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This text describes the data presented in the paper: 
Anchoring digital maps as rough guides: a practice-orientated digital sociology of map use

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Introductory information
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Files included in the data deposit (include a short description of what data are contained): 
1) 1 x Survey dataset 
2) 1 x Survey questionnaire
3) 1 x Survey respondent consent statement
4) 33 x Interview Transcripts 
5) 1 x Interview Topic Guide
6) 1 x Interview Consent Form
7 1 x Interview Classification sheet
8) 1 x Qualitative coding scheme 
Explain the relationship between multiple data sets, if required:
The data relates to the research conducted by Dr. Matthew Hanchard between XX and XX as part of his mixed-methods doctoral award – completed part-time. The research began at the University of Sheffield before being transferred to Newcastle University in October 2016. The research employed three methods of data collection – a survey, interviews and focus groups. The survey was analysed in SPSS and R and the interviews and focus groups were both analysed in QSR NVivo Pro 11. The data collectively form the basis for all analyses carried out for the doctoral thesis.   
Key words used to describe the data:
Mixed-methods; digital maps; web maps; practice theory





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Methodological information
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The data relates to the research conducted by Dr. Matthew Hanchard as part of his mixed-methods doctoral thesis – completed part-time between 2011 and 2019. The research began at the University of Sheffield before being transferred to Newcastle University in October 2016. The research employed three methods of data collection – a survey, interviews and focus groups. The survey was analysed in SPSS and R and the interviews and focus groups were analysed in QSR NVivo Pro 11.  
The survey data was collected online using SurveyMonkey between May and July 2013. This dataset comprises the survey questionnaire (in .DOCX format), the anonymised survey responses (in .CSV format), and the consent statement that survey respondents agreed to prior to completing the questionnaire. All survey data were analyses using SPSS and R. 
The interviews were conducted between October 2013 and June 2015 with 35 participants. Some interviews involved more than participant at the same time, as such the 35 participants are spread over 32 transcripts.    
The interview and focus group data were gathered, according to the Interview Consent form, using a video recorder before being manually transcribed in Microsoft Word. Where participants refused to be video-recorded and audio-recording was used, with the recording manually transcribed in Microsoft Word. In two interviews participants refused to be recorded at all – in these cases just notes were taken by hand and typed up int Microsoft Word. For focus groups no option was given for participants not to be recorded. One interview participant sent a follow-up e-mail, which has been anonymised and saved in Microsoft Word. All items processed in Microsoft Word have been deposited as /docx files. 
The transcripts and notes from interviews and focus groups were analysed in QSR NVivo Pro 11. These have been exported from NVivo as marked-up .docx files (with embedded XML headings). Each interview transcript relates to an entry in the interview classification sheet. The focus group participants were a subset of the interview participants and so can also be traced to the same interview classification sheet. The classification sheet was created in Microsoft Excel and sets out the pseudonym given to each interview/focus group participant and their core socio-demographic information (age, gender).  
Instruments, hardware and software used: 
* Video-recorder
* Audio-recorder
* QSR NVivo Pro 11
* Microsoft Excel
* Microsoft Word
* SPSS
* R
Date(s) of data collection: 
* Survey - May and July 2013
* Interviews – October 2013 and June 2015
* Focus groups – August 2015
Geographic coverage of data:
* Derby, UK
* Sheffield, UK
* Derbyshire, UK
* South Yorkshire, UK
Data validation (how was the data checked, proofed and cleaned):
All data were manually checked and cleaned.

Overview of secondary data, if used:
None
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Data-specific information
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Definitions of names, labels, acronyms or specialist terminology uses for variables, records and their values: 
All data items are appropriately labelled for re-use. The deposited survey data file uses the questions from the survey questionnaire as column headings. All transcript file names included a participant number. This number corresponds with a pseudonym in the classification sheet.   
Explanation of weighting and grossing variables: 
Not applicable

Outline any missing data:
File corruption led to the loss of the Transcript for Focus Group 2
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Contact
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Please contact rdm@ncl.ac.uk for further information
Please contact matthewhanchard@googlemail.com for further information about the dataset