Tuesday, 6 September 2016

Digimap for Schools - now with aerial photography...

From the letter received this morning by subscribers....


Digimap for Schools now contains a wonderful new addition that many of you have asked for over and over again – aerial photography!
We are thrilled at the addition of this new data, kindly donated by Getmapping Plc.
The aerial photography shows magnificent detail and clarity - it's cloud free for all of Great Britain, something you won't get anywhere else!  You can now compare and fade Ordnance Survey maps, historical maps and aerial photography with our new enhanced Map Chooser (shown).  It's simple to use and offers maximum flexibility.
We've also added new learning resources to accompany the aerial photography.  Be inspired with ideas such as using aerial photography to introduce learners to travel, transport and trade or discuss marks we humans leave on the landscape that can be seen in aerial imagery.  Both excellent ideas to get you started with aerial photography.
To make you get the most out of this new addition to Digimap for Schools, we've created a short introductory video which explains the difference between Aerial and AerialX, the info tool for discovering exact dates the aerial photography was flown in your area of interest and a map key showing the patchwork of years stitched together to form this seamless dataset.  
And of course there is a revised Help section on How to .... fade between map types.


Here's the video, and more videos and webinars are on the Digimap for Schools YouTube channel.


Saturday, 3 September 2016

Building / repair work on the sea front at Cromer

These display boards were up for the last few years along the front at Cromer…
The work is now nearly complete… a few final things going on the last time I visited during the summer break...
Cromer Work by GeoBlogs on Scribd

Mapping our Shores

We will also be able to make use of this resource as a SECONDARY data source.
It is a mapping project by the National Trust.

It explores how the land is used around the coast, and 


See the Geographical magazine article for the full details..

A Secondary data source is one which has not been collected by you personally.

What's happening here? Part 2

6th December 2013 - another storm surge...



And ongoing repairs in 2014…

Image: Alan Parkinson

What's happening here?

Storm Surge
9th November 2007



How could the impacts of an event like this be reduced?

Student Booklet

This booklet is being given to you at the start of the new term to help you formulate your plans, and guide you through the next few months.