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Survey report March 2002 Voyage 8 Australian Antarctic Division Authors - John VanderNiet / Nick Bowden / Office of the Surveyor General, Tasmania
Entry ID: gis125

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Summary
Abstract: Field Program as Planned
- Survey for coordination of the survey control network on ITRF 2000.
- Checking the accuracy of the recently completed Macquarie Island topographic map.
- Correction of a known map contour anomaly on Wireless Hill.
- Mapping of new structures in the ANARE station area.
- Maintenance of existing survey control marks
- Tide gauge ... View entire text
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Description: Download Macquarie Island Station buildings
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: -54.46   S: -54.78   E: 158.96   W: 158.77

Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2002-03-10
Stop Date: 2002-03-22
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Platform
FIELD SURVEYS Ancillary Description
Instrument
GPS > Global Positioning System Ancillary Description
GPS RECEIVERS Ancillary Description
Quality The buildings mentioned in the Summary were surveyed by GPS using a Leica 530 dual frequency receiver in the post processed kinematic mode. Checks of positions of features in the Australian Antarctic Data Centre's existing data suggest accuracy of better than 0.5 metres.

Usually mapped to a Universal Transverse Mercator projection, Zone 57
Access Constraints GIS data
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Stored data format: ArcView shapefile
Available format type: ArcView shapefile. Stored as geographicals with a projection file. ArcView shapefiles are available on the web (refer to the urls below). Conditions apply.
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Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
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 Format: shapefiles
Fees: free
Personnel
DAVID T. SMITH
Role: DIF AUTHOR
Phone: +61 3 6232 3577
Fax: +61 3 6232 3351
Email: gis at aad.gov.au
Contact Address:
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
City: Kingston
Province or State: Tasmania
Postal Code: 7050
Country: Australia
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Publications/References
Survey report: 'Macquarie Island, OSG Survey Campaign, Voyage 8 Round Trip, March 2002'. The AAD Mapping Officer has a copy of this report (email: mapping@aad.gov.au).
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2003-03-03
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-11-06

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