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ecaAlison Murison
School of ArchitectureEdinburgh College of Art
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ecaMain uses
• Base maps• Contours for physical model
making• Location maps (rarely)
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• Small areas– from Standard Digimap
• Larger areas– from Carto
Base Maps
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ecaStandard Digimap
• Pro– Student can get
their own maps– They can print
them out easily– Paste them
together• Con– Too small an area– No Contours
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• The area is selected visually
Maps from Carto
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• The data is selected– Panorama for
Contours– Landline for
Buildings, Roads, Footpaths
Maps from Carto
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eca Creating the Plotfile
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eca2nd Year Project
• Course Objectives– To use digital
maps– To insert .jpg files
into AutoCAD• maps and images
– Build a 3D model to use with their own design
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ecaDigital Maps
• 6 City Squares including– Festival Square– Parliament Square (Old)– Hunter Square– Canongate Kirk
• Pre-loaded from Carto • .EPS converted to .jpg
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ecaDigitised outlines, raised into 3D
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ecaShaded image
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ecaMusselburgh Lagoons
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ecaPhysical models
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eca Model (in cork)
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eca Digimap has changed attitudes to maps
• Staff are more than delighted with the accuracy of Landline
• Students are learning another transferable skill
• Printed maps are being used even more than before, for historic comparisons
