Whitney Point Adelie Penguin Colonies, Vector GIS Layer
An ArcGIS shapefile layer showing the extent of all extant and relic Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) colonies at Whitney Point, Windmill Islands, February 2006. The field 'Status' describes each polygon as extant, relic or maximum. Extant refers to the area used by breeding birds in th...
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ftands:oai:ands.org.au::1434751 2023-09-05T13:11:13+02:00 Whitney Point Adelie Penguin Colonies, Vector GIS Layer Australian Antarctic Division (isOwnedBy) Spatial: 110.5261,-66.2531 110.5428,-66.2531 110.5428,-66.2481 110.5261,-66.2481 110.5261,-66.2531 https://researchdata.edu.au/whitney-point-adelie-gis-layer/1434751 http://data.gov.au/dataset/6b340465-d719-4a91-a1a3-1834dcaa7ab1 unknown data.gov.au https://researchdata.edu.au/whitney-point-adelie-gis-layer/1434751 http://data.gov.au/dataset/6b340465-d719-4a91-a1a3-1834dcaa7ab1 aad-asac-1219-aat-wp-adpe-colonies Australian Antarctic Division AMD AMD-AU Adelie Penguin CEOS CONTINENT - ANTARCTICA EARTH SCIENCE - BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION - ANIMALS-VERTEBRATES - BIRDS - PENGUINS FIELD SURVEYS GEOGRAPHIC REGION - POLAR GIS GPS - Global Positioning System GPS - Global Positioning System Satellites GPS RECEIVERS Pygoscelis adeliae Whitney Point Windmill Islands colonies map dataset ftands 2023-08-14T22:32:41Z An ArcGIS shapefile layer showing the extent of all extant and relic Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) colonies at Whitney Point, Windmill Islands, February 2006. The field 'Status' describes each polygon as extant, relic or maximum. Extant refers to the area used by breeding birds in the summer 2005/06. Maximum refers to the historic maximal extent of the colony. Relic refers to any colony which was not occupied by any breeding pairs during 2005/06.\n\nPositional accuracy is approx. 1-2 m, after accounting for dGPS errors and errors in identification of the boundaries of colonies. Mapping was conducted after the end of the breeding season, so boundaries were identified as the extent of nest pebbles/fresh faeces, and it was considered that they could be reliably identified to within 0.5m.\n\nData were acquired using a Trimble Pro XH differential GPS. This work was completed as part of ASAC project 1219 (ASAC_1219).\n\nAlso for this project, three aerial photographs of Whitney point showing the adelie penguin colonies and taken on 17 December 1990 were georeferenced.\n\nThese aerial photographs are film ANTC1219 run 54 frames 21 to 23.\n\nWork on this project also utilised a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) created for Shirley Island. See the metadata record, 'A digital elevation model (DEM) and orthophoto of the Whitney Point area of the Windmill Islands, Antarctica' for more information (linked below).\n\nSince the 2005/06 summer was a low-ice year the opportunity was also taken to survey with differential GPS a section of coastline about 230 metres long east of Whitney Point on Clark Peninsula. This section of coastline was ice free and accessible. The data was collected with differential GPS on 10 February 2006. Point of truth URL of this metadata record - Point of truth URL of this metadata record Download Point for a section of coastline about 230 metres long east of Whitney Point - Download Point for a section of coastline about 230 metres long east of Whitney Point Metadata record for, "A digital ... Dataset Adelie penguin Antarc* Antarctica Pygoscelis adeliae Shirley Island Windmill Islands Research Data Australia (Australian National Data Service - ANDS) Clark Peninsula ENVELOPE(110.563,110.563,-66.254,-66.254) Shirley Island ENVELOPE(110.488,110.488,-66.282,-66.282) Whitney Point ENVELOPE(110.517,110.517,-66.250,-66.250) Windmill Islands ENVELOPE(110.417,110.417,-66.350,-66.350) |
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AMD AMD-AU Adelie Penguin CEOS CONTINENT - ANTARCTICA EARTH SCIENCE - BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION - ANIMALS-VERTEBRATES - BIRDS - PENGUINS FIELD SURVEYS GEOGRAPHIC REGION - POLAR GIS GPS - Global Positioning System GPS - Global Positioning System Satellites GPS RECEIVERS Pygoscelis adeliae Whitney Point Windmill Islands colonies map |
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AMD AMD-AU Adelie Penguin CEOS CONTINENT - ANTARCTICA EARTH SCIENCE - BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION - ANIMALS-VERTEBRATES - BIRDS - PENGUINS FIELD SURVEYS GEOGRAPHIC REGION - POLAR GIS GPS - Global Positioning System GPS - Global Positioning System Satellites GPS RECEIVERS Pygoscelis adeliae Whitney Point Windmill Islands colonies map Whitney Point Adelie Penguin Colonies, Vector GIS Layer |
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AMD AMD-AU Adelie Penguin CEOS CONTINENT - ANTARCTICA EARTH SCIENCE - BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION - ANIMALS-VERTEBRATES - BIRDS - PENGUINS FIELD SURVEYS GEOGRAPHIC REGION - POLAR GIS GPS - Global Positioning System GPS - Global Positioning System Satellites GPS RECEIVERS Pygoscelis adeliae Whitney Point Windmill Islands colonies map |
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An ArcGIS shapefile layer showing the extent of all extant and relic Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) colonies at Whitney Point, Windmill Islands, February 2006. The field 'Status' describes each polygon as extant, relic or maximum. Extant refers to the area used by breeding birds in the summer 2005/06. Maximum refers to the historic maximal extent of the colony. Relic refers to any colony which was not occupied by any breeding pairs during 2005/06.\n\nPositional accuracy is approx. 1-2 m, after accounting for dGPS errors and errors in identification of the boundaries of colonies. Mapping was conducted after the end of the breeding season, so boundaries were identified as the extent of nest pebbles/fresh faeces, and it was considered that they could be reliably identified to within 0.5m.\n\nData were acquired using a Trimble Pro XH differential GPS. This work was completed as part of ASAC project 1219 (ASAC_1219).\n\nAlso for this project, three aerial photographs of Whitney point showing the adelie penguin colonies and taken on 17 December 1990 were georeferenced.\n\nThese aerial photographs are film ANTC1219 run 54 frames 21 to 23.\n\nWork on this project also utilised a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) created for Shirley Island. See the metadata record, 'A digital elevation model (DEM) and orthophoto of the Whitney Point area of the Windmill Islands, Antarctica' for more information (linked below).\n\nSince the 2005/06 summer was a low-ice year the opportunity was also taken to survey with differential GPS a section of coastline about 230 metres long east of Whitney Point on Clark Peninsula. This section of coastline was ice free and accessible. The data was collected with differential GPS on 10 February 2006. Point of truth URL of this metadata record - Point of truth URL of this metadata record Download Point for a section of coastline about 230 metres long east of Whitney Point - Download Point for a section of coastline about 230 metres long east of Whitney Point Metadata record for, "A digital ... |
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Whitney Point Adelie Penguin Colonies, Vector GIS Layer |
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Whitney Point Adelie Penguin Colonies, Vector GIS Layer |
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Whitney Point Adelie Penguin Colonies, Vector GIS Layer |
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Whitney Point Adelie Penguin Colonies, Vector GIS Layer |
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Whitney Point Adelie Penguin Colonies, Vector GIS Layer |
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whitney point adelie penguin colonies, vector gis layer |
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data.gov.au |
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https://researchdata.edu.au/whitney-point-adelie-gis-layer/1434751 http://data.gov.au/dataset/6b340465-d719-4a91-a1a3-1834dcaa7ab1 |
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Spatial: 110.5261,-66.2531 110.5428,-66.2531 110.5428,-66.2481 110.5261,-66.2481 110.5261,-66.2531 |
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ENVELOPE(110.563,110.563,-66.254,-66.254) ENVELOPE(110.488,110.488,-66.282,-66.282) ENVELOPE(110.517,110.517,-66.250,-66.250) ENVELOPE(110.417,110.417,-66.350,-66.350) |
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Clark Peninsula Shirley Island Whitney Point Windmill Islands |
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Clark Peninsula Shirley Island Whitney Point Windmill Islands |
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Adelie penguin Antarc* Antarctica Pygoscelis adeliae Shirley Island Windmill Islands |
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Adelie penguin Antarc* Antarctica Pygoscelis adeliae Shirley Island Windmill Islands |
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Australian Antarctic Division |
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https://researchdata.edu.au/whitney-point-adelie-gis-layer/1434751 http://data.gov.au/dataset/6b340465-d719-4a91-a1a3-1834dcaa7ab1 aad-asac-1219-aat-wp-adpe-colonies |
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