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Bolingen Islands penguin GIS dataset

Entry ID: bolingen_penguin_gis

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Summary

Abstract: Aerial photography (35mm film) of penguin colonies was acquired over the Bolingen Islands (Eric Woehler).
The penguin colonies were traced, then digitised (John Cox), and saved as DXF-files.
Using the ArcView extension 'Register and Transform' (Tom Velthuis), The DXF-files were brought into a GIS and transformed to the appropriate islands.

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Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -69.0

S: -69.0

E: 76.0

W: 76.0

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1981-12-01

Stop Date: 1981-12-31

Start Date: 1982-01-01

Stop Date: 1982-01-01

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Bolingen Islands

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > ISLANDS

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS

BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOTOXICOLOGY > SPECIES BIOACCUMULATION

BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY STRUCTURE

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

OCEANS

Platform

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS

Quality TOPIC:Planimetric accuracy of penguin colony transformations.
NOTE: The planimetric accuracy stated herein is relative to the existing GIS, coastline and penguin colony data - not 'absolute planimetric accuracy'. That is, it was assumed that the coastline and penguin colony data existing in the GIS is without error. Also, errors accumulated in the creation of the digitised penguin colonies (.DXF files) have not been considered here. The stated accuracy is an estimate - was not derived by statistical means.

Whilst digitised colonies exist for Bolingen Islands: 1 and 2, transformations have not yet been performed due to inappropriate GIS base-data.

Access Constraints Stored data format: Arc/Info coverages and export files
Available format type: ASCII files. Stored as geographicals with a projection file.
Access constraint: ASCII files are available on the web. Conditions apply.

Use Constraints This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Ancillary Keywords

ADELIE

BOLINGEN ISLANDS

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

AAD

Data Center

Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia

Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au

Data Center Personnel
Name: DATA OFFICER AADC Phone: +61 3 6232 3244 Fax: +61 3 6232 3351 Email: metadata at aad.gov.au Contact Address: Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway City: Kingston Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7050 Country: Australia