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

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The Overlays menu in the sidebar allows you to add geographic references to your map.

British National Grid lines

1. Open the Overlays menu in the sidebar.
2. Check the British National Grid box.
3. Grid lines are displayed in the map window.
4. Adjust the transparency of the grid lines by moving the transparency slider left and right.

British postcodes

1. Open the Overlays menu in the sidebar.
2. Check the Postcodes box. note: only available over Great Britain.
3. Postcodes are displayed in the map window. Postcodes change in detail as you zoom in/out.
4. Adjust the transparency of the postcodes by moving the transparency slider left and right.

World Place Names

1. Open the Overlays menu in the sidebar.
2. Check the World Place Names box. This displays Roman character place names. Note: not available in the 4 most detailed scales.
3. World Place names are displayed in the map window.
4. Adjust the transparency of the names by moving the transparency slider left and right.

Major lines of latitude

1. Open the Overlays menu in the sidebar.
2. Check the Major Lines of Latitude box.
3. The major lines of latitude are displayed.
4. Adjust the transparency of the lines by moving the transparency slider left and right.

Latitude/Longitude Grid

1. Open the Overlays menu in the sidebar.
2. Check the Latitude/Longitude Grid box.
3. The grid lines are displayed.
4. Adjust the transparency of the lines by moving the transparency slider left and right.