Educational Software


This software listed below has been produced  by individual system suppliers, and the accuracy of the information has not been verified.

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.

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
126 Great North Road
HATFIELD
AL9 5JZ
Phone: 01707 266714 

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

Map Maker Safe Routes

Map Maker Safe Routes software is for use with safe routes to school and in the creation of travel plans.

• It can be used to improve knowledge of the neighbourhood and increase awareness of traffic issues.
• The route from home to school can be identified on base maps such as Ordnance survey Land-Line^® digital map data.
• Area of concern along the route can be identified e.g. dangerous crossing.
• Users can identify remedial action to make journeys safer e.g. traffic calming.
• Can use maps created in Map maker Pro-Student

Suitable for primary and secondary schools.

MapIT Ltd
108 Eagle Way
Hampton Vale
PETERBOROUGH
PE7 8EA
Phone: 01733 241698

Email: info@mapit-uk.co.uk Website: www.mapit-uk.co.uk

Local Studies

Local Studies introduces students to computer mapping and geographical information systems (GIS).

• 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

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

Map Skills Plus 2004-5

Map Skills Plus 2004-5 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 Land-Line map data of Hope in the Peak District National Park;
Ordnance Survey raster map data of the City of London and St Albans; and
photo databases on key topics.

Suitable for primary and secondary schools.

Pebbleshore
Lewes Enterprise Centre
112 Malling Street
LEWES
BN7 2RJ
Phone: 01273 483890

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

Scamp-4 with Scamp-5

Together provide Mapshore, Pebbleshore’s GIS, along with;

• detailed 2001 census data on a wide range of key topics; and
• census output area (the most detailed level at which census data is released = 150 homes) and council ward boundary maps.
• 2004 Indices of Multiple Deprivation (for England) with appropriate mapping
• A full introduction to using the software
• Prepared studies on Heirarchy of Settlements, Urban Structure and Deprivation and Expanding Towns
• The data can be quickly and easily mapped and the Ordnance Survey 1:250 000 scale raster map tile(s) also provide help to locate the areas being studied.

The data is provided for your area or the area of your choice – examples Kent or Devon.
Crime statistics and 1991–2001 comparison census data, all at district level, are also provided for use with mapping software.
The Mapshore GIS provided can also be used for a wide range of other purposes, such as making use of Ordnance Survey Land-Line^® tiles.

For copyright reasons, to use Scamp – 4/5, whether acquired directly from Pebbleshore or through one of Pebbleshore’s distributors, you need to be deemed to have entered into a contract to appoint Pebbleshore as a supplier of census data services to your school or college. This in itself creates no further obligation, nor does it seek to interfere with any other arrangements you may be party to. The relevant Ordnance Survey documentation is included with the material. The usual rules relating to Ordnance Survey copyright material apply. If more information on this is required, please email Pebbleshore.

Principally aimed at KS3 and 4 and above.

Pebbleshore
Lewes Enterprise Centre
112 Malling Street
LEWES
BN7 2RJ
Phone: 01273 483890

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

“Vista” – Our School Aerial Photography

Vista is brand new software from Wildgoose, an update of the “Aerial” software containing colour vertical aerial photography, site-centred on your school together with Land-Line data. The viewer allows the user to navigate around the image in any direction as well as zoom in or out to view the area at different scales.

Students can draw over the top of the photography, creating their own maps by adding symbols, lines, polygons, text and labels. This can be printed out with the photographic data or as a separate layer.

Scale bars, north arrows, and title information are shown.

Students can set up their own projects about the school and the local area to incorporate text, photographs, video and sound into user-generated hotspots.
Ordnance Survey Land-Line data can be overlaid on the photography.

4-6 or 8-figure co-ordinate references are displayed on screen together with Latitude and Longitude.

The software has many levels of functionality which makes it equally

Suitable for primary and secondary schools.

Wildgoose, Bluesky International Ltd
The Old Toy Factory
10 The Business Park
Jackson Street
COALVILLE
LE67 3NR
Phone: 01530 518568

Email: lynette@wgoose.co.uk     Website: www.wgoose.co.uk

Map Explorer 2

Map Explorer 2 is a mainstream and royalty-free geographic information system (GIS) that provides easy view and display access to digital map data and other spatial information. It has been developed by ESRI (UK) to enable schools to distribute and get value from geographic data assets at no cost for software.

• Direct reading of the large scale Ordnance Survey Land-Line digital map data when supplied in very common AIB format used by many local authorities.

• A free converter to translate Ordnance Survey Land-Line digital map data when supplied in National Transfer Format (NTF).

• Direct reading of scanned (raster) and vector maps in compatible formats.

• A selection of Standard map navigation and feature selection tools exactly the same as those found in industry standard software to familiarise students with mainstream interfaces and applications found in the business world.

• Map identification and zoom to location tools help students become familiar with Ordnance Survey grid and map sheet naming conventions.

Suitable for Primary and Secondary Schools.

ESRI (UK)
Perbendal House
Parsons Fee
AYLESBURY
HP20 2QA
Phone 01296 745500

Email: info@esriuk.com Website: www.esriuk.com

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