How to...
- Key areas of Digimap for Schools
- About the maps
- Navigating in Digimap for Schools
- Search
- Map selector
- View map keys
- Capture geographic coordinates
- Overlay geographic references
- View the compass
- Measure distance and areas
- Add text
- Add markers
- Add lines
- Add photos
- Add shapes
- Add buffers
- Add your own data
- Delete drawings
- Modify drawings
- Save maps
- Print maps
- Map information
- View Geograph images
Overlay geographic references
The Overlays menu in the sidebar allows you to add geographic references to your map.
British National Grid lines
- Open the Overlays menu in the sidebar.
- Check the British National Grid box.
- Grid lines are displayed in the map window.
- Adjust the transparency of the grid lines by moving the transparency slider left and right.
British postcodes
- Open the Overlays menu in the sidebar.
- Check the Postcodes box. note: only available over Great Britain.
- Postcodes are displayed in the map window. Postcodes change in detail as you zoom in/out.
- Adjust the transparency of the postcodes by moving the transparency slider left and right.
World Place Names
- Open the Overlays menu in the sidebar.
- Check the World Place Names box. This displays Roman character place names. Note: not available in the 4 most detailed scales.
- World Place names are displayed in the map window.
- Adjust the transparency of the names by moving the transparency slider left and right.
Major lines of latitude
- Open the Overlays menu in the sidebar.
- Check the Major Lines of Latitude box.
- The major lines of latitude are displayed.
- Adjust the transparency of the lines by moving the transparency slider left and right.
Latitude/Longitude Grid
- Open the Overlays menu in the sidebar.
- Check the Latitude/Longitude Grid box.
- The grid lines are displayed.
- Adjust the transparency of the lines by moving the transparency slider left and right.