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Summary
Henk Brolsma and Roger Handsworth of the Australian Antarctic Division carried out GPS surveys at Casey, Casey skiway and Mitchell Peninsula in February 2009.
At Casey they surveyed the quarry face, the wharf and the road from the quarry to the station and then to the wharf. They also collected the location of the tide gauges installed at the wharf.
The Casey skiway was surveyed ... at the request of Andrew Pappas of Aeronautical Engineers Australia so the slope of the skiway could be determined.
The survey at Mitchell Peninsula was done at the request of Casey Station Leader Graham Cook who considered the area surveyed to be a possible alternative site for a skiway.

The GPS data, shapefiles exported from the GPS data after postprocessing of the rover files against the base files and a document summarising the survey are available for download from a Related URL.
The elevations of the point data in the shapefiles are above the WGS84 ellipsoid.

GIS data for Casey and the Windmill Islands were derived from the survey data.
Casey: spot heights, quarry face, wharf, tide gauges.
Windmill Islands: spot heights.
The elevations of the spot height data are in metres above mean sea level.
These data are part of the data available for download for Casey and the Windmill Islands - see Related URLs.
The survey data were also used as a guide for revision of some of the road data for Casey, together with advice from the Station Leader Graham Cook.
The GIS data are formatted according to the SCAR Feature Catalogue which includes data quality information. See Related URL.
Dataset_id is an attribute of the GIS data available for download. Data from this dataset has a dataset_id of 277.

Related URL

Link: GET DATA Description: Download GPS data, shapefiles created from the GPS data, document summarising the survey. Link: GET DATA Description: Download Casey GIS data Link: GET DATA Description: Download Windmill Islands GIS data Link: GET SERVICE Description: Search SCAR Feature Catalogue, including data quality information Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE Description: Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset

Geographic Coverage Spatial coordinates   

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2009-02-01 Stop Date: 2009-02-28

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Windmill Islands GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

HUMAN DIMENSIONS > INFRASTRUCTURE > CULTURAL FEATURES HUMAN DIMENSIONS > INFRASTRUCTURE > TRANSPORTATION OCEANS > TIDES HUMAN DIMENSIONS > LAND USE/LAND COVER > LAND MANAGEMENT

ISO Topic Category

IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

GPS > Global Positioning System Satellites

Instrument

GPS RECEIVERS TIDE GAUGES

Access Constraints
These data are available for download at the provided URLS.

Use Constraints
Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at the URL below when using these data.

Ancillary Keywords

Skiway Quarry Wharf Road Tide gauge

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

Australian Antarctic Data Centre

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

Distribution

Distribution Media: HTTP Distribution Size: 41.3 MB Distribution Format: shapefile,text, GPS RINEX Fees: free

Personnel

HENK BROLSMA Role: INVESTIGATOR Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT 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 DAVID 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

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2009-11-06 Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-11-10

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