Antarctica GIS Resources

Sunday April 20th 2008
Filed Under World GIS and Data 

Find resources relating to GIS including case studies, articles and access to data relating to Antarctica.

Articles and Case Studies

Science and GIS in Antarctica
Series of articles published in ESRI’s ArcNews Fall 2004 issue about the use of GIS and spatial technology in Antarctica. 

Data

Access Antarctica
ArcIMS data viewer created by Gateway Antarctica, the Centre for Antarctic Studies and Research at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand to provide online access to “aerial photographs, ASPA maps, searching the 1956-2004 New Zealand Bibliographic Database, searching the Antarctica New Zealand Environmental Management Database.”

Antarctic Digital Database
Medium scale topographic data for the continent of Antarctica available for free for personal, non-profit use.  Registration is required. 

Australian Antarctic Data Centre
Access to maps, imagery and spatial data from Australia’s Antarctic Programme. 

National Ice Center (NIC) GIS Data
ArcInfo coverage files ranging from 1997 to 2007 of NIC regional sea ice analyses available for downloading. 

Mosaic of Antarctica
Information about the image mosaic of Antarctica created by NASA and the USGS. 

Maps

High Resolution Map of Antartica: JPEG | PDF
High quality map from the CIA World Factbook 2008. 

Useful Maps & Images
RADARSAT-1 Image  and maps relating to Antarctica from the U.S. Antarctic Program. 

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