The SCAR Antarctic digital topographic database
The Antarctic digital topographic database is the outcome of a truly international collaborative project between 11 nations. Data capture was co-ordinated in the UK, under the auspices of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), during a two-year period. Over 200 maps, at scales rangin...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s095410209300032x 2024-05-19T07:30:15+00:00 The SCAR Antarctic digital topographic database Thomson, J. W. Cooper, A. P. R. 1993 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s095410209300032x https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S095410209300032X en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Antarctic Science volume 5, issue 3, page 239-244 ISSN 0954-1020 1365-2079 journal-article 1993 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s095410209300032x 2024-05-02T06:51:05Z The Antarctic digital topographic database is the outcome of a truly international collaborative project between 11 nations. Data capture was co-ordinated in the UK, under the auspices of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), during a two-year period. Over 200 maps, at scales ranging from 1:200 000 to 1:5 000 000, were digitized for the project and reference was made to a similar number of satellite images (mostly Landsat photographic products). Editing and harmonization of the data derived from the different sources has produced a seamless map of Antarctica which has the most up-to-date coastline now available. The topographic database created, to be published on one CD-ROM, will form the foundation for future GIS needs in Antarctic research. Products already derived from the database include digital elevation models and customized maps; the latter can be reproduced by research groups to meet their own mapping needs. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Science Antarctica SCAR Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Cambridge University Press Antarctic Science 5 3 239 244 |
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The Antarctic digital topographic database is the outcome of a truly international collaborative project between 11 nations. Data capture was co-ordinated in the UK, under the auspices of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), during a two-year period. Over 200 maps, at scales ranging from 1:200 000 to 1:5 000 000, were digitized for the project and reference was made to a similar number of satellite images (mostly Landsat photographic products). Editing and harmonization of the data derived from the different sources has produced a seamless map of Antarctica which has the most up-to-date coastline now available. The topographic database created, to be published on one CD-ROM, will form the foundation for future GIS needs in Antarctic research. Products already derived from the database include digital elevation models and customized maps; the latter can be reproduced by research groups to meet their own mapping needs. |
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