High resolution vector polylines of the Antarctic coastline
Coastline for Antarctica created from various mapping and remote sensing sources. Covering all land and ice shelves south of 60S. Suitable for topographic mapping and analysis. Data compiled, managed and distributed by the Mapping and Geographic Information Centre and the UK Polar Data Centre, Briti...
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ftdatacite:10.5285/ad7d345a-0650-4f44-b7eb-c48e1999086b 2023-05-15T13:44:33+02:00 High resolution vector polylines of the Antarctic coastline Gerrish, Laura Fretwell, Peter Cooper, Paul 2020 http://www.opengis.net/wms application/geopackage+sqlite3 application/xml https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/ad7d345a-0650-4f44-b7eb-c48e1999086b https://data.bas.ac.uk/items/ad7d345a-0650-4f44-b7eb-c48e1999086b en eng UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode cc-by-4.0 CC-BY "EARTH SCIENCE","LAND SURFACE","TOPOGRAPHY","TERRAIN ELEVATION","CONTOUR MAPS" "EARTH SCIENCE","CRYOSPHERE","GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS","COASTLINE" "EARTH SCIENCE","LAND SURFACE","TOPOGRAPHY" Antarctic Digital Database Antarctica Land cover Land use Topographic mapping dataset Dataset Antarctic Digital Database,Antarctica,Elevation,Topography,contour map 2020 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.5285/ad7d345a-0650-4f44-b7eb-c48e1999086b 2021-11-05T12:55:41Z Coastline for Antarctica created from various mapping and remote sensing sources. Covering all land and ice shelves south of 60S. Suitable for topographic mapping and analysis. Data compiled, managed and distributed by the Mapping and Geographic Information Centre and the UK Polar Data Centre, British Antarctic Survey on behalf of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research. : Dataset compiled from a variety of Antarctic map and satellite image sources. The dataset was created using ArcGIS and QGIS GIS software programmes and has been checked for basic topography and geometry checks, but does not contain strict topology. Quality varies across the dataset and certain areas where high resolution source data were available are suitable for large scale maps whereas other areas are only suitable for smaller scales. Each line has attributes detailing the source which can give the user further indications of its suitability for specific uses. Attributes also give information including 'surface' (e.g. grounding line, ice coastline, ice shelf front) and revision date. Compiled from sources ranging in time from 1990s-2020 - individual lines contain exact source dates. Dataset Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica British Antarctic Survey Ice Shelf Ice Shelves Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Antarctic The Antarctic |
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Coastline for Antarctica created from various mapping and remote sensing sources. Covering all land and ice shelves south of 60S. Suitable for topographic mapping and analysis. Data compiled, managed and distributed by the Mapping and Geographic Information Centre and the UK Polar Data Centre, British Antarctic Survey on behalf of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research. : Dataset compiled from a variety of Antarctic map and satellite image sources. The dataset was created using ArcGIS and QGIS GIS software programmes and has been checked for basic topography and geometry checks, but does not contain strict topology. Quality varies across the dataset and certain areas where high resolution source data were available are suitable for large scale maps whereas other areas are only suitable for smaller scales. Each line has attributes detailing the source which can give the user further indications of its suitability for specific uses. Attributes also give information including 'surface' (e.g. grounding line, ice coastline, ice shelf front) and revision date. Compiled from sources ranging in time from 1990s-2020 - individual lines contain exact source dates. |
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High resolution vector polylines of the Antarctic coastline |
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High resolution vector polylines of the Antarctic coastline |
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High resolution vector polylines of the Antarctic coastline |
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High resolution vector polylines of the Antarctic coastline |
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High resolution vector polylines of the Antarctic coastline |
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high resolution vector polylines of the antarctic coastline |
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UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation |
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2020 |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica British Antarctic Survey Ice Shelf Ice Shelves Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research |
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