A CD snapshot of Heard Island data from 1901-2002 held by the AADC
Entry ID: Heard_data_snapshot_1901-2002

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Summary
Abstract: The CD was produced by the Australian Antarctic Data Centre for distribution to Heard Island expeditioners in the 2003/2004 season. The CD contained all publicly available data held by the Australian Antarctic Data Centre related to Heard Island at the time of production. The CD also contained all metadata held by the AADC at the time of production.

Furthermore, information is also included from:

AADC's gazetteer
biodiversity database
satellite image archive
gis shapefiles
heard island wilderness reserve management plan

Finally, freely available software needed to browse some of the data are also included.

2012-10-09 - the CD has been copied onto the AADC servers, and is available as a download instead.
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: -65.82   S: -66.52   E: 101.85   W: 100.0
Min Altitude: 5M Max Altitude: 410M

Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2007-01-17
Stop Date: 2007-01-17
Data Resolution
Latitude Resolution: 30m
Longitude Resolution: 30m
Horizontal Resolution Range: 30 meters - < 100 meters
Vertical Resolution: 15m
Quality The DEM produced from SPOT 5 HRS data by SPOT image conforms to SPOT DEM standard product descriptions. See SPOT Image DEM Product Description Version 1.2 January 1, 2005.
Access Constraints The DEM is stored in ERMapper format. It is available for download in ER Mapper, ESRI Grid, geotiff or GRD formats. PDF copies of the standard SPOT Image product description, plus the specific product description relating to this image are also available for download from the URL given below.
Use Constraints This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Must be cited properly. Usually mapped to a Universal transverse Mercator projection, zone 47, units metres, spheroid EGM96, Datum WGS84.

Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at the URL below when using these data.
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Originating Center
Data Center
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia Supplemental Info
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
Distribution
Distribution Media: HTTP
Distribution Size: 517 kb
Distribution Format: pdf
Fees: free
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Personnel
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Role: DIF AUTHOR
Phone: +61 3 6232 3528
Fax: +61 3 6232 3351
Email: mapping at aad.gov.au
Contact Address:
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
City: Kingston
Province or State: Tasmania
Postal Code: 7050
Country: Australia
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2007-11-06
Last DIF Revision Date: 2008-08-25

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