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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