography in Digimap - Geoforum 2016 - Tim Urwin

  • 1. CARTOGRAPHY A tale of green and grey
  • 2. • MasterMap • Greyscale Background Mapping • MasterMap (schema 9)
  • 4. • Original Ordnance Survey published MasterMap style • Only change was to building text colour (red instead of black) • It’s been in Digimap for 10 years (drawn by three different GIS systems)
  • 5. Design Brief • Can you make it more consistent and a ‘better’ map? • Has to make annotations stand out more and not contrast as much. • Would like some synergy with OS VML Raster.
  • 6. What were the problems with the style/implementation? • Colour consistency/choice – Clashing colours – Non-consistent colours • Symbolisation issues – Vegetation symbols/size • Not exposing the richness of the data – Several features grouped together • Text – Limited styling differentiation and size
  • 7. Yellow and blank space (white)
  • 10. Improved text clarity and size consistency
  • 11. Vegetation – Background colour & text size
  • 12. Symbol spacing and background colours
  • 13. Vegetation background (cont) and road/track differentiation
  • 14. Vegetation without symbols and foreshore
  • 15. Vegetation – not so apparent regular pattern and ‘rocky’ backdrop
  • 20. Greyscale Backdrop • Style had to work across a large scale range • Had to use only OS Open products – Open Map Local, Vector Map District and Strategi • Had to have consistent style across products • Wanted it to provide a ‘backdrop context’ rather than full on mapping • Look nice
  • 22. The 3 OS Open Products: Strategi, VMD and OML
  • 24. MasterMap Schema 9 Areas • Agricultural Land • Structures: – Aqueducts, Bridges, Chimneys, Cranes, Cross, Electricity Sub Stations, Fords, Gas Governor, Locks (and gates), Masts, Reservoirs, Sloping Masonry, Tanks, Wells • Natural features: – Static Water, Waterfalls, Marsh, Reeds and Saltmarsh, Springs • Surfaces: – Mud, Shingle, Sand – Landfill, Mineral Workings, Slag and Spoil Heaps
  • 25. Mastermap Schema 9 Lines • General features – Cattle Grid, Conveyor, Cranes, Line of Posts, Lock Gates, Slipways, Sloping Masonry • Water features – Drains, Collects, Conduits, Fords, Leats, Weirs
  • 26. MasterMap Schema 9 Points • Structures – Capstans, Chimneys, Cranes, Crosses, Flagstaffs, Fords, Fountains, Gas Governors, Letter Box, Masts, Mooring Posts, Poles, Posts, Public Conveniences, Public Telephones, Signals (Rail), Tanks, Weirs, Wells, Wind Turbines • Landforms/Natural – Caves, Collects, Fords, Issues, Sinks, Springs, Static Water, Waterfalls (vertical)
  • 27. Why is schema important for cartographic representation • Differentiate between agricultural and natural land. • Some of the intelligence in the data is migrating from text features to attribution (e.g. sand). • Fewer black lines. • Fewer generic black dots.