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The Australian Antarctic Geodetic Network

Entry ID: AAGN

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Summary

Abstract: The Australian Antarctic Geodetic Network (AAGN) consists of geodetic positions (latitudes and longitudes) of permanent survey marks on stable rock. The positions are computed from a network of older conventional geodetic survey observations (angles and distances) and more recent high precision GPS measurements. All observations have been adjusted in terms of the global coordinate system (the ...

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Description: Geodetic positions and related information, of permanent survey marks on stable rock.

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -60.0

S: -90.0

E: 160.0

W: 45.0

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1954-01-01

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

SOLID EARTH > GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD > CRUSTAL MOTION

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Quality Because the AAGN only includes geodetic sites on stable rock, the coverage is limited to such areas. In addition, the majority of the network is from Mawson to the South Prince Charles Mountains, west to Enderby Land and a spur to Davis. There are other small quantities of control in the coastal regions of the AAT and at Casey and Commonwealth Bay. The AAGN is an accumulation of geodetic survey ...

Access Constraints These data are publicly 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/).

Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=AAGN when using these data.

Ancillary Keywords

PCMEGA

Geodesy

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

Geoscience Australia

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

Geoscience Australia, Australia

Data Center URL: http://www.ga.gov.au/

Data Center Personnel
Name: GARY MICHAEL JOHNSTON Phone: +61 2 6249 9049 Fax: +61 2 6249 9929 Email: gary.johnston at ga.gov.au Contact Address: Geodetic Operations Geoscience Australia Earth Monitoring Group (GEM) Geoscience Australia GPO Box 378 City: Canberra Province or State: Australian Capital Territory Postal Code: 2601 Country: Australia

Distribution

Distribution Media: HTTP

Distribution Size: 10 MB

Distribution Format: pdf

Fees: Free

Personnel

GARY MICHAEL JOHNSTON

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: +61 2 6249 9049

Fax: +61 2 6249 9929

Email: gary.johnston at ga.gov.au

Contact Address:

Geodetic Operations

Geoscience Australia Earth Monitoring Group (GEM)

Geoscience Australia

GPO Box 378

City: Canberra

Province or State: Australian Capital Territory

Postal Code: 2601

Country: Australia

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Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 1999-10-07

Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-01-22

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