This help page explains how to use the previous version of Aerial Roam to view and print maps of aerial imagery data.
Aerial Roam (previous version) can be accessed from the Aerial Digimap page.
Select the Previous version, Aerial Roam button.
Map window - Where the maps are displayed.
View Name - Each scale of map has a View Name
Overview Map - Click to view a smaller scale map of the current map view.
Map Information - To view details about the current map view.
Open - Open save maps and annotations
Save - Store maps and annotations to retrieve at a later date.
Print - Click to go to print options. Click to produce printable PDF, PNG, JPEG files of your map.
Map Tools - Annotation Tools and Measurement Tools.
Overlays -Click to access a menu giving options for overlays.
Tile Information - Click on the map to view tile name and image capture date.
Zoom to area -Use to click and drag on the map to zoom to a specific area.
Zoom to full extent - Click to zoom out to GB view.
Previous/next map - Click to go back to previous views.
Search - Click to search for places, postcodes, grid references and coordinates.
Help - Click to view the Help Pages.
Navigation controls - Click to navigate the map.
Zoom slider - Use to zoom in/out.
You can navigate in Roam by panning (moving the map in any direction) and by zooming in and out of the map.
To pan you can either:
To zoom in/out of the map, you can:
to
zoom in and click the 
to
zoom out.
to
zoom in or out.You
can search for a location in Roam using a place name, postcode, grid reference,
easting/northing or latitude/longitude. Click 
on
the main menu bar to expand the search box.
Coordinate / Grid Ref. Search
To search using the Coordinate / Grid Ref. Search options:
.
The map will automatically navigate to that location.
Roam has a number of different pre-defined map scales, called views. The views consist of aerail imagery data and background Ordnance Survey map products which are appropriate for each view's scale. Once you have found your location of interest, you can zoom in and out to find the appropriate view for your map.
The annotation tools in Digimap Roam allow you to draw symbols, lines, polygons and text on your maps. You can add labels to these features and have the ability to select colours and styles for them too.
There is a short video showing you how to use the annotation tools:
Below is a summary of main Annotation Tools and how to use them. Detailed help on all the tools and functions available can be found in the How to use the Annotation Tools help page.
Click on the Annotation Tools option
under the 
menu
above the map to open the Annotations Toolbar.
Add features using the Draw & Create set of tools on the toolbar. Select from the point, text, line or area tools, and click on the map to start drawing.
Text colour and font size can be set using the Text Settings options.
Area style settings can be set using the Fill and Stroke settings, to select the colour and opacity of the fill and the colour, style and width of the outline.
Line style settings can be set using the Stroke settings.
Use the modify tools to add labels, reposition, resize and reshape features drawn.
To edit the colour and styling of text, line or areas drawn, click on the Select tool (or the drag to select tool) and then click on the feature you want to edit to select it, it will be highlighted. Next, change the colour and style settings you want to change. Then deselect the feature(s) by clicking away from the feature in an area where you have no annotations.
To save a set of annotations you have drawn, use the Save My Maps.... tool on the main menu bar Give your map set a name and click save and the map along with any annotations wil be saved.
To open a saved set of annotations, click on the Open My Maps... tool on the main menu bar and select the map together with annotations you want to view.
You can import a dataset you have and want to add as features to the map using the Open --> Annotations from file... function on the main menu bar. Select the Open annotations from file tool, choose a file to import and click upload.
Supported formats are:
To export a set of annotations you have created to a file suitable for use in a GIS, click the Save --> Annotations to file.. tool on the main manu bar, choose a file format, give your file a name and click export.
For more detail help on the Annotation Tools, please see the How to use the Annotation Tools help page.
Roam allows you to create printable maps in A4 to A3 size and in portrait or landscape layout in a variety of formats and at user defined scales.
To create a printable map:
on the main menu bar.
Use
the 
tab
(shown above) to view a small area of the map content that you will get;
use the 
tab
(shown below) to show the extents of the area your map will cover based
on the paper size and scale of the map. Drag the map in either preview
window to change the location of your map.
The Map Information tab displays spatial reference information about the current map view. The information will update as you pan and zoom the map.
You can save your existing map, and any annotations on it using Save > Save map.
Note: any annotations you have on the map will be saved with the map.
If there is a 
in
the Annotations column this indicates that there are annotations present
in the saved map.
If you already have annotations present
on your map and you try and open another map that also has annotations
on it, you will be asked to either delete your existing annotations or
to merge existing annotations with ones on the selected map.
Note: You should save your existing annotations before opening another map using Save > Save map.
The measurement tools enable you to measure distances and areas on your map.
Note: measurements less than 1km in length or 1km2 in area are given in metres and metres squared.
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