Citing Digimap Collections

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Citation requirements

Citing a Roam map

Example citation

Fields to include

Where's the Map Information area?

Citing map data from Digimap

Download citation file

Example citation

Citing Web Map Service

Example citation

 

 

Citation requirements

Remember that the information provided here is only a guide. You must check what citation style you are required to follow, e.g. Harvard System, and ensure your citation meets those requirements.

The main focus of your citation should be to ensure that the user of the citation can access the same data that was originally used where possible, or will have an understanding of what data was used and how to access it.

 

Citing a Roam map

Example citation

A Digimap user, Claire Smith, prints a large-scale map of Durham Cathedral from Ordnance Survey Roam. Claire enters a title on the map print, "Durham Cathedral".

She plans to include the print in an essay and needs to provide a citation.

 

We recommend the following form:

Smith, Claire, “Durham Cathedral”, PDF map, Scale 1:2500, OS MasterMap, May 2019, Ordnance Survey, using Digimap Ordnance Survey Collection, https://digimap.edina.ac.uk/, created 26 June 2019.

 

Fields to include

We recommend incorporating the fields in the table below. We detail where in Roam, or on your map print, you can find the information.

 

Field Example
 		 Where to find the information
Author

Claire Smith

 your name
Map title Durham Cathedral any title you have given to your map
Map format e.g. PDF map, PNG map check the file format on your device
Scale 1:1250 provided on your map print, or in the Map Information area, field Scale
Map data product(s) name* OS MasterMap® Map Information area, field 'Map Product'
Map data product(s) date* May 2019 Map Information area, field 'Map Date'
Map data producer* Ordnance Survey If you're not sure who provides the data for a Digimap Collection, check the About and Data areas on the Digimap Collections page.
Service used Digimap Ordnance Survey Collection  
URL of service https://digimap.edina.ac.uk  
Date created, downloaded or accessed 26 June 2019 Date and time of map provided on map print

 

*You will need to repeat the map product information if your map uses more than one mapping data product.

 

Where's the Map Information area?

In the sidebar in Roam. Select the information icon to open it.

Image of the Map Information area in Roam

 

Citing map data from Digimap

A user, Joe Bloggs, downloads two different types of map data from Geology Digimap. He combines the data with data he collected in the field to create a map, using ArcGIS online.

He needs to cite each map product he used. He can find the required information with his download file.

 

Download citation file

•        A text file is provided within your data download file from Digimap.

•        It will be called citations_orders_******.txt.

•        We've circled an example in the image below.

download files with citation file circled

Example citation

A citation is provided for each mapping product you have downloaded. Heres an example of one for the 1:50000 scale onshore geology data:

 

DiGMapGB-50 [SHAPE geospatial data], Scale 1:50000, Tiles: ew328,ew329,ew341_342_343, Updated: 30 November 2016, BGS, Using: EDINA Geology Digimap Service, <https://digimap.edina.ac.uk>, Downloaded: 2019-09-25 13:18:02.607

 

The citation includes:

•        Mapping product name (and format)

•        Scale

•        Tiles ordered - if this is a very long list, you can remove them and just provide an area

•        Update date for data

•        Provider

•        Source

•        Date downloaded

 

 

Citing Web Map Service

Each Digimap Collection offers a service where users can access map images from Digimap by adding our Web Map Service to their own software.

 

Example citation

OS VectorMap™ District [WMS web map service], North Yorkshire, updated November 2017, Ordnance Survey, using: Digimap Ordnance Survey Web Map Service, <https://digimap.edina.ac.uk/, accessed 11 June 2019.

 

We recommend including:

•        Map data product name [web map service],

•        Coverage: name the geographic area or provide geographic coordinates

•        Update date of data - the update version for the whole dataset is sufficient, rather than the update date of individual tiles

•        Producer e.g. Ordnance Survey, British Geological Survey etc.

•        Using: EDINA Digimap Ordnance Survey Service, <http://edina.ac.uk/digimap>,

•        Date accessed