Medium resolution vector polygons of the Antarctic coastline - VERSION 7.7 ...
Coastline for Antarctica created from various mapping and remote sensing sources, provided as polygons with 'land', 'ice shelf', 'ice tongue' or 'rumple' attribute. Covering all land and ice shelves south of 60S. Suitable for topographic mapping and analysis....
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ftdatacite:10.5285/cc111b81-5066-42dd-be60-9f05abcb5873 2023-06-11T04:07:01+02:00 Medium resolution vector polygons of the Antarctic coastline - VERSION 7.7 ... Gerrish, Laura Ireland, Louise Fretwell, Peter Cooper, Paul 2023 http://www.opengis.net/wms application/geopackage+sqlite3 application/xml https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/cc111b81-5066-42dd-be60-9f05abcb5873 https://data.bas.ac.uk/items/cc111b81-5066-42dd-be60-9f05abcb5873 en eng NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/0be5339c-9d35-44c9-a10f-da4b5356840b https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/70ac5759-34ee-4f39-9069-2116db592340 https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/480d9361-4254-4250-9c3f-3342fbdabe5e https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/80700299-3691-43ec-809e-a22ddb63c66e https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/6fbd2490-44de-4a81-81c3-a1ef0c941fe3 https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/b5eaca58-2fce-4a68-bea5-fbafd7c90fa2 Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode cc-by-4.0 "EARTH SCIENCE","LAND SURFACE","TOPOGRAPHY","TERRAIN ELEVATION","CONTOUR MAPS" "EARTH SCIENCE","LAND SURFACE","TOPOGRAPHY" Antarctic Digital Database Antarctica Coastline Land cover Land use Topographic mapping Dataset dataset 2023 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.5285/cc111b81-5066-42dd-be60-9f05abcb587310.5285/0be5339c-9d35-44c9-a10f-da4b5356840b10.5285/70ac5759-34ee-4f39-9069-2116db59234010.5285/480d9361-4254-4250-9c3f-3342fbdabe5e10.5285/80700299-3691-43ec-809e-a22ddb63c66e10.5285/6fbd2490-44 2023-06-01T11:38:19Z Coastline for Antarctica created from various mapping and remote sensing sources, provided as polygons with 'land', 'ice shelf', 'ice tongue' or 'rumple' attribute. Covering all land and ice shelves south of 60S. Suitable for topographic mapping and analysis. This dataset has been generalised from the high resolution vector polygons. Medium resolution versions of ADD data are suitable for scales smaller than 1:1,000,000, although certain regions will appear more detailed than others due to variable data availability and coastline characteristics. Changes in v7.7 include updates Brunt Ice Shelf, ice fronts on the east side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Pine Island and Thwaites Glaciers and the ice fronts and coastline around Charcot Island. Data quality checks were also performed to ensure existing features were categorised correctly around Getz Ice Shelf. Data compiled, managed and distributed by the Mapping and Geographic Information Centre and the UK Polar Data Centre, British Antarctic Survey on behalf of ... : 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 polygon contains a 'surface' attribute with either 'land', 'ice shelf', 'ice tongue' or 'rumple'. Details of when and how each line was created can be found in the attributes of the high or medium resolution polyline coastline dataset. Data sources range in time from 1990s-2023 - individual lines contain exact source dates. This medium resolution version has been generalised from the high resolution version. All polygons inferior to 0.1km2 not intersecting anything else were deleted and the 'simplify' tool was used in ArcGIS with the 'point remove' algorithm and a ... Dataset Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica British Antarctic Survey Brunt Ice Shelf Charcot Island Getz Ice Shelf Ice Shelf Ice Shelves Pine Island DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Brunt Ice Shelf ENVELOPE(-22.500,-22.500,-74.750,-74.750) Charcot ENVELOPE(139.017,139.017,-69.367,-69.367) Charcot Island ENVELOPE(-75.250,-75.250,-69.750,-69.750) Getz ENVELOPE(-145.217,-145.217,-76.550,-76.550) Getz Ice Shelf ENVELOPE(-126.500,-126.500,-74.250,-74.250) The Antarctic |
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"EARTH SCIENCE","LAND SURFACE","TOPOGRAPHY","TERRAIN ELEVATION","CONTOUR MAPS" "EARTH SCIENCE","LAND SURFACE","TOPOGRAPHY" Antarctic Digital Database Antarctica Coastline Land cover Land use Topographic mapping Gerrish, Laura Ireland, Louise Fretwell, Peter Cooper, Paul Medium resolution vector polygons of the Antarctic coastline - VERSION 7.7 ... |
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Coastline for Antarctica created from various mapping and remote sensing sources, provided as polygons with 'land', 'ice shelf', 'ice tongue' or 'rumple' attribute. Covering all land and ice shelves south of 60S. Suitable for topographic mapping and analysis. This dataset has been generalised from the high resolution vector polygons. Medium resolution versions of ADD data are suitable for scales smaller than 1:1,000,000, although certain regions will appear more detailed than others due to variable data availability and coastline characteristics. Changes in v7.7 include updates Brunt Ice Shelf, ice fronts on the east side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Pine Island and Thwaites Glaciers and the ice fronts and coastline around Charcot Island. Data quality checks were also performed to ensure existing features were categorised correctly around Getz Ice Shelf. Data compiled, managed and distributed by the Mapping and Geographic Information Centre and the UK Polar Data Centre, British Antarctic Survey on behalf of ... : 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 polygon contains a 'surface' attribute with either 'land', 'ice shelf', 'ice tongue' or 'rumple'. Details of when and how each line was created can be found in the attributes of the high or medium resolution polyline coastline dataset. Data sources range in time from 1990s-2023 - individual lines contain exact source dates. This medium resolution version has been generalised from the high resolution version. All polygons inferior to 0.1km2 not intersecting anything else were deleted and the 'simplify' tool was used in ArcGIS with the 'point remove' algorithm and a ... |
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Gerrish, Laura Ireland, Louise Fretwell, Peter Cooper, Paul |
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Medium resolution vector polygons of the Antarctic coastline - VERSION 7.7 ... |
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Medium resolution vector polygons of the Antarctic coastline - VERSION 7.7 ... |
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Medium resolution vector polygons of the Antarctic coastline - VERSION 7.7 ... |
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Medium resolution vector polygons of the Antarctic coastline - VERSION 7.7 ... |
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Medium resolution vector polygons of the Antarctic coastline - VERSION 7.7 ... |
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medium resolution vector polygons of the antarctic coastline - version 7.7 ... |
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ENVELOPE(-22.500,-22.500,-74.750,-74.750) ENVELOPE(139.017,139.017,-69.367,-69.367) ENVELOPE(-75.250,-75.250,-69.750,-69.750) ENVELOPE(-145.217,-145.217,-76.550,-76.550) ENVELOPE(-126.500,-126.500,-74.250,-74.250) |
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Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Brunt Ice Shelf Charcot Charcot Island Getz Getz Ice Shelf The Antarctic |
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Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Brunt Ice Shelf Charcot Charcot Island Getz Getz Ice Shelf The Antarctic |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica British Antarctic Survey Brunt Ice Shelf Charcot Island Getz Ice Shelf Ice Shelf Ice Shelves Pine Island |
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