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This software table has been produced by Ordnance Survey as an aid to our customers and prospective users of digital mapping. It has been produced from information provided by individual system suppliers, and the accuracy of the information has not been verified.

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AEGIS 3

AEGIS 3 is an educational GIS (geographical information system) that is organised as an interactive worksheet with maps, data tables, text and pictures with notes. There are a number of sample worksheets included in the AEGIS 3 package:

• Fieldwork examples: local, urban and rural fieldwork from Year 7 to GCSE.
• EU data and worksheets on Italy, France and UK.
• World development data and worksheets.
• India census 2000. 
•  Environment and landscape exercise with pictures and notes on the Studland peninsula.
  

As well as Ordnance Survey large-scale digital map data, AEGIS 3 accepts aerial photographs, ESRI Shapefiles.  You can add fieldwork data, digital photos and GPS data to Ordnance Survey digital maps and other maps.  An additional module enables Goad Digital Town Plans and highly compressed ECW images to be imported.

Additional modules for AEGIS 3: OSMasterMap Module; Goad and ECW Module; AEGIS Recorder Module. The cost of each additional AEGIS module is from £50.

To help you get to grips with AEGIS 3, try the Tutorial Disk, or visit the Advisory Unit’s web site for training course dates.
AEGIS 3 is principally aimed at secondary schools, but watch out for some primary worksheets in the future!

The Advisory Unit: Computers in Education
The Innovation Centre
HATFIELD
AL10 9AB
Phone: 01707 281102 

Email: sales@advisory-unit.org.uk Website: www.advisory-unit.org.uk

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Local Studies

Local Studies introduces students to computer mapping and geographical information systems (GIS) at Key Stage 2 and even for top infants.

• Draw their own local maps and use Ordnance Survey digital map data.
• Drag-and-drop key symbols.
• Attach information and pictures to any part of a map.
• Click and drag the pre-drawn pictogram or symbolic keys to build up a map of the local area.
• Enhance project work by associating hotspots with text and pictures.

To include Ordnance Survey digital map data, see Local Studies Map Importer.

Suitable for Primary and Secondary schools.

Soft Teach Educational
Sturgess Farmhouse
Longbridge Deverill
WARMINSTER
BA12 7EA
Phone: 01985 840329

Email: Info@soft-teach.co.uk Website: www.soft-teach.co.uk

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Local Studies Map Importer

This program converts Ordnance Survey digital map data into a form suitable for the main Local Studies program.

• Load the raw data from Ordnance Survey into your computer.
• Translate the data so that the computer can draw maps.
• Join abutting map areas to produce continuous edges-free maps.
• Display the maps.
• Scroll around the area
• Change scale
• Zoom in and out
• Select up to six layers of features
• Suitable for primary and secondary schools

Suitable for primary and secondary schools.

Soft Teach Educational
Sturgess Farmhouse
Longbridge Deverill
WARMINSTER
BA12 7EA
Phone: (01985) 840329

Email: Info@soft-teach.co.uk Website: www.soft-teach.co.uk

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Map Skills Plus

Map Skills Plus tests key map skills and also introduces key human geography curriculum topics such as urban change, form and core-to-edge structure.

Its easy-to-use geographical information system (GIS) enables schools to:

• access their own Ordnance Survey Land-Line® and 1:10 000 Scale Raster map data;
• create projects combining map data with area and photo databases;
• make use of standard file formats and tools;
• add line data and text to maps.
  

Also included is the following:

• Ordnance Survey raster map data; and
• photo databases on key topics.

Suitable for primary and secondary schools.

Pebbleshore
Lewes Enterprise Centre
112 Malling Street
LEWES
BN7 2RJ
Phone: 01273 477716

Email: pebbleshore@btinternet.com Website: www.pebbleshore.co.uk

EduMap®

EduMap has been designed and built specifically for educational and teaching purposes.  It contains content and materials relevant to Key Stages 1, 2, 3 and 4. 

It provides real GIS capability, based on industry standard GIS software from MapInfo Inc.  EduMap is hosted online.  Therefore there is no requirement to install, maintain or upgrade software locally.  Content and functionality is organised into five primary areas:

• Central Business District Mapping Suite:  Real online GIS capability to support classroom and fieldwork exercises focused on land use classification and analysis.
• Local Maps Suite:  Search the Ordnance Survey 1:50 000 Layers by place name to display your chosen study location. Created thematic layers showing demographic information or other relevant indices and annotate on the map and save this data.
• World Maps Suite: Highly detailed physical and political World Maps. This area includes a global gazetteer of over 650 000 place names.
• Satellite Imagery and Animation Suite:  A continually expanding library of satellite imagery and animation sequences.
• Teacher Resources Pages:  This section includes a broad library of schemes of work, lesson plans and pupil worksheets created to be used alongside the content of EduMap.

Mapalytics Ltd

Woodside Cottage,
Mansel Gamage
Hereford
HR4 7LE
Phone: 08706 266 277
Email: info@mapalytics.com Website: www.mapalytics.com

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